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Salt River Bay NHP & EP

St . Croix Discovery - Resources at Risk from Oil Spill. Buck Island Reef N M. Salt River Bay NHP & EP. Christiansted NHS. May 12, 2011 Zandy Hillis-Starr, Chief of Resource Management/Research Christiansted NHS, Buck Island Reef NM, & Salt River Bay NHP & EP.

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Salt River Bay NHP & EP

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  1. St. Croix Discovery - Resources at Risk from Oil Spill Buck Island Reef N M Salt River Bay NHP & EP Christiansted NHS May 12, 2011 Zandy Hillis-Starr, Chief of Resource Management/Research Christiansted NHS, Buck Island Reef NM, & Salt River Bay NHP & EP

  2. National Parks - St. Croix Discovery Salt River Bay NHP & EP Proposed Marine Research & Education Center Buck Island Reef NM East End Marine Park (Territorial) Christiansted NHS - HQ Proposed Castle Nugent Farms NHS 11,500 acres from Ridge to Reef St. Croix Heritage Area (HR 1594), 2003 SRS Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home & Associated Sites, 2009

  3. Castle Nugent Farms • Proposed for National Park • Feasibility Study complete • 11,000-acre land and water • EA Complete Summer 2010 • Park Status Fall 2010

  4. Castle Nugent NHS- Proposed Area

  5. Estate Grange & Associated Sites Alexander Hamilton’s Boyhood • Proposed for National Park status or attached to CHRI • Special Resource Study –to be 2009-2010 • Significant Cultural Site-including family residence, mother’s burial, Danish Gendarmes memorial Alexander Hamilton

  6. STX Heritage Designation Is a place designated by the United States Congress where natural, cultural, historic and recreational resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally-distinctive landscape arising from patterns of human activity shaped by geography.

  7. Buck Island Reef NM –NPS first fully protected MPA

  8. Elkhorn Coral Critical Habitat

  9. Buck Island Reef National Monument

  10. Buck Island Reef National Monument

  11. Buck Island Reef National Monument

  12. New Threats Non-Native Invasive Lionfish

  13. Thank you ALL for your protection and response efforts!

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