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