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UPDATED | Paradise Lost At Virgin Islands National Park

More than two years after Laurance S. Rockefeller’s beloved resort at Virgin Islands National Park was heavily damaged by back-to-back hurricanes, the once-idyllic retreat’s operators are “grossly underinsured” and being sued over an unpaid $217,416 construction bill.
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National Parks Traveler Episode 38: Afghan Snow Leopards, Protecting Nature, Virgin Islands National Park

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Dr. Alex Deghan, the CEO and co-founder of Conservation X Labs, discusses the challenges to preserve Afghanistan national parks in a war zone. We also outline a Senate resolution to protect a much larger slice of nature in the United States than is currently being done, and highlight a winter’s visit to Virgin Islands National Park.

Friends Of Virgin Islands National Park Want Caneel Bay Resort To Revert To Park

While Interior Department officials and CBI Acquisitions, LLC, outwardly appear in a standoff over the future operation of Caneel Bay Resort at Virgin Islands National Park, the park's friends group wants to see the resort property revert to the National Park Service as the late Laurance S. Rockefeller wanted.

U.S. Virgin Islands Bans Sunscreens Harmful To Coral Reefs

Concerns over the harm many of today's sunscreens can have on coral reefs have prompted the U.S. Virgin Islands government to ban the importation, sale, and possession of any sunscreen product that contains the active ingredients of oxybenzone, octinoxate, or octocrylene. The ban could help the reefs that surround Virgin Islands National Park, Buck Island Reef, and other National Park System reefs there.

Operators Of Caneel Bay Resort Pressuring Interior Department For Deal

A multi-million-dollar game of chicken is being played out at Virgin Islands National Park, where the operator of the storm-battered Caneel Bay Resort wants to walk away with $70 million from the federal government or claim "all rights of ownership" over the 170 acres the resort sets on.
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