The Tribune

The Bahamas National Trust Council held its annual fall meeting at the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, last month.

Discussions focused on reviewing the 2013–2018 Strategic Plan for the organisation and concern for the status of Bahamian marine resources.

The event was held on September 20 and 21, with the council holding a meet and greet with Eleuthera residents on the Friday evening and visiting the Island School and Lighthouse Point on the Saturday.

“We were very excited to hold our meeting on Eleuthera this fall,” said Neil McKinney, BNT President.

“We wanted our council members to experience the new Levy Preserve which is our newly opened national park on Eleuthera and to visit with Eleuthera residents and understand their conservation concerns.”

The BNT council has visited Abaco, Grand Bahama, and Inagua over the past four years, visiting the parks on these islands and meeting with local BNT members.

The council is made up of elected BNT members, Government appointees from the Ministry of the Environment and Housing, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources, and overseas members from the US Parks Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Audubon Society, Wildlife Conservation Society, American Museum of Natural History and the University of Miami.

The Bahamas National Trust is the legislated manager of The Bahamas’ National Park system, which is made of 27 national parks and protected areas.