St. Croix Environmental Association

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2011 to Sep 30, 2012

Signed

Dec 15, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.5

Gross Receipts

$587,845

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Education: deliver classroom and field-based environmental science activities, linked to v.i. Science standards, to over 1,100 students in public and schools. Deliver after-school and weekend programs to provide hands-on learning and enjoyment of st. Croix's wildlife and natural areas through snorkel clinics, coral conservation corp, hikes, turtle watches, kayak trips, bird watching and other special activities. Conduct a five-week summer program to deliver experiential nature activities to local summer camps for 849 children. Host earth day ecofair, featuring presentations and interactive lessons from public and private sector environmental agencies, and reaching more than 1,000 students. Coordinate special programs such as clean roadside and beach clean-up, water quality and conservation awareness and teacher training. Educate st. Croix residents and visitors about the rich historical, cultural and natural legacy embodied in the 17th-19th centuries maroon experience on the island. The maroons were persons of african descent who sought individual freedom by escaping from their enslaved conditions on st. Croix estates (plantations).

Activity 3

Advocacy: advise the v.i. Government in alternative energy policy, promoting wind,solar, biomass, waste-to-energy, propane and liquified natural gas; and solid waste management and recycling issues on st. Croix. Initiate an urban forestry project to mitigate impacts of air emissions from st. Croix's south shore industrial complex on downwind public housing communities. Act to terminate ocean discharge of tertiary treated sewage and find beneficial uses for the tertiary treated water, thus providing economic benefits while mitigating environmental problems. Work with federal and territorial government agencies to purchase 70 acres of northwest st. Croix land for the maroon sanctuary territorial park. Review a national park service (nps)project design with the intent to indentify project alternatives that reduce impacts on a bioluminescent bay and other salt river bay ecological resources. Testify on a proposed nps buck island reef national monument general management plan, supporting resource conservation as well as public access and use.

Filer

EIN

66-0497982