Frank Bay Pond is an urban salt pond located one half mile southwest of the Cruz Bay Ferry Dock. It is easily reached by following the paved road keeping the ocean on your right.
The pond was damaged and neglected after Hurricane Hugo in 1989. The VI Audubon Society, the Community Foundation of St John, as well as other community groups are working on revitalizing the Pond. We intend to establish a permanent wild life refuge and park where students, residents and visitors can observe and become educated in the variety of trees, plants and wildlife native to the island. Trash removal and native plant restoration have been accomplished.
After significant effort on the part of the VI Audubon Society, the area was designated as a Virgin Islands Wildlife Refuge in March 2000 by Governor Turnbull.
A wide variety of birds have already returned to the area; warblers, sandpipers, Black necked stilts, Lesser Yellowlegs, herons, egrets and Bahama Ducks are readily observed.
The Audubon Society also has regularly scheduled workdays at Frank Bay Pond.
The next scheduled workday is in January, 2001.
For more information, please contact:
Virgin islands Audubon Society
PO Box 1233
St John, VI 00831-1233
USA
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