Ocean Environment
The Ocean and Watershed
Project History
What does the Ocean have to do with Watershed?
Because the ocean is a major element of the watershed, CBCC keeps up to date on current ocean research and issues impacting the USVI as it may be relevant to the many bays, including Coral Bay, within the three watersheds that CBCC manages.
In fact, the Watershed Management Project and 5-year plan outlines important water quality work that CBCC can do to protect the ocean ecoystem and its creatures since stormwater runoff and other pollution can end up in the ocean.
Project History and Resources
St. John Turtle Research
DPNR Management Plans and Resources
Video recording of Coral Harbor
Study on Major Sediment Seposition following Irma & Maria
Hurricane Impact on Coral and Mangrove Ecosystems
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
Hurricane Hole Coral after Irma
Sargassum Seaweed Impact
Coral Bay’s Marine Biodiversity