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M.A. Dworkin Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially launched a $30 million national innovation Challenge designed to help farmers adopt safer agricultural practices by finding alternatives to conventional chemical crop desiccation. The agenda is aimed at modernizing agriculture, promoting regenerative farming, and reducing cumulative chemical exposure in the U.S. food supply. Crop desiccation is the widespread practice of spraying he

M.A. Dworkin ST. Croix - The Virgin Islands Trail Alliance is thrilled to announce the completion and opening of the first new segment of pathway through the Maroon Sanctuary Territorial Park, St. Croix. This new one-mile segment stretches from the island’s highest peak, Mount Eagle, descending to Scenic Road, just East of the top of the Beast. This connects with existing dirt roads and traditional trails to create a 3-mile loop. The VI Trail Alliance has been working

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - The Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) is in the process of holding Community Meetings to assess the input that Virgin Islanders might have on their Comprehensive Harbor Advancement & Resilience Transformation (CHART) plan. A recent Community Meeting (the first of three) was held by the VIPA at St. Croix’s Rohlsen Airport Terminal Cruise Lounge, last week. It is a long-range planning effort to ensure that the maritime assets of the Virgin Islands r

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M.A. Dworkin Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett released a statement regarding the U.S. House of Representatives passage of H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. “The Farm Bill is an opportunity to stand with farmers and families who are struggling under the weight of rising input costs, skyrocketing grocery prices, reckless tariffs, and the economic strain of the ongoing war. Unfortunately, the bill passed by House Republicans

M.A. Dworkin The U.S. Department of Labor through an initiative from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reinforcing safety and health protections for workers in maritime industries throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico through a local emphasis program. Designed to address high injury and illness rates within maritime industries, the OSHA initiative establishes inspections directed at maritime industries operating on or adjacent to

M.A. Dworkin AgriFest really had its roots in the 1930’s when it was called Agricultural Field Days and held at the former Agricultural Experiment Station in Estate Anna’s Hope. The Fair was still held in February and was still considered one of the highlights of the Crucian year. It attracted almost every producer on the island and not only featured fruits and vegetables as well as livestock and poultry but also their products and by-products which included fresh meats, mil

A.J. Pike USVI - Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR), on behalf of the Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), is advising the public that Virgin Islands shorelines are likely to experience significantly elevated levels of Sargassum in 2026. This forecast is based on new findings from the University of South Florida College of Marine Science’s Optical Oceanography Lab. These assessments are developed in collaboration with

M.A. Dworkin USVI - In a tense, escalating economic dispute, being described as a Charter Boat Trade War, that has now reached the U.S. White House and Congress, Governor Albert Bryan Jt. and members of the 36th Legislature of the Virgin Islands met to discuss the hot topic of the recent outrageous increase of fees imposed by the British Virgin Islands on cargo and trade entering from the U.S. Virgin Islands. Government House officials said the fees function as an unre

M.A. Dworkin The Arctic - Actually, it’s easy-peasy to live to the ripe old age of 200 years, that is if you take a tip or two from the Bowhead Whales who live to two hundred-plus all the time in the Arctic. First off, you’ll probably have to buy yourself one of those triple-thermal suits and layer-up when you move to the arctic, where it gets down to ninety below. But most of all you have to become a master of your DNA repair like the Bowhead Whale. Yet, given all th

M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Hatchling Sea Turtle disorientations cause their early death every year around this time on St. Croix. This tragedy is due to problematic landward lights that lead the babies away from the water instead of towards it. After hatchlings emerge from their nest, they go towards the brightest horizon, which in a natural environment is the ocean. With increasing coastal development, bright inland lights are often visible from the beach and can cause

M.A. Dworkin Caribbean Sea - Green Turtle populations have recovered so successfully that their official status has been downgraded from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Least Concern’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) have declined in numbers by between 48 to 67 per cent over the last 200 years, largely due to human influences such as fisheries bycatch, loss and degradation of nesting sites and