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Press Release / Invite for Coverage FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Bahamas National Trust to Celebrate Earth Day with National Park Day on 7 Islands in 10 Parks on One Day. On Saturday, April 21st, The Bahamas National Trust will commemorate Earth Day with its 1st Anual National Park Day, a cross-country celebration! The first annual National […]

Saturday April 28th, 2018 marked a momentous occasion for the future of environmental conservation on Grand Bahama. 60 members of the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) Discovery Club joined their families and BNT staff for their awards ceremony. Participants earned their Mangroves and Sharks badges. Each badge represents a six-week environmental curriculum that teaches participants the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BNT Elects New Council Nassau, Bahamas – The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Spring Council meetings to elect its new Council and Officers for the year to review progress over the past year and to discuss plans for the work of the organization, for the

Nassau, May 4, 2018 – The Grand Bahama office of The Bahamas National Trust hosted representatives from Belize and the British Virgin Islands for a visit to local protected areas and meetings with law enforcement agencies. The visit is part of a programme of inter-agency meetings for representatives from protected area organizations and law enforcement

The Retreat will be closed Friday, February 2nd, 2018. There will be free entrance to the park tomorrow, February 3rd, 2018 adn a Plant Horticulture show and sale that day at the Retreat.

The Bahamas National Trust & Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve are accepting applications from qualified collet-level Bahamian students for three (3) internships for Summer 2018. The internship is for eight (8) weeks at forty (40) hours per week at the Leon Levy Plant Preserve in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera.

The Retreat will be closed Friday, February 2nd, 2018. There will be free entrance to the park tomorrow, February 3rd, 2018 adn a Plant Horticulture show and sale that day at the Retreat.

The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) in collaboration with Friends of the Environment, have been closely working with local stakeholders and partners for the development of a management plan for the Abaco Marine Parks. The management plan covers four (4) marine parks, under the mandate of the Bahamas National Trust; Pelican Cays Land & Sea Park, Fowl Cays National Park, Black Sound Cay National Reserve, and Walker’s Cay National Park.

The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) in collaboration with the San Salvador Living Jewels Foundation, have been closely working with local stakeholders and partners for the development of a management plan for the San Salvador National Parks.

The Bahamas National Trust is collaborating with the Omland Lab at the University of Maryland to determine nesting habitat for the Bahama Oriole on Andros – where fewer than 300 of these rare birds are thought to live.