Bahamas-Cuba Redlisting at the Preserve
9/17/2019 5:48:00 PM In September the Leon Levy Preserve hosted three Cuban botanists for a four-day Redlisting session evaluating shared plant species between Cuba and The Bahamas. Dr. Ramona Oviedo Prieto, Dr. Eldis Rafael Becquer Granados and Jose Luis Gomez Hechavarria collaborated with Dr. Freid assessing 24 shared species which were...
World Oceans Day Partnership at Sky Beach
6/17/2019 8:44:00 AM In June, the Levy Preserve supported Bahamas Plastic Movement in its World Ocean’s Day beach cleanup. Dozens of students, residents and partner organizations canvassed a mile of Sky Beach collecting all sorts of plastics. Within 30 minutes, over 2,000 pieces of plastic had been collected including fishing ropes and nets,...
Levy Preserve now an Accredited Botanic Garden
4/5/2019 12:02:55 PM In April 2019 the Leon Levy Preserve became the first institution in The Bahamas to be designated a BGCI accredited botanic garden. Issued by Botanic Gardens Conservation International this tier of accreditation recognizes institutions for their achievements in plant conservation. Criteria for accreditation included...
Marine Pond Surveys on Eleuthera
1/31/2019 9:01:12 AM The Preserve hosted a small team of explorers led by Dr. Eric Cole, Professor of Biology at St. Olaf College in Minnesota with research interests in marine invertebrates. The team also consisted of John Campion (SCUBA instructor), Karna Campion (botany enthusiast) and Dr. Kenneth Hobson, (Associate Professor,...
Red Listing Training A Boost for Bahamas Conservation Management
12/4/2018 12:45:55 PM FOURTEEN Bahamian and eight Caribbean experts converged in Nassau for a week of training on how to assess threatened and endangered species—known as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List training. The workshop focused on how Red Listing is done, the components of an assessment and then went...
Bahamas Represented at the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation Conference 2018
9/25/2018 2:06:09 PM Preserve botanist Dr. Ethan Freid presented the Bahamas’ country report at the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference brought together plant conservation scientists, policy makers and practitioners from across the world to consider the future of plant conservation,...
Fall 2018 Lecture Series Begins!
9/13/2018 3:21:48 PM Come and engage with the Preserve team and friends as the Bahamas National Trust’s Scott Johnson discusses avian migration in The Bahamas. His talk will give special attention to the Kirtland’s Warbler
Promoting Place-Based Learning at the Levy Preserve
9/5/2018 10:21:29 AM Eight teachers from the Emma E. Cooper Primary School explored the potential for place-based learning at the Levy Preserve. The teachers, representing various grade levels, were challenged to take an alternative approach to their lesson planning which would immerse the students in the natural environment. The lessons could...
Another Successful Camp Safari at the Levy Preserve
7/25/2018 9:33:00 AM The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve held its annual summer camp July 16-20 at the Preserve’s Education Pavilion. Thirty campers from the local community enjoyed a week of sensory exploration which incorporated crafts, recyclable materials and items found in nature. Each day was dedicated to using one of the five...
When North Meets South: Bahamas/New York Intern Collaboration
7/2/2018 3:05:49 PM This year the Levy Preserve interns embarked on a two-week scientific and cultural exchange with New York’s Natural Areas Conservancy (NAC). Site visits to Eleuthera and New York allowed each group the chance to gain first-hand knowledge of natural resource management and scientific research methods in the respective...