Halloween Spooktacular
10/31/2015 10:58:00 AM On October 31st, 2015 the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve hosted its annual “Halloween Spooktacular”. In addition to the Rotaract Club of Eleuthera, who partners with The Preserve each year on this event, a host of volunteers helped to create a festive and frightful evening for trick or treaters of all ages. […]
Preserve Featured in BNT Trust Notes
10/9/2015 1:20:00 PM The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve is the first national park in Eleuthera and is managed by The Bahamas National Trust (BNT), the park authority in The Bahamas. Each month, BNT highlights the parks across the country in its newsletter, “Trust Notes’. This month, in addition to an article detailing recent...
1st Annual Junior Camp Safari at The Preserve
7/24/2015 3:33:00 PM Immediately following the 5th annual Camp Safari, The Preserve offered its first ever Junior Camp Safari for children between the ages of 3 and 6. With the help of professional educator and consultant, Cassandra Kruthoff, The Preserve hosted 13 pre-schoolers for a week of imagination and play inspired by the natural...
Camp Safari 2015: Winging It With Our Bahama Birds!
7/17/2015 11:09:00 AM Camp Safari at the Levy Preserve this year was held from July 13-17 and was an exciting adventure into the world of Bahamian Birds. The week’s activities were adapted from Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s BirdSleuth curriculum and campers ‘soared’ under the theme ‘Winging It with Our Bahama Birds.’ Seven teenage...
COB Students Arrive for 2nd Annual Terrestrial Natural History of The Bahamas Internship
5/29/2015 2:38:00 PM With summer underway, three College of the Bahamas biochemistry majors have come to Eleuthera for the annual Terrestrial Natural History of the Bahamas internship. Shannan Yates, Fran Rahming, and Tamarind Johnson flew over from Nassau on May 18th. The internship will run for seven weeks and the students will spend...
U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Lisa Johnson Visits The Preserve
4/12/2015 5:59:00 PM On April 12-14, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Lisa Johnson made an official trip to Eleuthera to meet with strategic partners and stakeholders on the island. During her stay, Chargé Johnson, along with accompanying U.S. Embassy representatives, was treated to a tour of The Levy Preserve by Manager, Falon Cartwright and Botanist,...
The Preserve Hosts Jazz Festival in Support of Haynes Library
3/28/2015 3:17:00 PM On March 28th, 2015, the Levy Preserve hosted ‘Eleuthera All That Jazz’ for the third consecutive year. The five day festival, which features Bahamian and international artists, is organized in support of the local Governor’s Harbour library, the Haynes Library. The festival has solidified Eleuthera’s reputation as...
The Preserve Celebrates Forestry Awareness Week with Local Primary Schools
3/21/2015 1:41:00 PM The ‘International Day of Forests’, more commonly referred to as World Forestry Day is observed annually on March 21st. This year, The Bahamas Ministry of the Environment and Housing’s Forestry Unit coordinated a week of activities to celebrate forests throughout the archipelago. During this “Forestry Awareness Week”, The...
Researchers Study Bird Blood Values at The Preserve
3/20/2015 8:34:00 PM Dr. Sheila Scoville and Peter Doherty are partners in life and in science. Dr. Scoville is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Anatomy at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Mr. Doherty is a Yale trained environmental lawyer who has spent years as a field biologist as a bird bander and trainer. Together […]
Summer Interns Trained in Bahamian Terrestrial Natural History
9/15/2014 4:00:53 PM Summer 2014 brought with it the first Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve Terrestrial Natural History Internship. The Preserve hosted two College of the Bahamas students, Shanel Adderley and Justin Storr, for six weeks of intensive field biology training. They focused on learning the Botany, Entomology, Ornithology,...