BNT’s efforts to preserve rare Kirtland’s Warbler
5/8/2013 4:20:00 PM ELEUTHERA – Relatively unknown to many Bahamians are the many natural wonders of the country the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) is mandated to preserve and protect. One such marvel that the BNT has dedicated history-making efforts to save is the Kirtland’s Warbler. This rare and endangered songbird annually migrates from...
Martha Stewart Visits The Preserve
3/14/2013 10:14:42 AM “Last weekend, my good friend Shelby White, extended an invitation to our mutual friends, Memrie Lewis, Judy and Michael Steinhardt, Rob Wynne and to me to join her at her home on Eleuthera in the Bahamas. Shelby had a really fun weekend planned for us and I would like to share a […]
National Geographic Photo Camp
12/1/2012 9:45:00 AM A group of talented Bahamian youth have won the opportunity to learn about photography from the best in the business during National Geographic Photo Camp in Cape Eleuthera, the Bahamas. From Tuesday, Nov. 27, to Saturday, Dec. 1, 20 students will learn the basics of photography from National Geographic photographer Raul...
Orchids in bloom 2012
9/13/2012 12:03:45 AM The month of September has had six different species of orchids in flower at The Levy Preserve. Our Encyclia plicata located near the Welcome Center was collected in Andros, as well as the Polystachya foliosa and Encyclia fehlingii located along our Mangrove Boardwalk. Along our epiphyte...
Camp Safari 2012
7/16/2012 7:09:00 PM “Bahamian Traditions And Our Natural Resources” was the theme of the summer camp at the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve that ran from July 16th– 21st. The excited campers arrived and were separated campers by ages into Plant groups This year there were Five Fingers (Tabebuia bahamensis)– 5-7...
Police camps 2012
7/4/2012 6:38:00 PM The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve welcomed 190 young people participating in the Royal Bahamas Police Force Summer Camps. Campers from Hatchet Bay and South Eleuthera, Harbour Island and North Eleuthera visited the preserve learning about Native Trees and the importance of trees and plants in traditional medicine...
‘The Night Before Christmas’ at The Levy Preserve
1/1/2012 9:00:00 AM On December 29, 2011, The BNT hosted its first annual Christmas event ‘The Night Before Christmas’ at The Levy Preserve in Governor’s Harbor, Eleuthera. The event attracted 170 children and adults from the surrounding Eleuthera community. Guests enjoyed the event which featured craft making, caroling, tree decoration, Santa...
Hurricane Irene 2011
Hurricane Irene made landfall in Eleuthera on August 24, 2011 and left behind considerable damage across the island. The Preserve was not spared from its destruction either, as large numbers of trees had fallen over in the parking lot and medicinal areas, broken branches and debris had blocked all trails, and there was flooding of […]
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve Opens; 25-Acre Sanctuary is The First of its Kind in The Caribbean
Bahamas National Trust, Leon Levy Foundation Create ShowcaseFor Eleuthera’s History, Native Plants and Their Medicinal Uses Eleuthera, Bahamas, March 24, 2011. The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve, a 25-acre sanctuary created jointly by the Bahamas National Trust and the Leon Levy Foundation, will celebrate its Grand Opening at 11 a.m., March 24...