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Ed Towle has written a history of attempts to set up Territorial Parks in the US Virgin Islands, dating back to the 1940s. HISTORY OF PROTECTED AREA INITIATIVES.[PDF]

See Ed Towle's posting of Resource Conflicts at Red Hook: VESSUP BAY WATER QUALITY, 1970-1995, for a dramatic picture of how we proceed down the slippery slope from "unimpacted" to highly stressed local sites--even in the Foundation's own back yard.