Executive Director's Report
FY 2022-23 Towards a Community of Conservation: Climate Change Adaptation, Education, and Preparedness Download the Executive Director's...
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- Feb 28
Birding With The Trust February 21, 2024
Birders gathered for the VCHT bird walk at 7:30 a.m. on the Malecon. Immediately we spotted 4 Royal Terns over the water, 2 Brown...
- Feb 8
BIRDING WITH THE TRUST- February 7, 2024
Despite the dark clouds and threat of rain, nineteen birders eager to see some Vieques birds gathered in Esperanza early this morning....
- Feb 5
Gallery News & Announcements
One role of a Gallery Art Show is to learn more about the Vieques natural environment, to bring the community together, and to enjoy art....
- Jan 30
Speaker Series: The Impact of Climate Change on Fisheries
Don't miss our next VCHT Speaker Series talk. Dr. René Esteves will share his knowledge about the impact of climate change on fisheries...
- Jan 30
BIRDING WITH THE TRUST January 24, 2024
Twenty birders met at 7:30 a.m. on the Malecon for the fourth VCHT Bird Walk. There we found four species: 1 scaly-naped Pigeon, 1...
- Jan 25
BIRDING WITH THE TRUSTJanuary 20, 2024
To promote interest in birds and bird conservation among members of the local community, the VCHT Birding Team offered a walk for Spanish...
- Jan 15
BIRDING WITH THE TRUST January 10, 2024
Stilt Sandpipers For our second VCHT Bird Walk (actually, we do a bit of driving too,) 14 birders met on the Malecon where we saw and...
- Jan 2
VCHT Bird Walk - December 20, 2023
12 birders met on the Malecon across the street from the Trust in Esperanza for the first of the season VCHT Bird Walk. We introduced...
- Nov 3, 2023
Bird Notes from the Summer Season June and July 2023
Despite the first excessive heat advisories for Puerto Rico where the heat index reached 110 ℉ on Vieques, bird records were set for...
- Sep 30, 2023
The Trust Presents: Secrets of the BioBay & Behind the scenes at MANTA
Join us for two ZOOM presentations: "Secrets of the Bio Bay" & "Behind the Scenes" at MANTA #1 The Secrets of BioBay The first, with Mark...
- Jul 31, 2023
Announcing New Bird Walk Dates
Please join our volunteer Bird Team to see some of the many species of birds that Vieques has to offer! All Bird Walks start on the...
- Jun 19, 2023
Vieques designated an Important Shorebird Area
On June 15, 2023, the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) designated Vieques Island as an Important Shorebird Site. Over...
- Apr 20, 2023
Important NOAA grant for Puerto Rican and U.S. community organizations
A grant to to restore the marine-coastal systems of the Vieques Bioluminescent Bay. What great news to celebrate Earth Day! The Vieques...
- Apr 10, 2023
The new look at The VCHT Museum and Gallery
With the assistance of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, the VCHT maintains a collection of artifacts from the Pre-Columbian era,...
- Apr 8, 2023
Bird notes from the Winter Season: December 2022-February 2023
Two rare birds for the island, American Flamingo and a shorebird called a Ruff, that were first observed in the Fall, hung around all...
- Mar 6, 2023
VCHT Bird Walk - March 1, 2023
Birding is good for your health (New York Times, Dec. 10, 2022), and a fine group of folks gathered at 7:30 a.m. at the Malecon for a...
- Feb 20, 2023
VCHT Bird Walk - February 15, 2023
What a nice day for birding! That’s because such a friendly, enthusiastic group of participants joined the VCHT Bird Team for today’s...
- Feb 13, 2023
VCHT Bird Walk - February 1, 2023
Caleb Putnam eBird S68377216 Sixteen birders joined five VCHT Bird Team members at the Malecon at 7:30 a.m. Again, it was great to...
- Feb 3, 2023
See BioBay's Biggest Star on Open Lab Day
Tuesdays 2-3pm This Tiny Dinoflagellate is one of the biggest things we have in Vieques Take a closer look at the BioBay's biggest star...
- Jan 18, 2023
VCHT Bird Walk - January 18, 2023
Paul Tavares eBird S34913154 A diverse group of birders, including some new and some familiar faces, met on the Malecon for our bird walk...
- Jan 11, 2023
VCHT Bird Walk - January 11, 2023
Christoph Moning eBird S12622374 Eleven students and two professors from the State University of New York (SUNY at Syracuse), not quite...
- Jan 4, 2023
VCHT Bird Walk - January 4, 2023
Eurasian Collared-Dove Jim Merritt/eBird S64381142 An intrepid group of eager birders and volunteer guides (Marie, Mike, Chuck, Cesar,...
- Dec 21, 2022
VCHT Bird Walk - December 21, 2022
Blue-Winged Teal @Dave Spear/eBird S10399012 The VCHT Bird Team (Chuck Sklar, Cesar Montero, Marie and Mike Murphy, and Priscilla and...
- Nov 10, 2022
BioBay Conservation at the Trust
The VCHT continues to do weekly sampling for plankton abundance, water quality and nutrient monitoring in the Bioluminescent Bay....
- Nov 2, 2022
Bill Shank
In Memory of Bill Shank
- Nov 2, 2022
Alison Flemer 1930-2021
It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing of one of the VCHT’s most steadfast supporters, Alison (Min) Flemer. Her...
- Apr 7, 2022
Mark Martin Bras Feature Article
An interview featuring VCHT's Mark Martin Bas by SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE "Puerto Rico's Bioluminescent Bays Are Brighter Than Ever"-...
- Feb 25, 2022
Bird Walk at Malecon
The participants and leaders met again at the Malecon across from the VCHT at 7:30AM and had a wonderful morning. At the Malecon, they...
- Feb 17, 2022
Annual Membership Meeting
The Board of Directors and the Executive Director of the Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust (VCHT) invite all members to attend...
- Feb 7, 2022
Birding With The Trust February 1 2022
As usual, birders and leaders met on the Malecon across from VCHT at 7:30. In our brief stay there we saw 1 White-winged Dove on the...
- Jan 24, 2022
Birding With The Trust
January 18, 2022 Bird Walk The walks are led by VCHT’s Birding Team: Dale and Priscilla Doucette, Mike and Marie Murphy, Jeff Mandoza,...
- Jan 20, 2022
National Wildlife Refuge
Birds seen on January 2, 2022 Our team went birding this morning to scope out where we might take people on the walk on Tuesday the 4th....
- Jan 20, 2022
Birding With The Trust
December 21, 2021 Bird Walk The walks are led by VCHT’s Birding Team: Dale and Priscilla Doucette, Mike and Marie Murphy, Jeff Mandoza,...
- Jan 20, 2022
Birding With The Trust
January 4, 2022 Bird Walk Report Bird Walk Leaders Dale and Priscilla Doucette, Marie and Mike Murphy, Jeff Mendoza; Chuck Sklar January...
- Dec 16, 2021
The Trust is: SCIENCE
Since its creation in 1985, a main objective of the Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust's (VCHT) mission has been the preservation...
- Dec 15, 2021
Capturing the liquid sky
Over the years, the Trust has participated as a consultant in filming and documentaries that are shot in the bioluminescent bay. Our role...
- Dec 1, 2021
OPEN LETTER TO THE COMMUNITY OF VIEQUES
To the community of Vieques: At the beginning of November we received, through an unofficial channel, a copy of a co-management contract...
- Nov 24, 2021
The Trust is: RESILIENCY!
This year for Giving Tuesday, the Trust introduces you to our newest community-based program The VCHT Resiliency Project The VCHT...
- Nov 23, 2021
The Trust is: EDUCATION
A core part of the Trust’s mission is education. During the 2020-2021 school year, when there were no in-person classes in Vieques, the...
- Nov 2, 2021
Rebuilding the "World's Smallest Aquarium"
The Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust is honored to be a grant recipient of the Crowder-Messersmith Conservation Fund in 2019 to...
- Sep 29, 2021
Scientists come closer to solving Caribbean seaweed mystery - (Reuters article)
(Reuters) - Scientists were baffled when a band of seaweed longer than the entire Brazilian coastline sprouted in 2011 in the tropical...
- Sep 14, 2021
Satellites Spot Oceans Aglow With Trillions of Organisms - (NY Times Article)
A new generation of detectors let scientists identify a dozen large episodes of bioluminescence, one a hundred times larger than...
- Aug 16, 2021
New Bird Walk Dates
We are pleased to announce a schedule for the Trust's monthly bird walks from December 2021 to March 2022. Walks start at 7:30am at the...
- Jul 19, 2021
Congratulations to the young Viequense Paola Torres Romero!
Winner of 4 awards at the Regional Science and Engineering Fair . Ganadora de 4 premios en la Feria Regional de Ciencias e Ingeniería
- Jul 19, 2021
Sightings
Have you seen any interesting species? Tell us all about it here. Report your sightings here.
- Jul 15, 2021
Notice: the seasonal ban on crabbing
Starts July 15 through October 15, 2021
- Feb 25, 2021
2020 Executive Director's Report
We explored new ways of executing our mission, joined new partners for our projects, focused on what was possible and, as the months went...
- Oct 6, 2020
VCHT Green Policy
Regulations governing use of sustainable practices and products, recycling and energy conservation for The Vieques Conservation &...
