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When someone talks about national parks, the mental image that forms in your head is probably something like Yosemite, Yellowstone, or maybe the Great Smoky Mountains. The Caribbean generally doesn’t come to mind first. But, one of the United States’ most beautiful parks is out there east of Puerto Rico, and it takes up most of Saint John, one of the Virgin Islands.
While things did improve over time, one major problem help from the United States government couldn’t solve was hurricanes. Catastrophic damage came with Hurricane Hugo in 1989, followed by hurricanes every few years with varying amounts of damage, from minor to severe. But, in September 2017, Hurricane Irma did the most damage in recent history, followed by a second Category 5 hurricane just two weeks later.
Along with the hurricanes, one other abundant weather phenomenon in the Virgin Islands is sunshine. So, it makes natural sense to use that sunshine to improve energy reliability and lower the park’s environmental impact. After all, the island’s only utility company generates electricity exclusively through fossil fuels and there’s a five-mile underwater set of wires that feeds the park! This means regular power outages.. With 60 panels, peak power is 19 kilowatts.
Another important effort is to conserve other resources like water. Not only is it good to make sure bottles have a shot at getting recycles, but it’s also good to encourage people to use water refill stations to avoid such waste altogether. I’ve personally used such stations at Petrified Forest National Park and at the Grand Canyon, and they helped us make much better use of our metal water bottles.
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