Ascension : Conservation Weekly
Submitted by The Islander (Conservation Office) 24.01.2008 (Article Archived on 07.02.2008)

The Conservation Department is pleased offer the following tours:

Tours, new projects, etc.…

TOURS!

The Conservation Department is pleased offer the following tours:

Green Mountain Tour (£5/person)

Explore Green Mountain National Park and learn about the history of the Mountain. Visit the endemic plant Shade Houses and walk to the Dew Pond (weather and time permitting).

Tuesday   1:30 pm

Thursday  1:30 pm

Saturday  1:30 pm

We also offer an Island Tour (£10/person) and Wideawake Fairs Tour (£5/person). Either of these tours are offered depending on availability of tour guides. Please stop by or ring the Centre to book a time: x6359. Please note that all tours will depart from the Conservation Centre in Georgetown.

NEW PROJECTS!

You may have noticed a bare square of land near Palmer’s Farm on the way to the NASA Site. This Lower Windy Ridge site is home to an experimental plot of the Ascension spurge, Euphorbia origanoides.  The Conservation Department is collaborating with Alan Gray from the Edinburgh Centre for Ecology and Hydrology to investigate the survival and fecundity of the plants in relation to climate, altitude and soil treatments.

Reminder: Please take extra care when driving down North East Road at night. Remember that the land crabs are making their breeding migration and will be crossing the road. Thank YOU!