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ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION MID-YEAR BULLETIN FOR MEMBERS JULY 1978 REPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT The Island Resources Foundation was launched in 1972, in part, with an institutional grant from the Ameri can Conservation Association and two unrestricted, corporate dona tions (one from American Airlines which has been a consistent sup porter of the Foundation in the in tervening years). Those of you who have monitored and supported our growth and development since those early years have shared with us some very "lean" times . Neverthe less, since 1972, we have carried out a rather diverse spectrum of projects in various island develop ment sectors, in part, seeking ef fective routes to change and, in part, building a broadly based net work of local cooperating contacts (individual and institutional) that have confidence in our commitments, capabilities and integrity. Our six year "track record" is note worthy -- given the economic circum stances (the recession and our own limited funding) and the fact we started a full time program with no facilities, library, laboratory, endowment, or sustaining support -- only our own commitment to provid ing an insular and Caribbean com munity service function in educa tional, cultural, and environmental a f f a i r s . Our annual funding flow has risen slowly, reaching approximately $140,000 in 1977. Frankly, at this level, it has only been due to sus taining contributions from regular supporters and the dedication of senior and junior staff people -- who more often than not have been willing to work for partial salar ies -- that we stand today as a viable and effective regional in s t i t u t i o n . Now for some good news! At mid point 1978, several indicators sug gest that the Island Resources Foun dation has taken some significant steps in the direction of stabil izing its institutional and fiscal structure. One very positive in dication is the fact that our firm cash flow projection for the year to date already exceeds $200,000. Secondly, in response to our request for unrestricted institutional fund ing, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) of New York has recently ap proved a three-year institutional development grant to the Foundation. The critical element in RBF support at this time (aside from a"pat on the back" from an important U.S. donor organization) is that RBF in stitutional development funding will enable the Foundation to more con structively influence the course of Caribbean island development acti vities, respond more effectively and promptly to small scale tech nical assistance requests, stabil ize our professional staff, and make more effective use of our re search associates and network of institutional contacts. We are very grateful to the Rocke feller Brothers Fund for their en dorsement and support, and wish to particularly thank Bill Moody of the RBF staff and Euan McFarlane, IRF Trustee from St. Croix, for their assistance and efforts on behalf s of the Foundation. Edward L. Towle President Staff Changes ~Neu> Programs THEODORE S. LEDBETTER, JR, With the funding of a $138,000 career education project by the US Office of Education, we are pleased to wel come to the IRF staff family Mr. Ted Ledbetter, most recently of Washing ton, D.C. and a former resident of the Virgin Islands. Mr. Ledbetter will serve as project director of the Foundation's new career education project entitled "Discovering You". This career guid ance program for Virgin Islands junior high students will focus on the de velopment of 12 television programs, each of which will cover a broad occupational field. Given the Virgin Islands high unem ployment rate and documented unrest among island young people, "Dis covering You" provides a framework to reach a very significant segment of the population through the ap plication of mass media. The cru cial interfacing of the media com ponent with local community parti cipation also creates a cross-gen erational dialogue in which older and established Virgin Islanders have an opportunity to share their experiences and insights with young er people in need of this guidance. The application of mass media tech niques can serve as a catalyst in crystallizing the "people poten tial" of our islands and in pro viding a forum for an issue that is of central concern not only to Virgin Islanders, but to all West Indian peoples. Mr. Ledbetter is uniquely qualified to head this important new program. A media and communications spec ialist, he has -- among other acti vities -- served as an editor and publisher of Black Communicator and The Wired~Zity, was formerly affiliated with the US National Urban Coalition, has been president and general manager of the commercial television station in the Virgin Islands, and can perhaps best be remembered in the V.I. for his out standing television documentary "Trouble at Truman". RESEARCH ASSOCIATE: DR. MARVA BROWNE IRF Research Associate, Dr. MarvaS. Browne, a Virgin Islands nutrition ist with a special interest in Carib bean nutrition education and out reach programs, has just been award ed a National Science Foundation Public Service Science Residency Grant in the amount of $22,000. The Foundation will serve as the host organization for the one-year grant. Since 19 77, Dr. Browne has worked with IRF to develop programs which focus on nutrition education and on nutrition policy planning. During the period of her NSF grant, Dr. Browne will continue these activi ties, and we shall be reporting on them in more detail in subsequent issues of the "Bulletin". NEW PROJECT IN DOMINICA, WEST INDIES Following up on previous IRF in volvement with the Dominica National Park development project, the Foun dation has been contracted by the Canadian Nature Federation (which has a grant from the Canadian In ternational Development Agency) to carry out a series of specific planning activities relating to a long range park research program, development of research guidelines, historic site planning for the Ca- brits area, and liaison with appro priate international and regional funding and technical assistance agencies. JIM AND MARY ANNE OLSEN The Olsens, co-project directors of the Foundation's ethnic heritage educational program, will be leav ing the Foundation for Barbados, where Jim has accepted a one year appointment with the Organization of American States, to work with Erdiston College. As they depart, we wish to thank the Olsens for their contributions to IRF, and to particularly acknowledge Jim's contribution in the develop ment of the career education pro ject, described earlier in this section of the "Bulletin". BOARD OF TRUSTEES ACKNOWLEDGES SUPPORT OF HAROLD COOLIDGE HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. At the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees (held at the home of Trustee John D. Archbold in Washington, D.C. in late February), it was with deep regret that the President of the Foundation an nounced the resignation of Dr. Harold J. Coolidge, Vice Chairman of the Board. A Trustee of the Foundation since 1972, Dr. Coolidge's career spans a half cen tury of involvement with conservation organizations throughout the world. On behalf of the Board, the President con veyed to Dr. Coolidge its very deep ap preciation for his many services over the years, and further expressed his personal gratitude for Dr. Coolidge's support and encouragement. His wise counsel will be missed, but he shall re main a friend of the Foundation as the Board voted that an honorary life mem bership be extended to Dr. Coolidge in recognition of his good work on behalf of IRF. Also, at the Trustee's annual meeting, it was announced that the Foundation's at torney and Secretary of the Board, Mr. Clarence McLaughlin, had submitted his resignation, due to the fact that he is retiring and will no longer be domiciled in the Virgin Islands. Affiliated with the Foundation since its inception and having seen the organization through the laborious process of obtaining tax exempt status, Mr. McLaughlin has also been a faithful supporter of IRF and, like Dr. Coolidge, will be missed on the Board. Following the annual election of officers, it was determined that the post of Chair man of the Board will remain vacant dur ing the coming year, while John Archbold will serve as Vice Chairman. Attorney Charles Consolvo of St. Thomas has a- greed to serve as the Foundation's at torney (at a retainer fee of $1.00 per year!) and will occupy the post of Foun dation Secretary. Judith A. Towle was elected Treasurer for the 1978-1979 fiscal year. PERSONAL FOR OUR MEMBERS . . . ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT - 14 there is a red "X" on your mail ing label &or this issue o$ the "Bulletin", we reget to inform you that you have neglected to renew your membership fior 1978. your continued support is very import ant to us, and we ask that you use the enclosed envelope to send us your check immediately -- before you iorgetl Remember that the several member ship categories include: ASSOCIATE FAMILY SPONSORING LIFE $25.00/year $50.00/year $100.00/year $500.00 0|{ course, all membership contri butions and gi&ts to the Island Resources foundation are tax de ductible. IRF T-SHIRTS AND STATIONERY - S-otce the iall oi 797 7, we have been producing a limited quantity o] IRF turtle T-Shirts &or local sale. The demand ^or the shirts has continued to grow, and now, under the direction oft Steve Banks, we are in the process o& producing the turtle T-Shirts in large quantity. The shints will sell at $5leach -- all profits, o& course, reverting to support foundation programs . Also, we shall soon have available lor sale a series o^ eight very attractive West Indian wildli&e note cards, designed and drawn lor the foundation by Richard Dewey, who has donated the original draw ings to IRF. Members wanting more information on the turtle T-Shirts or the wild life note paper should contact Ms. Kathy finnerty at foundation head quarters [P0 Box 4187, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 00801). Ongoing Projects History & Culture ♦ V.I, HISTORICAL HERITAGE. Working from the premise that the U.S. Virgin Islands is a unique A- merican territorial possession and that its historical experience has been not only characteristically Caribbean in nature, but constitutes a special kind of Afro-American com munity within the American exper ience, the Island Resources Founda tion has continued to support de velopment of a Virgin Islands His torical Records Program and to work with government agencies and other groups in support of that effort. Specifically, under the leadership of our Director of History and Cul ture, George F. Tyson, Jr., the Foundation has moved ahead in the development of a plan to carry out records surveys and to prepare find ing aids for the pre-1917 Virgin Is lands state records deposited in the national repositories of the United States, Denmark, Great Britain, Hol land, France and Spain. A proposal, which builds on Mr. Tyson's earlier planning study, has been prepared and submitted to the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities to com plete this work. ♦CARIBBEAN ARCHITECTURE. As the response to our unpublished (1977) report on historic site preservation has been greater than our ability to fulfill requests, the Foundation has published a revised version of the earlier report, including graphics (17 photos, line drawings, map) and an expanded bibliography. The printed booklet, entitled Caribbean Historic Site Preservation: A status Keport, was released in February and can be purchased for $4.50/copy, in cluding postage. Education ♦CARIBBEAN HERITAGE STUDIES. The Foundation's pilot educational program in ethnic heritage studies (funded by the U.S. Office of Edu- - 4 - cation) reached its final develop ment phase with recent implementa tion of a series of teacher train ing workshops for over 100 teachers in the Virgin Islands. The in- service training sessions focused on use of the instructional mater ials developed under the 0E-funded program (called "Caribbean Roots") and provided each participant with one set of 36 student activity sten cils and a teacher's guide. The supplemental instructional program includes activities in language arts, history, crafts, folk arts, geo graphy, biography, food preparation, all with a multi-cultural Caribbean theme. Materials were enthusiastically re ceived by workshop participants, and an editorial in a local Virgin Is lands newspaper lauded the program by stating that it "could be one meth od in transforming today's largely dys functional education system into one that will ... capture the in terest o& students and help them realize the importance otf education to their lives." ♦EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AND CULTURAL JOURNALISM. All-Ah-Wee Magazine: "... written and pro- duced in the U.S. Virgin Islands by young people who love them..." The final issue of the All-Ah-Wee Magazine, the Virgin Islands' ver- sion of the popular Foxfire educa tional concept, was released for distribution in the spring. With the partial support of a small grant from the V.I. Council on the Arts, the Foundation assisted in the publication of the final issue of All-Ah-Wee, which, unfortunately, because of lack of on-going insti tutional support from V.I. public schools, will come to an end with this last effort. Copies are a- vailable at no charge from IRF. Resource Planning *V.I. recreational/commercial FISHING AND BOATING SURVEY. Sixteen hundred Virgin Islands boat owners have now received copies of the Foundation's questionnaire solicit ing information about the use of V.I. waters by both commercial and recreational fishermen and boat owners. Responses will help Foun dation staff in developing guide lines for better management of those marine resources which are vital to both recreational and commercial boating and fishing interests. If you use the waters surrounding the Virgin Islands and have not re ceived a questionnaire, please con tact us for a copy. Members might also be interested in reading an excellent summary article reviewing the status of the Virgin Islands fisheries writ ten by IRF fisheries biologist, Dr. David A. Olsen, in the yearbook (1978) issue of National fisherman. See April 30, 1978 issue, pages 164-65 (Xeroxed copies available to members upon request). ♦BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS MARINE PARK DEVELOPMENT. In conjunction with a) the IUCN Caribbean marine habitats mapping project (headed by Dr. G. Carleton Ray of The Johns Hopkins University), b) the Rocke feller Brothers Fund sponsored "Eastern Caribbean Natural Areas Program" (headed by Mr. Allen Putney of St. Croix) and c) the Town Planner^ Office of the British Virgin Islands Government (headed by Mr. Ivor Jackson), the Founda tion is currently engaged in a site survey, planning and technical assistance effort aimed at develop ing a system of marine parks and preserves in the B.V.I. ♦ANGUILLA MARINE RESOURCES. An effort similar to that in the B.V.I., but including also the de velopment of a marine resources (especially fisheries) preliminary management plan,is being undertaken by IRF in Anguilla, at the request of the Ministry of Natural Re sources and Tourism. FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT OFFICES By mid-summer, branch offices of the Island Resources Foundation will be operational in Washington, D.C. (eastern U.S. office), Vancouver, British Columbia (Canadian office), and Georgetown, Guyana (southern Caribbean office). Our Washington office, formerly maintained at the headquarters of IDEAS, Inc., was relocated when IDEAS moved their facility toReston, Virginia. Now located at 1718 PSt. NW, #518, the IRF office serves as an operational base for Foundation staff during working trips to the eastern U.S. Telephone number at the Washington facility is (202) 265-9712. The new Vancouver office will be maintained by IRF Research Associate John McEachern, a resource geogra pher who was formerly in residence at IRF headquarters in St. Thomas (1972-74) and who is co-author, with E. Towle, of the book Ecolog ical Guidelines dor Island Develop- rnTnt (published in~l9 74 by IUCN). Mr. McEachern will maintain con tact with Canadian international funding agencies, on behalf of Foundation program development. The office is located at 6107 Gal- braith Crescent, Ladner, British Columbia (just outside of Vancouver) The mailing address is Post Office Box 250, Delta, B.C., Canada V4K 3N7 (telephone 604-946-8289). In the southern Cari office will be under of Mr. Mahamad Hanif Guyana. A wildlife environmental planne was formerly associa Foundation from 19 72 time he served as Ex of the Caribbean Con ciation (then locate respondence to the I should be directed t Street, Section "K", Georgetown, Guyana ( bbean, our new the direction in Georgetown, specialist and r, Mr. Hanif ted with the -74, at which ecutive Director servation Asso-. d at IRF). Cor- RF Guyana office o 97, Bonasika Campbellville, telephone 61037) IRF staff travel to: NEW YORK — where Dr. Edward Towle and Mr. James Olsen, President and former Director of Educational Programs, respec tively, were guest speakers at a session on Alternative Develop ment Strategies at the SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT held at the United Nations in March. (Arrangements for this meeting were made for the Foundation by Mr. Jonathan Blum, IRF Research Associate and a Foundation representative to the United Nations NGO section.) Later in that same week, Dr. Towle led a staff seminar at the UN CENTRE FOR HOUSING, BUILDING AND PLANNING on "Island Environments and Development". PUERTO RICO — where the Foundation's President was a featured speaker at the FIRST CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE ON ENERGY FOR DEVELOPMENT. Ever controversial, Dr. Towle's remarks were the source of front page headlines in the San Juan Star the fol lowing day! ANTIGUA — where Edward and Judith Towle, at the invi tation of the FRIENDS OF ENGLIGH HARBOUR, met with island civic leaders and government officials, including Premier Vere Bird, to discuss development issues ranging from historic preservation to land use controls to a proposed maritime training school. Dr. Towle was guest speaker on a weekly television program sponsored by the ANTIGUA HISTORIC SITES COMMISSION. FOUNDATION WELCOMES NEW LIFE MEMBERS AND LOCAL CORPORATE SPONSORS . At each critical point in our development, there have been those who, through their generous financial support, have greatly assisted the Foundation in meeting current fiscal obligations. To this exclusive roll of such loyal support ers, we now add the names of JAMES LE FEVER ROBERT W. SIDDALL both of whom became new LIFE MEMBERS this year. Support from the local Virgin Islands corporate community is also very important, not only as a source of financial support but also as a kind of endorsement from the commun ity in which we live and work. Our thanks in 19 78 go to the following V.I. businesses for contributions to the Foundation: GERALD NICHTERN OF THERMAL ENGINEERING WILLIAM DOWLING OF CARD0W, INC. PINEAPPLE BEACH CLUB OF ST. THOMAS 1C7& OVERVIEW/ As this calendar year draws to a close, we are pleased to report to our members, patrons, and friends that the Island Resources foundationhas completed its most successful year in the institu tion's six year history. Gifts, grants, donations, and public sector contract monies &or 1978 will exceed $225,000. In part, this has been due to an in creased level o£ project activity, and, in part, we have achieved a more solid base o£ unrestricted, institutional support funding — notably ^rom the Rocke&eller Brothers fund, as reported in our Mid-year "Bulletin", while old friends {particularly American Airlines and Nancy Spire) have continued to lend financial assistance. NEW PROJECTS... Community-Based Environmental Education With receipt of a $54,000 grant from the U.S. Office of Education, the Foundation launched, in October, a 12 month environmental project aimed at providing assistance to Virgin Is lands non-profit, public service or ganizations in the development of action programs in critical areas of environmental concern. The project is non-partisan and non-political, emphasizing an outreach effort to grassroots community groups to assist them in exercising a more active, more informed, and more responsible role in the local planning and decision making process. Project staff members in clude Ed and Judith Towle, George Tyson, David and Susan Olsen, Arthur Watres and Doug Lee. The project will be carried out in cooperation with the V.I. Conservation Society. ♦ WILDLIFE CARDS ♦TURTLE T-SHIRTS NOW AVAILABLE Program Planning Strategy For The Caribbean Environment Under a grant from the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, supplemented by funds from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Foundation is implementing a Caribbean-wide survey of current and projected environmental research, technical assistance and educational programs. The survey will develop a [continued] ^ ISLAND RESOURCES FOUNDATION Post Office Box 4187 St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 00801 MEMBERS BULLETIN winter 78-79 1 strategy for project evaluation, selection and funding appropriate to the objectives of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and, in particular, of its MAB-7B (Man and the Biosphere) program on island areas. Foundation president, Ed Towle, will di rect this effort, assisted by marine bi ologist, Dr. David Olsen, and IRF research associate, Mr. Mahamad Hanif of Guyana. Protection Of Wildlife As a part of a national effort by the National Marine Fisheries Service to develop comprehensive programs to pre vent the extinction of sea turtles, and building on earlier Foundation ef forts to implement West Indian wildlife research and species management pro grams, IRF recently completed a sur vey and status report on leatherback, green and hawksbill sea turtle nesting In the U.S. Virgin Islands Continuing Projects... Career Education To implement its career education pro ject (funded by the U.S. Office of Career Education in July), the Founda tion has recently acquired full video film ing and production capability. With the purchase of a camera and video editing sys tem, the Foundation now has the means to produce 1n-house the 12 television programs for our forthcoming career education series. Ted Ledbetter, project director, has com menced full-time production and anticipates broadcasting of the first shows on Virgin Islands public television 1n February of next year. Technical Assistance: BVI and Anguilla Foundation staff have continued to work with the Government of the British Virgin Islands (in cooperation with the Eastern Caribbean Natural Areas Program) in planning and de veloping a system of marine parks and pre serves for the B.V.I. Ancillary to this work, Dr. David Olsen, Director of Marine Resources Development at IRF, presented a timely paper on the subject of "British Virgin Islands Coastal Waters — Use and Conservation" at the Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Conservation Association held in Tortola in September. [continued) ^ In November, Foundation president, Ed Towle, met again with officials of the Government of Angullla to work together In designing a comprehensive marine parks survey and Implementation plan for this British is land rich in marine resources. The In ternational Union for the Conservation of Nature has asked the Foundation to develop a proposal in cooperation with the AngullIan Government, and 1t 1s anticipated funds will be forthcoming from several International funding agencies. Assistance To Dominica Park The Foundation is currently working with the Canadian Nature Federation in support of the further development of the Morne Trois Piton National Park in Dominica. Staff members are developing a draft re search plan for the Park, reviewing de velopment options for the Cabrit area (an historic site), will be developing interpretive documents for popular use, and are exploring sources of funding and technical assistance support. Dr. Towle and George Tyson, Director of His tory and Culture Programs at IRF, met with Park and Government officials in Dominica in early December, and will soon be submitting their final recom mendations to Government and to the Ca nadian Nature Federation, which has lent support to the Park since its inception. Nutrition Education and Outreach IRF Nutritionist, Dr. Marva S. Browne, under a National Science Foundation Public Service Residency, has concentrated re cent efforts on the development of a nu tritional assessment and surveillance program for Virgin Islands children. Meetings have been held with territorial government officials to coordinate liai son with appropriate agencies, and a com prehensive program proposal is being pre pared for submission to the Maternal and Child Health ... Services office of DHEW. Dr. Browne has also inaugurated a biweek ly radio program on nutrition and a regu lar newspaper column ("The Catta Column") which appears twice monthly In local Vir gin Islands newsparers. INTER-AMERICAN - CARIBBEAN: Workshop - Museums & Historic sites IRF was represented at the October work shop (held in Kingston, Jamaica) by George F. Tyson, director of history and culture programs. Sponsored by CARICOM (the Caribbean Community Secretariat), the workshop was designed to provide a forum for the advancement of regional cultural cooperation 1n the area of museums and historic preservation, as well as to provide an opportunity for a review of current programs and acti vities, principally in the English- speaking states and territories of the Caribbean. As a follow-up to the regional meeting, and as a reaffirmation of the Foundation's institutional commitment to the premise that active assistance to regional his torical and cultural programs is urgent ly needed and constitutes a credible and viable mechanism for encouraging a well rounded and cooperative pattern of re gional development, Mr. Tyson has met with appropriate officials and individ uals in Antigua, Dominica, and St. Kitts to lend assistance and to further pro gram development activities 1n the areas of archival development, cultural park planning, and historic site/museum programming. Fisheries Dr. David Olsen of IRF recently presented a paper dealing with current Caribbean fisheries research at the Thirty-First Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries In stitute held in Cancun, Mexico. From Mexico, Dr. Olsen traveled to Panama to meet with U.S./AID, UNDP, and Panamanian government officials concerning a pro posed fisheries development and nutri tional enhancement project for the San Bias Islands 1n Panama. Tr. Olsen spent six months there last ye?r and has de veloped a prototypic project design which has received local endorsement In the San Bias Islands. > - < <=)o I - LU O. O_ l Ul>z UJ a UJ COo _ 1o < UJz LU o >- Q Z U J CO < _ J UJ Q r -o o Q UJ Os K Ov ft) oo o o-s: o ■C43 ft) s «e ft) O ft) V 3 ft) ft) ft) o ft) -s: o o ft) ft) ft) UJ V E t i E o ft) •>•$ ft) a) en a. E o o o ft) « w 3 a o ft) >o N3DO UJ THANKS TO OUR 1978 MEMBERS LIFE MEMBERS Robert Bernhard, Long Island, New York Harold J. Coolidge, Beverly, Massachusetts J. Simpson Dean, Jr., Wilmington, Delaware James LeFever, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Nathaniel Schurer, Fort Lee, New Jersey Dr. Lyman and Mrs. Nancy Spire, Fayetteville, New York Vaclav Pletka, Chicago, Illinois Robert Siddall, "Eastwind", St. Thomas, V.I. FAMILY MEMBERS Penny and Monty Abrams Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Benton Mr. and Mrs. Charles Biddle Mr. and Mrs. Kershaw Burbank Kenneth R. Damon and Sylvia B. Weaver The Bradford Endicott Family The Herman Gade Family The Frederik C. Gjessing Family Dr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Hertz Elizabeth Hinke and Family Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Lemon Mr. and Mrs. Euan McFarlane The Charles E. Morris Family The Norbert Rau Family The Richard S. Taussig Family Charles and Dorothy Tilton The William T. Tooker Family Dr. D.G. Troost and Family Louis Arthur Watres and Family Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wheatley John E. Adams Alex Alexander, Jr. C O . A l i g , J r. Alberto Arvelo, Jr. (S) Louis E. Baskin Mary Anne Benton Steven Berry Peter F. Bezanson Emily R. Blackburn Mr. John A. Blum Marjorie Boggs Midori Buchanan Percy Chubb, II P h i l i p T. C o ff e y Robert P. Coffin Theodore Cohen Robertson E. Collins Helen S. Conant John Cordell Howard A. Crouse Alicia Pagan Cruz Mrs. Robert Cummings Robert Devaux Richard Dewey Rear Ad. C. de Windt Kenneth C. Dick James Dobbin Jerry Donohue Edith J. Eglin Jacques Ellison Charlie Evans Elizabeth Evans Sally Fechtmeyer Bonita L. Fechner Fred Feyling Karin Fiederer David Finneren, Jr. (S) Mrs. Franklin Foster Charles 0. Frake (S) • Stude.nl SPONSORING MEMBERS Animal Welfare Institute (Washington, D.C.) Canadian Nature Federation (Roseau, Dominica) Paul Caron (Belgium) Caribbean Holidays, Inc. (New York) Delia Femina, Travisano f, Partners, Inc. (New York) William Dowling (Cardow, St. Thomas) Phillip Gotterup (Gotterup Electric, St. Thomas) Howard M. Graff (New York) Grand Bahama Development Co. (Florida) Samuel P. McChesney (Montserrat) National Wildlife Federation (Washington, D.C.) Maurice J. Petrosky (Pennsylvania) Pineapple Beach Club, Inc. (St. Thomas) Joe Scott (New York) Mrs. Mason Scudder (Missouri) Stanley Selengut (New York) D r. E l s i e M . Ty t l a ( Vi r g i n i a ) Mrs. Laura Yergan (St. Thomas) ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Savage Frieze Michael Frome Joseph S. George Andrew Glass Alyson Goroski (S) Miriam Gray Russell H. Gurnee Carter Hague Sarah Harkness Paul Harrison Jane B. Hart Keith Hay Ann Mason Heartburg Harvey Henne James Isiminger Stephen R. Johnson Bernard E. Karlen James E. Kennedy Clarissa Kimber Brian S. Kirby Gerald Koeppl Ingvar Kristensen Ad. H. Labrouse Kurt Landsberger Douglas H.K. Lee Walter Lewisohn Armelle Liger S h i r l e y L i n c o l n William C. Loud Virginia McConnell John McEachern Jerry McElroy Gloria Francois McGowan C Russell McKee Peter Merkus, Jr. John F.. Miller L o u i s V. M i l l s , J r. Richard S. Milstein Sonya P. Montgomery A.C Morgan, III Maynard M. Nichols Jean K. Nielsen Joseph L. Noble Robert L. Norton John C Ogden Esther G. Parker Noel Peattie F r a n c i s P e l t i e r Robert A. Retnole Richard H. Pough Yvonne Joyce Rivera Mrs. E.I.. Robertson, Jr. Robert Rodale William Rowland Morton Schindel St. John Lumber Co. Mrs. Claude A. Sher Carol Houck Smith William Spencer Leon Stackler William Stanton Margaret M. Stewart Lewis H. Strauss John Strohm Charles W. Strong Norman Thomas John F. Tinsley Rick Towle (S) Marion Van Dyck R.H. Van Steelant Robertson Ward, Jr. Eyland Washington Werner Wernicke Palmer Williams, Jr. Andrew Williamson Katheryne K. Willock Francis D. Wyatt D. Yuille-Baddeley Order Form Return Completed Form To: Island Resources Foundation PO Box 4187, St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands 00801 Turtle T-shirt COLOR: green on white SIZE: Small Medium Large X-Large TOTAL ENCLOSED: $ $ 3 CT * Price: $5.00/each blue on white c «0 (all prices include shipping/handling) # Orders of five or more T-shirts are discounted to $4.50/each, W i l l l l i f e C a r i l S * * P r i c e : $ 5 . 0 0 / s e t Set of eight 4%" x 5" wildlife cards (pictured on opposite side) in detailed line drawing on heavy white stock with descriptive informa tion on species depicted. Please send me sets TOTAL ENCLOSED: $ (all prices include shipping/handling) 0 0 Orders of five or more sets are discounted to $4.50/set. Please send my order to: NAME ADDRESS: (please printj Zip Code NOTE: All orders are shipped surface mail. Please allow 4-6 weeks