U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
President
Abraham Lincoln formed the USDA in 1862.
USDA is a research leader in everything
from human nutrition to new crop technologies.
USDA is the steward of our nation's 192
million acres of national forests and
rangelands. USDA is responsible for the
safety of meat, poultry and egg products.
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Caribbean
Area Natural Resources Conservation Service
The
Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) is a natural resources and environmental
agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
NRCS provides leadership in a partnership
effort to help people conserve, maintain,
and improve our natural resources and
environment. NRCS manages and administers
several programs, initiatives and works
in partnership with 17 Soil Conservation
Districts in Puerto Rico and one in the
U.S. Virgin Islands. NRCS provides technical
assistance, free of cost, to land users
to solve their natural resources challenges
and assist them to maintain and improve
their economic viability.
•
Institute
of Tropical Forestry
The
International Institute of Tropical Forestry
(IITF) is part of the USDA Forest Service,
located in Río Piedras, Puerto
Rico. The Forest Service mission is to
achieve quality land management under
the sustainable multiple-use management
concept to meet the diverse needs of people.
The Institute is dedicated to tropical
forestry on an international level. The
IITF's mission is to: Develop
and exchange knowledge critical to sustaining
tropical ecosystem benefits for human
kind.
University
of the Virgin Islands (UVI)
The
University of the Virgin Islands is a
comprehensive land-grant institution with
a liberal arts base committed to meeting
the educational needs of the U.S. Virgin
Islands and the wider Caribbean.
• Conservation Data Center
The CDC compiles, analyzes, and disseminates natural resource data.
The data being collected is linked to a Geographic Information System (GIS).
The CDC's GIS lab
provides sophisticated analysis as well as accurate and reliable
map products for any area of interest in the Territory.
• Cooperative
Extension Service (CES)
The Cooperative Extension Service is the
education & outreach
arm of the University. It offers programs
and assistance to Virgin Islanders on
the topics of Agriculture, Natural Resources,
4H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Science.
VI
Department of Planning & Natural Resources
(DPNR):
• Coastal
Zone Management Program (CZM)
The
U.S. Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management
Program was established to manage, enhance,
protect, and preserve the Virgin Islands'
coastal resources, while reducing conflict
between competing land and water uses.
The CZM program is strongly committed
to the overall management of the coastlines
to ensure environmental and economical
sustainability for future generations.
• Division
of Environmental Protection (DEP)
The mission of the Division of Environmental
Protection is to provide protection and
conservation of the natural resources
of the Virgin Islands in collaboration
with other DPNR divisions and governmental
agencies for the health and comfort of
the public and, an improved quality of
life.
V.I.
Department of Agriculture
The
Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture's mission is to support and promote the U.S. Virgin Islands' Agriculture Industry, while protecting the consumers and the environment, through education, development, implementation and communication of sound agricultural policies and programs.
V.I. Waste Management Authority (VIWMA)
The V.I. Waste Management Authority is the territorial solid waste and waste water management agency. Their mission is "preserving paradise for future generations."
Coral Bay Community Council (CBCC)
The Coral Bay Community Council is a grass roots organization of residents and landowners in the Coral Bay, St. John Watershed working together to protect and improve the community's resources and environment.
Learning Networks Foundation
Learning Networks Foundation's mission is to increase and improve the educational training opportunities of underserved persons where ever they reside; to provide capacity building of the underserved through the use of technology; to explore and share emerging technology with underserved individuals, groups and institutions to enhance their effectiveness in reaching others within their communities and worldwide; and to provide services to the incarcerated to ensure successful re-integration with society.
St. Croix Environmental Association (SEA)
SEA is a 500+ member organization committed to protecting and conserving St. Croix's beautiful
island environment by promoting the conservation of environmental resources, providing education and advocating for environmentally-responsible actions that benefit St. Croix.
St. Croix Wood Workers Society
St. John Community Foundation 
The St. John Community Foundation's mission is to promote programs that strengthen community and family values and enhance the quality of life for all members of the St. John community.
V.I. Farmer's Cooperative (VIFC)
The Virgin Island Farmers’ Cooperative, Inc. (VIFC) is a 521(a) farmers’ cooperative organization established on May 16, 2005 to assist farmers with production,
marketing, group purchasing and to provide a voice for increasing agricultural production
in the Territory. We are dedicated to the promotion and development of a viable Agricultural
industry and for making an economic stimulus to help to improve the quality of life of all
in the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Sustainable Farm Institute (VISFI)
The Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute is over one hundred acres of rolling green hills and valleys nestled in the highlands of the northwest corner of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
VISFI promotes the development of agroecology: an innovative field of agriculture that enjoins productivity with resource conservation, using ecological and indiginous management models to create sustainable life systems.
National
RC&D Association
The
National Association of Resource Conservation
and Development Councils serves as an
advocate for local Councils. They help
local Councils identify, address and solve
challenges to sustain and improve quality
of life in their own communities.
