What We Do

While the days of 18th century piracy may be in the past for these parks, working hard to preserve these places is not.

Learn more about the work of the National Park Service in these special placing including responding to natural disasters, planning and infrastructure projects, and historic and natural resource preservation.
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  • Sounding Seafloor Habitats: Researchers use sonar to map the underwater resources of four National Parks

    • Locations: Assateague Island National Seashore, Cape Cod National Seashore, Fire Island National Seashore, Gateway National Recreation Area
    • Offices: Northeast Coastal and Barrier Inventory & Monitoring Network
    researcher with equipment aboard a research vessel

    Researchers, including Monique LaFrance, take part in a landmark mission in four coastal National Parks to map thousands of acres of underwater habitats that have never been surveyed. Together, the four habitat-mapping teams will create maps to help coastal parks in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Maryland better prepare for damaging storms and sea level rise.

  • Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

    Hurricane Hole Post 2017 storms

    • Locations: Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
    Boats washed ashore or sunk in Hurricane Hole during 2017 storms.

    Information on the damage caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and the recovery process of the mangroves and other habitats in Hurricane Hole.

  • The State of Our Reefs Post Irma

    • Locations: Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
    Mangroves Recovery

    Dr. Caroline Rogers and Jeff Miller gave presentations to the public on April 7, 2018. The presentations provided information on the damage caused to the coral reefs, marine life and mangroves in the Virgin Islands National Park and Coral Reef National Monument. Find out here what is recovering and what may not.

  • Reef Bay Trail Rehabilitation

    • Locations: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Virgin Islands National Park
    Smoky Mountain Trail Crew

    Virgin Islands National Park wants to thank Great Smoky Mountain Trail Crew for their tremendous work in rehabilitate the Reef Bay Trail. In addition to clearing the trail much of it had to be reconstructed or redirected.

Tags: disaster recovery hurrican maria hurricane sandy hurricane irma disaster response disaster preparedness
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Last updated: August 23, 2018

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