Recommendation IIIs

 The government should acquire the necessary land on

 Long Point (or institute restrictive zoning to ensure its

 use in a compatible manner), to include at least all of

 the eastern slopes and designate the area generally within

 the suggested boundaries shown on Figure 15 as a Virgin

 Islands Coastal Zone Preserve.

 Well planned, limited access to scenic and recreation

points would allow public use of swimming and fishing areas.

General motor boat traffic within the preserve should be

prohibited or strictly regulated. The area would be made

available for educational use by local and visiting students

and teachers and could be used for a wide variety of research

and development programs.

 As such, it could become an outstanding example of

multiple resource use, which is particularly suited to small

island settings which have limited resources.


Recommendation IV,

 The Nadir sewage treatment plant should be made to

operate closer to optimal. Eventually, the effluent should

be piped to an outfall point which is better situated to

provide rapid diffusion and dilution of the effluent.

 There is need for buffering the Lagoon from the pre-

sent effects of the effluent now discharged; thus,


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