DPNR Says Stench From Stinking Sargassum Forces Office Closure In St. Thomas Today

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) said today that it is working to minimize the effects of the decomposing sargassum seaweed that has been impacting the Red Hook area on St. Thomas.

The excessive amount of decaying sargassum seaweed has caused the depletion of oxygen in the bay thus producing a rotten stench, DPNR Commissioner Dawn Henry said.

Due to the stench, the Division of Fish and Wildlife located in Red Hook will be closed today, Thursday May 10th.

Henry said she apologizes for “any inconvenience this may cause and anticipates normal office hours to resume on Friday, May 11.”

 

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.

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  1. It’s just as inconvenient for the teachers and kids going to school across the street. And all the other people working in the area. How about tall the DPNR people lounging around out of sight get off their duffs and clear Vessup of the rotting sargassum?

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