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Collections, Out Planting and Volunteers… Waterkeepers Bahamas Reports Record-Breaking Year

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Waterkeepers Bahamas says 2025 was a record-breaking year for conservation and restoration efforts.

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2 months ago

January 6, 2026

Megan Shepherd

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Waterkeepers Bahamas says 2025 was a record-breaking year for conservation and restoration efforts.

Waterkeepers Bahamas continues its mission to protect and restore the country’s water resources, recording significant achievements in 2025.

Special Projects Coordinator Javan Hunt says restoration efforts that began in 2022 at Dover Sound—a mangrove habitat on the island’s northern coast—are now showing visible success.

Hunt says the area, once severely degraded, is recovering as mangroves return and ecosystems begin to stabilize.

The organization also exceeded its volunteer engagement and mangrove replanting goals, despite widespread destruction across Grand Bahama and Abaco following recent storms.

Hunt explains that the group’s mangrove nursery played a key role in meeting those targets, providing a sustainable source for restoration.

He says watching once-barren land transform into thriving mangrove ecosystems has been deeply rewarding, noting the role these habitats play in protecting coastlines from future disasters.