Tag: Salina Reserve
DoE calls for review of need for subdivision on pristine land
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority is due to hear an application for another major subdivision on pristine habitat in East End today, Wednesday, but the Department of Environment has called for a review of whether it’s needed. The DoE said that in the absence of an updated development plan and the necessary “strategic framework for […]
Development encroaching on home of the blues
(CNS): Plans to create a subdivision of six plots for family-sized homes on a parcel of untouched primary forest habitat off the Queen’s Highway would encroach on the home of the Cayman Islands’ iconic, endangered blue iguana. As the relentless development continues in Grand Cayman, it increasingly threatens the more remote areas of East End […]
UK charity buys 10 acres of bio-diverse local land
(CNS): The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is buying ten acres of land in East End bordering the Salina Reserve to protect the habitat for birds and other species. This is the first time the UK charity has purchased land in an overseas territory and it will be doing so in partnership with […]
Salina conservation area devastated by fire
(CNS): The National Trust has said that a large part of the protected Salina Reserve has been devastated and “horribly burned” by a brush fire that took a hold in the conservation area sometime Tuesday afternoon. Although the MRCU assisted last night in pouring water on the inaccessible area, the fire is still smouldering, placing […]
Mosquito plane to help fight fire in Salina Reserve
(CNS): A brush fire that has been burning in the Salina Reserve in East End since Tuesday is inaccessible to firefighters, and the Mosquito Research and Control Unit has been enlisted to help fight the blaze by spraying water from the air. The cause of the fire is unknown but the fire service told CNS that […]
