It’s official, the expansion of the Westside National Park has been announced by the Ministry of Environment . The Westside of Andros is a rare gem in this world of fast paced living and human population explosion. The Westside of Andros is uninhabited by humans, it is a place rich in biodiversity and one of the most pristine places on earth.
The Westside National Park in Andros will be expanded to areas north of the westernmost point of Andros, including Williams Island and Billy Island, Turner Sound, identified creeks with significant mangroves including Loggerhead, Pelican and Deep Creek, a lake system, Cabbage Creek and the area south of Lisbon Creek including Sandy Cay in the South Bight.
“The west side of Andros Island is teeming with large numbers of rare species from bull sharks to small organisms. To find such a large population of so many rare and threatened species reinforces our belief that the west side of Andros is one of the most ecologically intact and pristine areas remaining in the western tropical Atlantic.” said Dr Phil Kramer of the Nature Conservancy.
Other species noted by investigators on the west side are bonefish, young green, hawksbill and loggerhead turtles, bull and lemon sharks, snapper, Andros rock iguana, spiny lobster, tarpon, herons, egrets, Caribbean flamingos, silversides, blue crabs, barracudas, conch and the endangered sawfish AND MANY OTHER SPECIES live and flourish in this area, now they will be populating our oceans for gener tions to come.
The Andros Conservancy and Trust Bahamas
