St Andrew folk: Protect Long Pond beach

St Andrew residents joined with environmental advocates to urge the government to tighten protection of Long Pond, warning that off-road vehicles, litter and inadequate visitor controls are threatening a beach and wetland regarded as vital to the parish’s heritage, biodiversity and coastal resilience.

Long Pond is not being respected as a designated natural heritage conservation area, they told the St Andrew Ideas Forum on Thursday at the Alleyne School, where they identified several concerns and the need for greater community involvement in managing the area.

Long Pond project coordinator Kellyann Alicott said the community wants greater involvement in deciding how the area is managed.