A group of birds including Great Egrets, White-cheeked Pintails, Black-necked Stilts, Common moorhens and Greater yellow legs, sit on a Rockwall in the Great Salt Pond. The White-cheeked Pintail and Black-necked Stilt lay their nest on these rock walls. Government's plan to fill a large portion of the Great Salt Pond to facilitate the building of a ring road will have a devastating effect on the many species of birds, crabs and fish in the pond. It will also be wiping out a significant amount of rare physical evidence of our ancestor's strenuous labour and St. Maarten's history through the destruction of many of the rock walls in the pond.
A group of birds including Great Egrets, White-cheeked Pintails, Black-necked Stilts, Common moorhens and Greater yellow legs, sit on a Rockwall in the Great Salt Pond. The White-cheeked Pintail and Black-necked Stilt lay their nest on these rock walls. Government's plan to fill a large portion of the Great Salt Pond to facilitate the building of a ring road will have a devastating effect on the many species of birds, crabs and fish in the pond. It will also be wiping out a significant amount of rare physical evidence of our ancestor's strenuous labour and St. Maarten's history through the destruction of many of the rock walls in the pond.