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Asa Wright Centre closes, 40 employees sent home by The Asa Wright Na­ture Cen­tre and Eco-Lodge opened in 1967. Now, over 50 years lat­er, it has closed its doors for the first time, send­ing home more than 40 em­ploy­ees. Flo­ra and fau­na stretch along the na­ture site’s trails as far as the eye can see. Asa Wright’s con­ser­va­tion land trust ex­tends across the Ari­ma, Aripo, and Gua­napo Val­leys of the North­ern Range, span­ning 1,500 acres. The cen­tre’s main...

Arima mayor to reach out to Asa Wright Nature Centre Arima Mayor Cagney Casimire. - Arima Mayor Cagney Casimire said the Arima Borough Corporation will reach out to the board of the Asa Wright Nature Centre to offer assistance as a matter of urgency. This follows the recent announcement of the closure of the centre’s eco lodge. He said he was not aware of the difficulties being faced by the centre before the closure was announced. “I wasn’t aware, the board wasn’t aware that they were ...

Tour operators: Tobago will feel Asa Wright blow Wednesday 20 January 2021 Eureka Natural History Tours owner Jason Radix, second from left, leads visitors on a hike at the Main Ridge Forest Reserve. STEPHON NICHOLAS & COREY CONNELLY Tobago tour operators are fearing for the future of the tourism industry after the abrupt closure of the Asa Wright Nature Centre eco-lodge in Trinidad. In a statement on January 18, the centre announced that with the continued closure of the borders and the limit...

Asa Wright Centre – ­a crucial natural resource Monday 18 January 2021 The view from the Asa Wright Nature Centre (AWNCs) verandah is world famous. The Asa Wright Nature Centre lies at the opposite end of what is traditionally considered a natural resource in TT. There are no heavy trucks belching diesel fumes, no oil-stained earth, just a stillness that seems to reach into prehistory and the calming music of the birds that are its star attraction. From its very beginnings, the centre was e...