This includes the Bluefields Bay community and watershed, and the Robins River watershed areas located in Westmoreland Parish along the south coast of Jamaica.
MSU and BPCA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in July.
“This partnership will allow us to support the BPCA’s community development goals,” Douglas Neidigh, sustainability coordinator at Missouri State, said. “It will also provide real-world sustainable community development and research opportunities for MSU students.”
Enhancing community relations
Dr. Robert Pavlowsky is a distinguished professor of geography and director of the Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute at MSU. He has conducted research in the Bluefields community for over a decade.