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THE DOMINICA 
HOTEL AND 
TOURISM 
ASSOC. 
Welcomes you to Dominica. 
We hope that you have a memorable visit 
TOUR OPERATORS 
• Antours, Roseau • Dive Dominica, Castle Comfort 
• Ken’s Hinterland Adventure Tours, Roseau 
• Mally’s Tours and Taxi Service, Roseau 
• Isaac’s Tours and Taxi Service, Roseau 
HOTELS 
Anchorage Hotel, Castle Comfort • Castle Comfort 
Lodge, Castle Comfort • Coconut Beach Hotel, Picard 
• Evergreen Hotel, Castle Comfort 
Fort Young Hotel, Roseau • Lauro Club, Salisbury 
• Mamie’s on the Beach, Portsmouth • Reigate Hall 
Hotel, Reigate • The Garraway, Roseau 
GUEST HOUSES 
Continental Inn, Roseau • Floral Gardens, Concord 
• Hummingbird Inn, Morne Daniel • Papillote 
Wilderness Retreat, Trafalgar Palls Road • Roxy’s 
Mountain Lodge, Laudat • Springfield Plantation, 
Springfield • Wykie’s La Tropical, Roseau 
In Dominica there’s litle of everything for 
everyone so give yourself enough time 
for everything we have to offer. 
‘Bernards SLrt 
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Cjift Shop 
‘We speciaCisc in souvenir 
items and CocaC handicrafts . 
Carib baskets, wood carvings, 
postcards, dolls, ceramics, gift packs, 
printed souvenir T-shirts, table mats 
and many more items. 
Pay us a visit today 
Upstairs at the 
Woodstone Shopping Mall 
Cnr. Cork St. and St. George St. Roseau, 
Telephone: 82006 
''Bernard Sitkscrem 
for expert printing of T-shirts, 
banners, and promotional material. 
Canefleld Industrial Site, Roseau 
Telephone: 86783 
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JL ORESTERS 
In all the Caribbean, Dominica has been credited 
with having one of the most progressive policies on 
forest and land conservation. For a country that 
cannot boast vast reserves of financial wealth, the 
powers that be have have put in place some 
dynamic laws that protect the country's real riches— 
its natural resources. 
"We have looked on the outside and seen what 
has happened in places like Haiti. Haiti used to look 
like Dominica," says Arlington James, Dominica's 
Acting Director of Forestry. 
Today Haiti is a wasteland with no trees and dried 
up stone beds for rivers. 
In Dominica, the 17,000 acre Trois Pitons 
National Park contains some priceless treasures. 
Situated in the south central part of the island, the 
Boeri and Fresh Water lakes are contained in it 
along with the Boiling Lake and the elegant 
Middleham Falls. In the north the Cabrits National 
Park is 1,313 acres in extent which includes 1,053 
acres of protected marine area. Everything within 
these parks is heavily protected and nothing can be 
cut, picked, removed or felled without the 
authorization of the forestry department. 
Dominica also has a 22,000 acre forest reserve in 
the northern central part of the island. Established in 
1977, the forest reserve differs from the national 
parks in that timber harvesting is permitted within its 
boundaries along with limited agricultural practices. 
Morne Diablotin, 4,747 feet tall and Dominica's 
highest peak, is also located in the forest reserve. 
Later this year a new 5,000 acre national park will 
be established in the reserve and named after 
Diablotin. 
The new national park will encompass the 
favored habitats of the Sisserou and Jaco parrots, 
two endangered and endemic birds of Dominica, as 
well as the headwaters of several important rivers 
that supply water to the north of the island. 
"The management plan has been prepared by the 
International Council of Bird Preservation and 
should be amended and ratified by government later 
this year," said James. 
Thirteen years ago Dominica was ravaged by two 
terrible hurricanes which flattened the forested 
areas in the Trois Pitons region and places around 
the Fresh Water Lake still resemble bomb sites. The 
northern forest reserve was largely untouched by 
the storms, leaving some incredible areas of virgin 
forest intact. 
Said Ashton Lugay, Assistant Forest Officer: "One 
thing we have in our favor when it comes to 
preserving the forest is the hostility of the land. 
Attempts have been made to commercially harvest 
the trees but they all seem to suffer the same fate. 
The difficulty of the terrain makes it expensive to get 
the wood out and the clay soil makes it hard for 
machinery to work." 
Dominica's Forestry and Wildlife Division is 
responsible for managing the parks, taking care of 
the forest reserves and protecting all wildlife. With 
five forest rangers, 11 forest guards and forest 
officers, the small department is kept busy patrolling 
all this land. 
Arlington James (left) and Ashton Lugay (right) 
of Dominica's forestry department. 
"Everyone gets out into la bou (the mud) and all 
of us work here simply because we really love the 
job," said James. 
But no matter how experienced a forester is, no 
one is allowed to patrol the forest alone. 
"Our own people have got lost more than once 
and we strongly advise visitors to hire guides before 
venturing into the parks and reserves," said Lugay. 
The Forestry Department is situated in the 
Botanical Gardens in Roseau. They sell several 
information booklets on various areas of natural 
beauty around the island. There is an aviary close 
by which houses Jaco and Sisserou parrots. These 
birds are part of a captive breeding program aimed 
at regenerating populations which were badly 
decimated by hurricanes David and Allen. 
