A Space for the People

Many of the shelters have been on the island so long and are so intensely used that they have been listed on the historic building registry. Despite this, many of them have fallen into disrepair due to mismanagement in the last few decades, and several have been torn down. Not even the ones registered as historic structures have escaped this fate.

The Department of Natural Resources has indicated the need and will to restore and repair many of these shelters as art of the management plan. Most of the funding from the government has still been going toward more general island maintenance and upkeep, and the difficulties of the pandemic has hurt opportunities for the island to raise other funds.