St Francis Kromme Trust

St Francis Kromme Trust

The St Francis Kromme Trust is an environmental organization serving the greater St Francis area and in September 2011 celebrated its 30th anniversary.

The Trust was inaugurated due to the initiative and drive of Lindy Pagden and a committee of volunteers.

The Mission statement of the Trust reads as follows:

  • to encourage and promote environmental awareness in the Greater St Francis area,
  • to preserve and protect the environment and amenities for the benefit of future generations, and
  • to encourage the preservation of all flora and fauna, shell-fish, sea life and bird life in the area, and the appropriate use of Public Open Space, coastal areas and nature reserves.

30 years on and the St Francis Kromme Trust's role is just as vital now as when it was formed.

 

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St Francis Bay (SFB) is situated in the Eastern Cape, South Africa about an hour and a half's drive south of Port Elizabeth. Surfers the world over know SFB as the home of the "perfect wave" Bruce's Beauties.

Our area is unique in many ways:

  • Botanically we fall within the Cape Floral Kingdom, and our unique vegetation in this area is referred to as St Francis Fynbos / Thicket Mosaic.
    • The Cape Floral Kingdom into which we fall is the smallest of the Earth's six Cape Floral Kingdoms –home to 9000 plant species, 70% of which grow nowhere else in the world.
  • We lie at the mouth of the Kromme River estuary. Tides expose and cover the large sand bank twice a day.
  • St Francis is flanked by the Oyster Bay Dunefield, one of the finest examples in the world of a by-pass headland dune system. The headland dune system contains Late Stone Age middens and Middle Stone Age artefacts.
  • The Sand River flows through the Oyster Bay Dunefield.

Members of the St Francis Kromme Trust are all volunteers. New members are welcome.

Meet the committee and find out more about each of their portfolios.
St Francis Kromme Trust
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