November 1, 2005
Reef Check California
(first published 2005-Sept. 30) Reef Check, the world’s largest coral reef monitoring program, is starting a new volunteer program to survey California's rocky reefs.
Full press release below:
Reef Check California
Public Meeting
Wednesday September 28, 2005 7:00 p.m.
PG&E Community Center
6588 Ontario Road, San Luis Obispo
Reef Check California will host its first public meeting to inform interested members of the community about how to become involved with the new volunteer monitoring program. Dr. Craig Shuman, Director of Reef Check California, and Chris Knight, Director of Training, will provide background information about the mission, goals and objectives of Reef Check California and receive feedback and input from local community members.
Founded in 1996, the Reef Check Foundation runs the world’s largest coral reef monitoring program and works with communities, governments and businesses to scientifically monitor, restore, and maintain coral reefs globally. The new California program will train volunteer teams of local divers, fishermen, surfers and scientists to survey marine life on California’s underwater rocky reefs to help fill data gaps in the State’s existing marine monitoring network.
Now in its ninth year of operation and active in over 80 countries and territories throughout the world, Reef Check has received prestigious national and international environmental awards for its work, and is the United Nations’ official community-based reef monitoring program. The Reef Check Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Pacific Palisades California.
Please visit our website ReefCheck for more information.
Posted by Dida at November 1, 2005 12:37 PM
