Photo creation
by Jan Kocian, upper left photo by Pete Naylor
March 2009
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2007
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2008
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| WA | 1064 | 1468 | 5882 |
| OR | 6 | 61 | 115 |
| BC | 180 | 123 | 2462 |
Saltwater Surveying and Snarfing
OK, so this is the ultra-cool news-of-the-month. REEF has partnered with WA State Parks to have REEF volunteers monitor the new artificial reef at Saltwater State Park! This will be a long-term project. Our first monitoring day will be on Saturday, April 18th. All surveyors, whether you've never done a survey, or are an AAT member (and anywhere in between) are invited to help survey the new reef. Come, snarf down some BBQ and potluck, and talk fish geek with your fellow divers.
Photos from Georgia's and my first dive on the reef here
Georgia's Number One!
REEF AAT Level 5 member and Oregon resident Georgia Arrow is now the Pacific Coast's numero uno surveyor with a total of 492 surveys! The Pacific Coast region includes California, Oregon, Washington and BC. That's a LOT of surveys! Way to go, Georgia! Can I have your autograph?
Orange you glad we always do the Critter of the Month?
Claude Nichols (AAT Level 5 and hubby) wrote up this month's featured invertebrate - can you figure out what it is?
Volunteers needed for REEF booth at NW Dive Expo
Can you spare a few hours of your day on Saturday or Sunday to help share your experiences with expo-goers about REEF surveying? We need help with the booth, preferably 2 hour (or more!) segments between 10am - 6pm on Saturday, and 10am - 5pm on Sunday. Reply to this message if you can help!
Hood Canal does it again - Cool Critter!
Ryan Silbernagel has the blues. Bluebarred, that is. He sighted a fish that you don't just see everyday - and he found it in Hood Canal.
See his photo and read his story here
REEF makin' the rounds
REEF presented not one, but two posters at the recent Puget Sound Georgia Basin Ecosystem conference. One summarized the results of 7 years of monitoring the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, and the other showed invasive tunicate monitoring by REEF volunteers.
New Classes Scheduled
Thanks to new Russell Family Foundation funding, we've got new classes on the roster. Locations will be:
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Yakima, WA
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Oregon Zoo (Portland)
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Port Townsend Marine Science Center
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TBA: Nanaimo, BC
That's it for now,
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Janna :)
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