| Photos
of regional marine life used for beach-side kiosk design at Clallam
County's Salt Creek Park. |
| Organized
bi-monthly survey projects for REEF's Advanced Assessment Team to
gather data in Puget Sound, Hood Canal and the San Juan Islands. 2007
- 2008. |
| Conducted
a series of workshops in the Puget Sound/Hood Canal region to train
recreational divers how to ID and handle sightings of invasive tunicates.
Sponsored by the Puget
Sound Action Team - 2007 |
| Presented
at the Georgia
Basin Puget Sound Researcher's Conference in Vancouver BC about
REEF Fish and Invertebrate ID courses and their positive effects upon
recreational divers. Also presented a poster about using volunteer
divers to help monitor Invasive Tunicates and Stress in Hood Canal.
2007 |
| Photos
I've taken of invasive tunicates are being used by the British Columbia
Shellfish Growers Association for training, education and outreach.
2007 |
| Interviewed
by National Public Radio (NPR) for a segment
about Invasive Tunicates on the Day-To-Day Show by Luke Burbank.
2007 |
| Worked
in conjunction with the Seattle Times (Warren Cornwall) for an article
about Invasive Tunicates in Washington and volunteer diver efforts
to monitor and remove them. 2007 |
| Wrote
Article about diving in Hood Canal
that appeared in the Winter 2005 issue of Hood Canal News |
| Assembled,
trained, and acquired a Scientific Collection Permit from WDFW for
a small team of volunteer divers who locate, monitor and remove invasive
tunicates in Washington's marine waters. 2006 to present |
| Established
monthly volunteer diver transect surveys in Hood Canal to gather data
for the Hood
Canal Dissolved Oxygen Program - 2006 to present. Article
about the dive project appeared in the Puget Sound News. |
| Member
of People for
Puget Sound - 2006 |
|
Member of Puget Sound Partnership's Tunicate Response Advisory Committee
in Olympia - 2006 to present |
| Photos
of invasive tunicates in Washington are being used by the Puget Sound
Partnership on posters and flyers warning boaters, divers and marina
owners about the various species - 2006 |
| My
photos of Rock Sole and Crescent Gunnel grace the cover of Milton
Love's newest thriller, "Resource Inventory of Marine and Estuarine
Fishes of the West Coast and Alaska" (Summer 2005) |
|
Serve on the Board of Directors for Washington
Scuba Alliance. Actively serve to promote Scuba Diving in the
Northwest. 2006 - present |
| The
Seattle Aquarium and the SeaDoc
Society partnered to sponsor me to teach REEF Fish and Invertebrate
ID Classes at the aquarium in May 2005 and again in 2006 |
| REEF
Volunteer of the Year 2003. (co-honor with Wes Nicholson - Yay Wes!)
See
bottom of page 11 of the REEF newsletter for the details |
| Dive
Safety Officer for Washington State University's - (Vancouver) Scientific
Diving program |
| Co-Instructor
for the Marine Ecology class at the Oregon Coast Aquarium - 2004 to
present |
| Moderator
for Northwest
Dive Club's online critter watchers forum as well as Northwest
Diver's Creature Feature online forum. |
| FishBase
collaborator. Contributed a number of Pacific NW fish species photos
to their online database. |
| Mentor
for several High School student's Senior Projects. 2003,2004 |
| Dive
Training Magazine's cover story for Sept 2003 is an article called
'Scuba Stewards' and I'm one of 5 featured divers in that article. |
| Member
of REEF's Advanced Assessment Team (AAT). Participated in the Olympic
Coast National Marine Sanctuary survey trip 2003, 2004 and 2006. |
| Interviewed
by NorthwestDiver.com
Radio program about REEF and the Pacific NW Critterwatchers |
| REEF
Level 5 for Pacific NW - Expert status and able to administer
all REEF Level exams to Pacific NW surveyors, also a REEF Field Station |
| Present
introductory seminars
about Critter Watching to dive clubs in the Northwest area (2002 -
2004) |
| Co-organizer
of Pacific NW
Critterwatchers with Wes Nicholson - maintaining the website and
buddy list, emailing divers each month, gathering material, organizing
dives and survey days. |
| Multiple
articles and photos (including cover!) by me have been published in
Northwest Dive News from 2000 - 2004. |
| Presents
short hands-on seminars for grade-school children about scuba diving
and marine biology. (2002 - 2004) |
| Highline
Community College speaker for Marine Biology and Oceanography classes.
(2003) Many of my photos are used in their Marine Science and Technology
program. |
| One
of REEF's top 10 Fish Surveyors in the Pacific region, 2002 - 2006 |
| Organized
and taught public seminars and scuba dives for REEF's Great Annual
Fish Count in 2002-2004 |
| Active
participant in REEF's Quadra Island, BC Field Survey (2003) and Monterey
Bay Field Survey project (2002, 2006) |
| China,
Vermilion and Black rockfish photos were used on the Pacific
Marine Conservation Council's website. (Rockfish of the month) |
| Many
of my photos are used in REEF's Pacific NW Fish and Invertebrate ID
curriculum. |
| Surveyor
for San
Juan County's Bottomfish Recovery Program, 2002, 2006, 2007. Conducted
both transect and REEF surveys. |
| Trained
at the Aquatic
Nuisance Species Workshop in Seattle, 2002 (and no, it isn't divers
that are the nuisance, in spite of what you've seen...) :) |
| Worked
with Dr. Christy Semmens (Scientific Coordinator for REEF) and other
REEF Instructors on the Pacific NW Fish ID curriculum. (ongoing) |
|
I've
taken 4000+ underwater photos and use many of them in my Fish ID
and Invertebrate ID classes.
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