Are you a REEF surveyor? Wondering about Geographic Zone Codes for our survey sites? The REEF Zone Codes are a hierarchical system used to organize survey sites by region. You can find the zone code listings by going to www.REEF.org > Database > Geographic Zone Codes > then select the region you want, and then use the interactive maps to find your specific location.
Happy New Year and thank you to all our members who have donated during our winter fundraising campaign! Because of your support, we are able to conserve marine environments worldwide. If you have not yet contributed, we still need your help! We are approaching the last few days to make a tax-deductible donation for 2017. Please take a moment to contribute online at www.REEF.org/donate. You may also mail your donation to REEF at PO Box 370246, Key Largo, FL 33037, or call us at 305-852-0030.
REEF is proud to announce Nancy Perez as our 2017 Volunteer of the Year. REEF has over 67,000 members and Nancy is proud of her longtime support as member number 589! Nancy originally joined REEF because of her interest in diving, marine fishes and underwater photography.
When she moved to Key Largo in 1996, Nancy was closer to REEF’s Headquarters and looked for ways to be active in the community, learning more about REEF while volunteering for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Aloha! Join Janna Nichols, REEF's Citizen Science Program Manager, and learn how to ID some of the most common surgeonfish in Hawaii.
Fish covered in this session:
Are you a diver or snorkeler looking to make a difference in the health of our oceans? If you haven't already, we hope you will make plans to join us on a REEF Trip in 2018. We have a great lineup of trips and a few spaces remain. You will participate in our citizen science programs, dive with like-minded individuals, and learn about the marine life around you. The full 2018 schedule is online (and keep an eye out for the 2019 schedule to be released this spring).
Here are 2018 trips that still have space:
We are excited to share the latest publication stemming from REEF's Invasive Lionfish Research Program - "Mobilizing volunteers to sustain local suppression of a global marine invasion," recently published in the scientific journal Conservation Letters.
REEF members are at the heart of our grassroots marine conservation programs. Over 60,000 divers, snorkelers, students, and armchair naturalists stand behind our mission.
This month we highlight Mindy Gould, member since 1997 (20 years!). Mindy has conducted 121 surveys, in both the western tropical Pacific and the Tropical Western Atlantic. Here's what Mindy had to say about REEF:
When you shop under the Amazon Smile program designating REEF as your chosen non-profit, Amazon donates a portion of your purchase to us. The latest quarterly donation from the Amazon Smile program has put $184.78 into REEF's account - and it just keeps growing (the previous quarter we received $155.02) as more of you participate in joining this easy way to give to REEF.