MikeJacobs
Guest
Just received the following - interesting & close by.... wear your Scubaboard gear!
"Reef Medic" volunteers are used in the Keys to help monitor and repair reef. It's interesting training and fun, too (free boat rides, working up-close-and-personal with coral & critters).
I'm planning to go. Anybody else?
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SAVE THE DATES: A two day workshop designed to help develop Guidelines for Rapid Response to, and Restoration of, Coral Reef Injuries in Southeast Florida is scheduled for September 15 and 16th 2005 at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel (Griffin Road and I-95). The first day will center on issues regarding Policies and Procedures for Reporting and Rapid Response. The second day will focus on Technical Field Practices and Approaches to Response, Survey, Triage, Restoration, and Monitoring.
Applicable attendees which include environmental engineering contractors or consultants, legal counsels, resource or vessel owners, academic researchers, conservation organizations, port authorities, governmental (County/State/Federal) and other agencies with responsibilities related to coral reef injuries resulting from cable dragging, vessel groundings, anchor dragging, infrastructure installation, etc. are invited to participate in one or both days of this workshop.
This two day workshop will be conducted by the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) Maritime Industry and Coastal Construction Impacts (MICCI) Team, as part of the SEFCRI Local Action Strategy MICCI project 2: Develop guidelines for rapid response to, and restoration of, coral reef injuries in southeast Florida.
More information will follow as the Agenda develops and is finalized. If you are interested in attending and would like to receive updates as they become available, please contact Kelly Gracie, Coral Reef Program Coordinator, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Biscayne Bay Environmental Center, 1277 NE 79th Street Causeway, Miami, FL 33138; Phone: 305-795-2111; Fax: 305-795-3470; or E-mail: Kelly.Gracie@dep.state.fl.us.
Coral Reef Program Coordinator
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Biscayne Bay Environmental Center
1277 NE 79th Street Causeway
Miami, FL 33138
Phone: 305-795-2111
Fax: 305-795-3470
E-mail: Kelly.Gracie@dep.state.fl.us
"Reef Medic" volunteers are used in the Keys to help monitor and repair reef. It's interesting training and fun, too (free boat rides, working up-close-and-personal with coral & critters).
I'm planning to go. Anybody else?
=========================Original Message========================
SAVE THE DATES: A two day workshop designed to help develop Guidelines for Rapid Response to, and Restoration of, Coral Reef Injuries in Southeast Florida is scheduled for September 15 and 16th 2005 at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel (Griffin Road and I-95). The first day will center on issues regarding Policies and Procedures for Reporting and Rapid Response. The second day will focus on Technical Field Practices and Approaches to Response, Survey, Triage, Restoration, and Monitoring.
Applicable attendees which include environmental engineering contractors or consultants, legal counsels, resource or vessel owners, academic researchers, conservation organizations, port authorities, governmental (County/State/Federal) and other agencies with responsibilities related to coral reef injuries resulting from cable dragging, vessel groundings, anchor dragging, infrastructure installation, etc. are invited to participate in one or both days of this workshop.
This two day workshop will be conducted by the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative (SEFCRI) Maritime Industry and Coastal Construction Impacts (MICCI) Team, as part of the SEFCRI Local Action Strategy MICCI project 2: Develop guidelines for rapid response to, and restoration of, coral reef injuries in southeast Florida.
More information will follow as the Agenda develops and is finalized. If you are interested in attending and would like to receive updates as they become available, please contact Kelly Gracie, Coral Reef Program Coordinator, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Biscayne Bay Environmental Center, 1277 NE 79th Street Causeway, Miami, FL 33138; Phone: 305-795-2111; Fax: 305-795-3470; or E-mail: Kelly.Gracie@dep.state.fl.us.
Coral Reef Program Coordinator
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Biscayne Bay Environmental Center
1277 NE 79th Street Causeway
Miami, FL 33138
Phone: 305-795-2111
Fax: 305-795-3470
E-mail: Kelly.Gracie@dep.state.fl.us
