Welcome to the Citizen Science Corner, our quarterly feature to acknowledge those who recently reached a milestone in our Volunteer Fish Survey Project. We are celebrating those who moved up an Experience Level or who achieved the 2021 Super Surveyor Challenge in July, August, or September 2021.
Experience Level Advancements
REEF Experience Levels are a way for divers and snorkelers to measure their fish ID knowledge along with their surveying experience. From beginner to expert, you'll find plenty of resources and friends to help you along the way. Experience Levels 2, 3, 4, or 5 are achieved through submitting a certain number of surveys and passing a fish ID test.
For more info, visit www.REEF.org/experiencelevels.
Let's hear it for these REEF members who have improved their fish ID skills!
[All listed below are Level 2 unless otherwise noted.]
California (CAL)
- Ahteri Forcada-Lowrie
- Angela Poirier
- Caleb Wright
- Jeff Chismar
- Jennifer Simpson
- Kathleen Kephart
- Kelly Bishop
- Kellyn Wilde
- Lauren Dibble
- Liron Mendelsohn
- Lisa Anaya
- Max Arseneault
- Max Arseneault
- Michael Poirier
- Michelle Gentilcore
- Reuven Bank
- Shane Wiese
- Shara Narsipur
- Tom Donahue
Hawaii (HAW)
- Annette Felix - Level 5
Pacific Northwest (PNW)
- David Wakeley
- Pieter Booth - Level 3
Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP)
- Alan Stewart
- Cassandra Neal
- Martha Klitzkie
- Susan Fuchs
Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA)
- Cristina Agostini
- Aleah Dyson
- Maila Alexander
- George Alvarez
- Andrea Stromeyer
- Anthony Cappellino
- Bernadine Bates
- Joey Caputo
- Hailey Cooper
- Haley De La Torre
- Coral Depauw
- Quinn Donnelly
- Brooke El-Koury
- Mayara Gadea De Andrade
- Gillian Smoller
- Hillary Weiler
- Nathan Hughes
- Jade McMillan
- Janet Clayton - Levels 2, 3 and 5
- Jesica Eldredge
- Kaylee Hedding
- Kira McGill
- Alexis Kumar
- Lauren Mahoney*
- Lauryn Magno*
- Brian Lesko
- Lex McIntosh
- Andrea Lopez-McNenney
- Maite Smith
- Martin Borman
- Samantha Martinez
- Lorelei Molina
- Dominick Monteagudo
- Nadia McCollister
- Promise Russell
- Raine Towns
- Richard Phillips
- Riley Zoldi - Level 3*
- Olivia Sargent
- Jacob Senecal
- Shaina Michael
- Sierra Barkdoll - Level 3*
- Carlie Stanley, Carlie
- Summer Huber - Level 3*
- Ava Swanson
- Austin Tudor
- Natalie Turner
- Melani Valdes
- Will Ribbens - Level 4
- Steven Wilson
*REEF Intern
Super Surveyor Challenge
Volunteer divers and snorkelers can earn the title of Super Surveyor by conducting and submitting at least 25 REEF surveys during 2021. Below are all 89 people who have completed the challenge so far. For more info, visit www.REEF.org/supersurveyor.
- Peter Leahy
- Cassandra Neal
- Rocio Bunker
- Ron Wolfe
- Ed Gullekson
- Dennis Bensen
- Herb Gruenhagen
- Mona & Gary Wirth
- Kara Curry
- Brad Giles
- Chuck Curry
- Dave Grenda
- Rhoda Green
- Patricia Richardson
- MJ Farr
- Judith Cucco
- Robin Webster
- Alice Ribbens
- Leslie Kopietz
- Joseph Mangiafico
- Marta Zahalak
- Perry Webster
- Karen Bogart
- Connie Bogan
- Kathie Comerford
- Kristi Draper
- Donald McCoy
- Don Gordon
- Frank Krasovec
- Carrie Neal
- William Ribbens
- Marsha Davis
- Eddie Roa
- Doug Harder
- Janet Clayton
- Kat Fenner
- Kreg Martin
- Tabitha Jacobs-Mangiafico
- Lara Webster
- Gail Roberts
- Sierra Barkdoll
- Madalyn Mussey
- Fred Hartner
- Marta Bonatz
- Naomi Wooten
- Jonathan Lavan
- Paul Bonatz
- Tracey Griffin
- Lynn Fulks
- Carol Cline
- Callie Mack
- Jennifer Walker
- John Smajdek
- Nick Brilliande
- Daryl Duda
- Robert Brennan
- Deborah Cacace
- David Ehlert
- Sheryl Shea
- Lillian Kenney
- Stephen Vinitsky
- Tammy Coble
- Ellie Briscoe
- Gregg Cline
- Sara Cowles
- Kim White
- Terry Hillegas
- Pamela Hillegas
- Melissa McMullen
- Laurel Fulton
- Christa Anderson
- Melanie Moreno
- Amy Newfield
- Mary Adams
- Stacey Henderson
- Georgia Arrow
- Jason Feick
- Mike Snow
- Luanne Betz
- David Thompson
- Amy Lee
- Riley Zoldi
- Shaina Michael
- Loralee Byrnes
- Max Arseneault
- Summer Huber
- Annette Felix
- Mimi Hayakawa
- Michael Fausnaugh