REEF-in-Brief November 2007

Happy holiday week! I hope you are looking forward to Thanksgiving and the upcoming holiday season.

REEF is pleased to bring you our monthly update on the many projects that continue to actively engage you, our valuable members, in marine conservation. Before we get there, though, I want to ask for your help in meeting an ambitious but critical goal to keep these projects going: please help REEF raise $100,000 by the end of the year. Please click here to make a secure, tax-deductible donation today.

Three "REEF" Non-Profits Team Up to Protect Akumal Reefs

Thanks for some REEF HQ Assistance

REEF PNW AAT Survey Dive

By invitation only. REEF PNW AAT survey to gather data in South Puget Sound.

REEF Pacific NW Invertebrate ID Class

Sponsored by REEF through a grant from the Russell Family Foundation, these fun, informative classes will be offered FREE to the public. Learn how to identify 40+ Pacific NW invertebrates. This class will change the way you dive! Instructor Janna Nichols.

REEF Pacific NW Fish ID Class

Sponsored by REEF through a grant from the Russell Family Foundation, these fun, informative classes will be offered free to the public. Learn how to identify 40+ basic Pacific NW fish. This class will change the way you dive!
Instructor Janna Nichols.

Linda Ridley Enters Golden Hamlet Club

Wow! Linda Ridley is now officially the 6th entrant into the Golden Hamlet Club (GHC) which has as its main membership requirement entrants having completed 1,000 fish id surveys. Linda Ridley joins Lad Akins, Linda Baker, Judie Clee, Peter Leahy, Linda Schillinger (what is it with the name Linda anyway, maybe should be renamed the Linda Hamlet Club?). This really is a tremendous achievement and those of you who survey regularly understand just how much work goes into completing 100 surveys and submitting all that data , now imagine 1,000 surveys.

REEF Parts - Things to Know (Oct 07)

Here are a few notes and news bits we'd like you to know about:

A Brand New REEF.org.

REEF is excited to announce the launch of a completely redesigned REEF.org website! A unique look, enhanced features, and pages of fresh content ... the address is the same but almost everything else about the REEF website is new.

Cypress Charters

5 nights/6 days - $260, includes 3 days of boat diving (2 days of 2 tank diving and 1 day of 3 tank diving) with Cypress Charters and an organized day of shore diving at Pt. Lobos Marine Reserve. This package does not include lodging - options include Monterey Plaza Hotel (group rate of $785 per person double-occ for diving and lodging) and the Cypress Tree Inn ($50 - $150 per night). We will also be doing a behind-the-scenes tour of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. *REEF Fee is $125. (non-diver price at Monterey Plaza Hotel $525; day-diving prices also available)

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