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Reef Check has reached a significant milestone! Th

Reef Check has reached a significant milestone! Thanks to *25 years* of hard work from our volunteer EcoDivers we now have more than 15,000 coral reef surveys in our global database! The data are analyzed and used locally by marine park managers, nationally by fisheries and environment managers, and internationally by organizations, including United Nations agencies, to help better track and care for coral reefs.

Interested in the results of our latest Restoratio

Interested in the results of our latest Restoration of Northern California Bull Kelp Forests report, but it was TLDR?

Good news! We produced a 2-page summary report just for you- available now on our website. Visit Reefcheck.org/kelp-restoration.

OR Sign up for our FREE webinar on the 11th of August. Reef Check Staff will discuss the results of the report!

Register for the webinar here: https://bit.ly/3AUW1hs

Key finding: After removing urchins, Reef Check divers in Noyo Bay documented a positive increase in kelp densities over 15 months at the restoration area!

Awesome news from Tankers Reef! All that hard wor

Awesome news from Tankers Reef!

All that hard work culling urchins has paid off. According to our most recent survey, the density of giant kelp went from just over 12 stipes per transect to almost 50 stipes per transect and urchins stayed way below the two per meter threshold. No changes were observed at the control site.

Congrats to Keith Rootsaert and all the Giant Giant Kelp Restoration Project volunteer divers who put in the hard work culling urchins! And to all the Reef Check divers who volunteered their time to collect this important data so that it can be shared with all of you!
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Los Angeles friends- Reef Check is happy to announ

Los Angeles friends- Reef Check is happy to announce that we have been selected as a recipient of the Buffalo Exchange Tokens for Bags® program from July through December 2022. You can now help Reef Check just by shopping at Buffalo Exchange in Sherman Oaks. Instead of a plastic bag, the Tokens for Bags® program offers every customer who makes a purchase one “token” valued at five cents (the cost to produce a bag) to donate to one of several local charities selected by the store. The program has generated over $893,860 for hundreds of local nonprofit organizations since 1994 and has saved over 17.87 million plastic bags from the landfill.

Join us at 12:30 tomorrow as Director of the Kelp

Join us at 12:30 tomorrow as Director of the Kelp Forest Program Dan Abbott chats with Alta Magazine about the importance of kelp and Reef Check’s efforts to help with kelp forest restoration. You can find the link in our bio to register!

Tune in THIS Wednesday to hear about our exciting

Tune in THIS Wednesday to hear about our exciting new education endeavor! During this next installation of Reef Check Webinar Series, Dr. Selena McMillan will be speaking to us about the Dive into Science Program and how we are striving to provide opportunities to youth, foster youth, and young adults from under-resourced Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities. Please register for the webinar using the link in our bio, and don't forget to share this post!! All are welcome!