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Active
Divers Association’s 2021 Coral Restoration
Program
Space is limited to
sign up for this year’s Coral Restoration program,
to be held on Sept. 11. Act now to save your
spot. This is your opportunity to participate in our
ongoing efforts to restore the reefs of the Florida
Keys to their former color and beauty many of us
remember from years past. After fifteen years
of partnering with the Coral Restoration Foundation,
for this year’s program we are working with
Islamorada Conservation and Restoration Foundation
(“I.CARE”), a team of scientists and interns
dedicated to the restoration of Islamorada’s reefs.
Our divers will start
the day by meeting at Key Dives, and at 8:30 a.m. we
will visit the nearby onshore coral nursery to see
the specimens being nurtured there, including brain
corals, a variety of bouldering star corals, elkhorn
and staghorn varieties. At the nursery we will
experience a tutorial on corals and the threats to
our reefs and receive training in a hands-on
workshop on how to transplant baby corals.
Lunch will be provided
as part of the program from the delicious selections
offered by Mango Mike’s Café at Bud N’ Mary’s
Marina. Then we will meet back at the dive
shop for our two-tank dive transplanting baby corals
and maintaining previous out-planting sites.
Whether you have been part of Active Divers’ past
coral programs or this is your first time, Sept. 11
will be one of your most rewarding days spent
underwater.
All of this for only $100 per person. Sign up
now!
Roy D. Wasson
Conservation Projects Director
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