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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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