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2016 Kickstarter Campaign to Support Our Big Sur and Channel Islands Expeditions

June 1, 2016

Reef Check is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds needed to reach remote areas of the California coast for monitoring. Please consider donating to our 2016 Assessment…

Recent Paper Shows Genetic Diversity Affects How Fish Populations Grow

April 26, 2016

In a recent paper published in the Journal of Ecology, authors Darren Johnson, Reef Check's Jan Freiwald and Giacomo Bernardi used data on genetic diversity and Reef Check California's survey…

Reef Check Welcomes Katie Kozma to the Team

April 26, 2016

In March, Katie Kozma came on board as Reef Check California's Southern California Training Coordinator. Katie's responsibilities with Reef Check include organizing and conducting research surveys throughout the Southern California…

Reef Check Contributes to First-Ever Broad Characterization of the North Central Coast

April 26, 2016

Thanks in great part to the dedication of our citizen scientist network, Reef Check California data have contributed to the recently released State of the California North Central Coast. This…

Crowned Sea Urchin Seen in Monterey Bay

April 26, 2016

While teaching the Reef Check California (RCCA) survey methods to students from the California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) scientific diving class on April 12, 2016, Jan Freiwald, Director of…

Inspiring Teenagers Raise Money for Reef Check with Coral Carnival

April 26, 2016

Last month, a group of six teenagers from the Roger Williams Park Zoo Roots & Shoots group in Rhode Island organized a carnival for coral reef conservation.