Education

CRF provides opportunities for the public to learn about the declining reef environment and how they can become part of the solution.

Education

CRF provides students and volunteers the opportunity to move the classroom into the field.

Education

CRF encourages participation of students, community groups and divers to participate, learn and share restoration techniques.

Public Participation

CRF's unique hands on approach allows volunteers to see their efforts make a difference.

Public Participation

Participating divers measure and record growth and health data of the corals restored to damaged reefs.

Public Participation

Through the CRF monitoring program returning volunteers see the reefs health improve from their efforts.

Nursery

CRF's staghorn nursery has been steadily growing with the help of volunteers.

Nursery

During the cooler months, volunteers cut fragments from permenant parent staghorn colonies and mount them on cement disks. These nubbins will grow large enough to transplant to a reef in one to two years.

Nursery

The once barren nursery floor attracts marine life with the newly planted corals, a good reminder of how important the staghorn is to the health of the marine ecosystem.

Restoration

Corals grown to transplant size are cleaned and hand carried by CRF volunteers to their permenant home.

Restoration

Volunteers prepare each marked site and epoxy the new coral in place, mixing the genome types to promote healthy spawning.

Restoration

The new corals have been documented spawning after just two years. After four years the first transplants showed healthy reef growth.

Partnerships

CRF promotes partnering and sharing techniques. Ken joined an Aquaris mission in 2008 to help establish a experimenal coral growing facility permenantly situated near the aquarius facility.

Partnerships

The CRF Team (Ken, Katie and Andy)

Partnerships

The continuing efforts of community volunteers have made the restoration projects possible and prove that individuals can make a difference.

A Sea Dragon's experience with CRF!

Monday, 21 June 2010 13:27 | Written by Julia Ignacek |

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Volunteer Voices...A venue for sharing experience!

Julia Ignacek and fellow divers from Sea Dragons Dive Club in Rockledge, FL share their experience from our Community-based Program (CBP) on June 10th, which visited the CRF Nursery and Molasses Reef!

CRF and ARRA Partners make CBS Evening News!

Tuesday, 15 June 2010 09:06 | Written by CBS Evening News - Kelly Cobiella Reports |

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Videos

The Coral Restoration Foundation's President, Ken Nedimyer, and Meaghan Johnson from the Nature Conservancy give CBS News insight into the Threatened Coral Recovery and Restoration Project funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the unpredictable issues the project faces from the BP oil spill.

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5% Day for CRF at Whole Foods Market

Friday, 04 June 2010 09:46 | Written by CRF Team |

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CRF Updates

CRF begins 2010 Restoration at French Reef

Tuesday, 01 June 2010 11:18 | Written by CRF Team |

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US Projects FL Keys

The Coral Restoration Foundation kicks off 2010 with an incredible three-day restoration program with divers from the Indian Valley Scuba Club, surrounding area, and staff at Amoray Dive Resort.

A Sea Dragon's experience with CRF!

CRF and ARRA Partners make CBS Evening News!

5% Day for CRF at Whole Foods Market

CRF begins 2010 Restoration at French Reef

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