I am a former Army combat diver and current NAUI Instructor. My wife and I opened our own dive shop in Clovis, Ca. One of the first things we wanted to implement was a clean-up program. Since we are at least 2 hours away from the ocean we decided to focus on our local lakes and waterways. We started our Lake Clean-Up dives right after we opened in September 2019. Since then we have conducted these clean up dives monthly. We move each month to a different lake and as a thank you to our divers we provide them with free air fills, rental gear and we either make or purchase lunch for everyone. Since we started this program, we have had an average of 14 divers at each event. It is so popular that our divers are constantly asking when the next one will occur. We currently bear all the expenses for these events and are trying to raise funds to not only continue our clean-up operations here, but we would like to start expanding our events to include our coastline. We would like to raise enough funds to provide rooms and food for our divers to join us in trips to Monterey, Morro Bay, Pismo, Santa Cruz and other coastal beaches for the purpose of clean up. We would like to have the funds to do these every 3 months at least.
I think that for us to conduct our local monthly clean up, as well as expanding to the coastal clean ups, we would need to raise at least $10,000 to cover these events for the whole year.
We are participating in this because we believe in cleaning and protecting our waterway and marine life both fresh and salt water. We have been and will continue to do all that we can to support the NAUI Green Diver Initiative and clean our waterways.
I think that for us to conduct our local monthly clean up, as well as expanding to the coastal clean ups, we would need to raise at least $10,000 to cover these events for the whole year.
We are participating in this because we believe in cleaning and protecting our waterway and marine life both fresh and salt water. We have been and will continue to do all that we can to support the NAUI Green Diver Initiative and clean our waterways.
I have always had a deep passion for the ocean ever since I can remember. I got even more obsessed with the ocean when I was a junior in high school and took a course in marine biology. I then did whatever I could to learn more about earths last frontier. While on this journey I started to realize how easily it is to do harm to the ocean in everyday life. I then changed my ways (and some of my friends and family) to reduce harm towards the ocean. Currently I am a NAUI certified diver. I work at Hurly's We Adventures Scuba Shop and Gilldawg Restaurant & Marina located in Pasco County, Florida.
In Florida alone 35 percent of the reefs have been destroyed. Since humans are responsible for the destruction of these reefs then it is up to us to bring them back .
I am on my way to help create an artificial reef in Pasco County, Florida because there is no better way to help wildlife then to create a sustainable habitat. The other reason is to create an attractive and art inspired reef to create awareness and communicate reef issues to the general public. The bonus is that it will be a great spot for snorkeling and diving and increase tourism to Pasco County.
In Florida alone 35 percent of the reefs have been destroyed. Since humans are responsible for the destruction of these reefs then it is up to us to bring them back .
I am on my way to help create an artificial reef in Pasco County, Florida because there is no better way to help wildlife then to create a sustainable habitat. The other reason is to create an attractive and art inspired reef to create awareness and communicate reef issues to the general public. The bonus is that it will be a great spot for snorkeling and diving and increase tourism to Pasco County.
Scott Harris is lifelong south Florida resident and avid fisherman and SCUBA diver. Scott's oldest son, Andrew, grew up on the water with Scott and developed his own love for the ocean and it's inhabitants. Tragically, Andrew's life was lost while trying to save the life of a snorkeling companion from an approaching boat on June 8, 2014. Scott and his wife Martha formed the Andrew "Red" Harris Foundation shortly thereafter and decided to focus on creating life in the local ocean in Andrew's memory. Partnering with the Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Department, the local Army Corps of Engineers artificial reef permit holder, the foundation deployed it's first artificial reef in 39' of water offshore of Jupiter, Fl in 2015 at a cost of $90,000. Over the past 6 years the foundation created, built, funded and donated over $2 million dollars of new artificial reefs offshore of northern Palm Beach County.
We will continue building artificial reefs in July, and August 2020 with 4,500 tons of boulders, creating three huge 500 ton 20’ tall and two 800 ton 26’ tall boulder reefs in 57’’ of water off Jupiter expanding our Army Corps of Engineers-permitted Jupiter, Fl site to 3300’ long (in addition to the five 250 ton boulder reefs and 250 four ton “Coral Head” modules we placed in 2016 and 2017). We will also build a 250 ton snorkel reef in 35’ of water off Jupiter. We will add 250 tons of boulders to each of the three 200 ton boulder reefs and 310 modules we placed on our Juno site along with a new 500 ton reef, expanding our Juno site to 2200’ long. In 2021 we will add five more 500 ton boulder pile reefs on our Juno Beach site. 100% of the funds we raise go into our projects. No one gets any compensation. Please visit our Facebook page and our website to see videos of the thriving and highly productive breeding habitats we have created over the past four years. The value of our work is widely recognized and the Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s panel of 10 leading environmentalist judges from around the world selected us as their “Blue Ambassador of the Year” in 2016 and their “Blue Business of the Year” in 2018. We are only limited by our ability to raise funds through events like our annual golf tournament, the Jupiter Seafood Festival and contributions by individuals and environmentally conscious foundations from all over the country.
We will continue building artificial reefs in July, and August 2020 with 4,500 tons of boulders, creating three huge 500 ton 20’ tall and two 800 ton 26’ tall boulder reefs in 57’’ of water off Jupiter expanding our Army Corps of Engineers-permitted Jupiter, Fl site to 3300’ long (in addition to the five 250 ton boulder reefs and 250 four ton “Coral Head” modules we placed in 2016 and 2017). We will also build a 250 ton snorkel reef in 35’ of water off Jupiter. We will add 250 tons of boulders to each of the three 200 ton boulder reefs and 310 modules we placed on our Juno site along with a new 500 ton reef, expanding our Juno site to 2200’ long. In 2021 we will add five more 500 ton boulder pile reefs on our Juno Beach site. 100% of the funds we raise go into our projects. No one gets any compensation. Please visit our Facebook page and our website to see videos of the thriving and highly productive breeding habitats we have created over the past four years. The value of our work is widely recognized and the Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s panel of 10 leading environmentalist judges from around the world selected us as their “Blue Ambassador of the Year” in 2016 and their “Blue Business of the Year” in 2018. We are only limited by our ability to raise funds through events like our annual golf tournament, the Jupiter Seafood Festival and contributions by individuals and environmentally conscious foundations from all over the country.
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