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IMPORTANT UPCOMING EVENTS
For current information regarding the 27th Annual
Avalon Harbor Underwater Clean up...
please visit www.catalinaconservancy.org.
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Catalina Conservancy Divers
(CCD) is a membership support group
of the Catalina
Island Conservancy, a private,
non-profit conservation organization dedicated to the preservation
of the natural heritage of Santa Catalina Island.
CCD was formed in 1991 with the goal
of assisting the Conservancy in achieving its mission with respect
to Catalina's marine environment.
The mission
of CCD is to document, study and conserve the complex marine environment
that surrounds Catalina.
CCD trained
Scientific Research Divers
conduct a variety of underwater research and long-term monitoring
projects designed to document and understand Catalina's underwater
environment.
CCD has a Scientific
Advisory Board composed of a group of marine science experts
that provide guidance to the organization's research projects,
and use data collected by research divers to analyze and monitor
the
underwater environment at Catalina.
CCD co-sponsors,
along with USC's Wrigley Institute
for Environmental Studies, the Southern California Marine Monitoring
Conference Series, a conference bringing together researchers focusing
on Southern California's marine environment.
CCD conducts
a variety of education programs spanning from training research
divers in species identification and underwater research methods
to training recreational divers at the SCUBA
Trail at the Casino Point Underwater Park.
CCD is supported
by the Catalina Conservancy Marineros, a sister support organization
of the Catalina Island Conservancy, whose members provide boats
for CCD research diver teams.
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