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Site
Events - Gray's Reef
Rivers
to Reefs Reports
Ocean
Festival
Rivers to Reefs
Reports
Where: WSAV-TV (NBC)
and WSVH/WWIO Peach State Public Radio
Dates: July 27 and July 29 (more to
follow)
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Gray's
Reef National Marine Sanctuary encompasses
17 square miles of rippled sand bottom
punctuated with dazzling garden-like oases
of premier live bottom
habitats.
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In an effort to help the
general public understand the connection of the
land to the sea and the dependence of the health of
our entire state to any of its particular parts,
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary is producing
a series of reports. The series starts at the
headwaters of the Altamaha River Watershed and
continues out to Gray's Reef and beyond to the
continental slope.
The reports are being
produced in cooperation with Savannah's local NBC
affiliate WSAV-TV. Reporter/Meteorologist Shay Ryan
will report two installments during Gray's Reef
Sustainable Seas Expeditions mission on July 27 and
July 29 and an indefinite number afterwards. The
raw video footage will also be used to produce
education programs and a documentary for broadcast
on public television. The radio reports are
produced through WSVH-WWIO Peach State Public
Radio, Savannah's local affiliate of National
Public Radio. The series will begin prior to the
Sustainable Seas Expeditions and continue
indefinitely.
Ocean
Festival
Where: River
Street
When: Sunday August 1, 1999
Time: 12:00pm to 5:00 pm
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The model
of the Deep Worker and the Sustainable
Seas Expeditions exhibit
panels.
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The Ocean Fest will take place
on River Street and aboard the NOAA Ship the Ferrel
which will be docked at the site. DeepWorker 2000
will be featured with a display explaining
Sustainable Seas Expeditions. Also on display will
be our Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary photo
and information exhibit as well as an exhibit from
National Geographic Society. The Fest will have
performances by local musicians, readings by local
poets and display locally produced art. A working
model of DeepWorker 2000 will be on hand for the
general public to experience by sitting in it and
working the controls. The Fest is designed to
elevate the public's awareness of the oceans in
general and Sustainable Seas Expeditions and Gray's
Reef in particular.
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For more information on
the education events at the Gray's Reef National
Marine Sanctuary, please contact:
Cathy Sakas, Education
Coordinator
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
(912) 598-2345
Cathy.Sakas@noaa.gov
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