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Channel Islands National Park News Release
June 27, 2007
For Immediate Release
Yvonne Menard, Channel Islands National Park (805) 658-5725
Shauna Bingham, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (805) 382-6149 x102
Citizen Monitoring in the Marine Reserves Network
Marine biologist Christy Pattengill-Semmens, with the Reef Environmental Education Foundation
(REEF), will be the July speaker for the “From Shore to Sea Lecture” series. Her presentation will
highlight the value of citizen monitoring in understanding fish and invertebrate populations around
the Channel Islands.
Each year REEF volunteer divers join Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) staff to
conduct fish and invertebrate surveys inside and outside the marine reserves network. REEF was
founded in 1990 out of growing concern about the health of the marine environment and the desire
to provide the SCUBA diving community with a way to contribute to the understanding and
protection of marine populations. Participants in the Volunteer Survey Project (VSP) not only learn
about the environment they are diving in, but also collect valuable data used by scientists, resource
managers, and the general public.
Christy Pattengill-Semmens, PhD, is Director of Science with REEF. Semmens conducted her
dissertation research on fish assemblages at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in
the Gulf of Mexico before joining REEF’s staff in 1998. Her main responsibilities are to coordinate
with research and management communities on the use of the VSP data, oversee expansions of the
project, and coordinate REEF’s data management team. Semmens has published articles in
numerous academic journals and serves on the CINMS Research Advisory Board.
The “From Shore to Sea” lecture series is jointly sponsored by Channel Islands National Park,
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, and Santa Barbara Maritime Museum in an effort to
further the understanding of research on the Channel Islands and surrounding waters. The lectures
occur at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10, 2007, at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum at 113 Harbor
Way in Santa Barbara Harbor and Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at the Channel Islands National Park
Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center located at 1901 Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor. The
programs are free and open to the public.
This publication is available on line at: www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/newsreleases.htm
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