America's Deepest Coral Reef
Posted By Tim Taylor on 20 February 2007
The article is being emailed from the bridge of my boat to the New York Explorers Club while the scientists are underwater doing their research. It has taken almost ten thousand years for man to transform the planet into what it is today. Reversing the damage will also take time. Man's knowledge of the natural world today is tenfold that of just a century ago. Living in a time where a single person can share this information instantaneously with another on the other side of the planet, truly shows we have the power to effect change unlike any other time in history, another cause for hope.
Tim Taylor FN 04, discovered Sherwood Forest, considered the centerpiece of the Tortugas Ecological Reserve and one of the healthiest reefs in the Caribbean. He has had the honor or carrying 6 Explorer Club flags in the last several years on projects ranging from lemon and nurse shark behavioral studies, deep marine archeology and mid-range and deep coral reefs. He is currently employing trimix closed circuit rebreathers and high definition imaging to enhance these research projects. He co-owns and operates Aquatic Films Inc., Research Vessel Tiburon, Inc., and is Director of Ocean Outreach, a non-profit formed to help develop multimedia real life content, children's books and educational materials that help disseminate the work he is doing around the world to help raise the awareness of our oceans. He frequently lectures and is available for public appearances in support of the oceans and their ongoing preservation. For more information or to get involved, please visit www.oceanoutreach.org, www.rvtiburon.com, and www.aquaticfilms.com.
*Information based on survey of randomly sampled areas, transects and historical data archives of multiple research projects by USGS and NPS, non published data and personal communications with scientist while on site performing ongoing multi year data collection. Author has personal visited this site for 20 years and witnessed event first hand.
**This is bottom time and does not include the hours of decompression obligations associated with the dive plan.
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