REEF TALKS

Reef Talks is a monthly lecture series on ocean conservation. These talks are currently held at the Ridge to Reef Restoration Center (3RC) in Kailua-Kona, HI. All talks will be live streamed and saved so you can watch them later on our YouTube channel! We would love to see this expand to other islands as well, and donations are greatly appreciated to keep this program going and growing. Please contact Kater Hiney, our Big Island Reef Talks Coordinator at kateralisha@gmail.com for more information.

Mahalo to all our 2023 presenters!

January: Maria Harvey from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary: “Hawaiian Monk Seal Stewardship"

February: Keller Laros from the Manta Pacific Research Foundation: “Manta Rays of Kona Hawaii"

March: Greg Asner from the Hawaii Marine Education and Research Center, and ASU Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science: “Communities and Technology Might Just Save Hawaii's Coral Reefs"

April: Rae Okawa from the Hawaii Wildlife Center: "An Introduction to Hospital and Rehabilitative Care of Hawaii's Seabirds and Native Winged Wildlife"

May: Carmelita Villalobos from the Marine Mammal Center: "Hawaiian Monk Seal Stewardship"

June: No Reef Talk

July: Karlee Szympruch & Kelleigh Downs from the Hawaii Island Hawksbill Project: "Honuʻea and the Kaʻu Coast"

August: Nathan Hayes from the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources: "Honuʻea and the Kaʻu Coast"

September: Bryant Grady from the Nature Conservancy: "Exploring Coral Reefs: A 3D Journey through Structure from Motion Surveys"

October: Chad Wiggins from Hui Aloha Kīholo: “A Tale of Two (or More) Corals: Relationships, Recovery, and Resilience for Reefs”

November: Robin Baird from Cascadia Research Collective: “Science and conservation of false killer whales in Hawai‘i”

December: No Reef Talk, break for the holidays!

Mahalo to all our 2024 presenters!

January: Chris Gabriele, Dr. Adam Frankel, Suzanne Yin, and Susan Rickards from The Hawaii Marine Mammal Consortium: “20 Years of Cetacean Research and Community Outreach”

February: Andi Cross, Marla Tomorug, and Adam Moore from Edges of Earth: “Sharing Stories of Positive Ocean Change”

March: Dr. Grace Klinges from ʻĀkoʻakoʻa Reef Restoration: “Restoring with Resilience: Enhancing Coral Restoration Outcomes in the Wake of Climate Change”

April: Maria Harvey from Hawaii Uncharted Research Collective Outreach: "Hawaii’s Whale Sharks: Using citizen science to reveal trends and understand whale shark (Rhincodon typus) sightings within the state."

Speaker headshots below are in chronological order from left to right.