NOAA Names Massachusetts Resident Environmental Hero, Award Presented
at First Fish Count
July 1, 2001
Contact:
Anne Smrcina, 781-545-8026 x204
The National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Gerry E. Studds
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) will honor local photographer
and videographer, Robert Michelson, as one of this year’s Environmental
Heroes. Michelson is being recognized for his work developing a volunteer
dive team as well as his role in educating the public about the diversity
of marine life in the waters surrounding Stellwagen Bank. Sanctuary
Superintendent Craig MacDonald will present the award at a public ceremony
at Brant Rock Beach in Marshfield.
After
the presentation, the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary’s
volunteer divers will participate in a training dive for the first-ever
Great American Fish Count (GAFC) in the Gulf of Maine on Sunday, July
1, 2001. The GAFC will take place in the Sanctuary throughout July,
2001. The press is invited to attend the training dive.
BACKGROUND
INFORMATION:
For more
information on the sanctuary and the 13-site National Marine Sanctuary
System, please visit http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov.
For more
information on NOAA’s Environmental Heroes, please visit http://www.noaa.gov/earthday/heroes.htm.
For more
information on the Great American Fish Count, please visit http://www.fishcount.org/events/events.html.
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Sanctuary Superintendent
Dr. Craig MacDonald presents the 2001 Environmental Hero Award
to Bob Michelson at Brant Rock Beach, Marshfield, Mass. on July
1. Later that day, Bob led a dive team in the first official Great
Amercan Fish Count in the Gulf of Maine. SBNMS photo.
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