Reef Relief Founder Craig Quirolo has created a new webpage on coral reef health at www.reefrelief.org that is designed to introduce divers and snorkelers to what they will encounter on a coral reef entitled "Pre-Dive Introduction to Reef Health." This new section of the Reef Relief website expands the nonprofit grassroots organization's efforts to educate various coral reef user groups and provide them with tools and information on coral reefs.

"When a diver is able to identify healthy corals as well as those that are diseased or showing other signs of stress, it makes the dive a more meaningful experience; the diver will goes away more informed about coral reefs. Hopefully it will encourage them to get involved in the global effort to protect the biologically diverse, but increasingly endangered, coral reefs of the world," notes Quirolo.

The "Pre-Dive Introduction to Reef Health" is drawn from Reef Relief's Coral Photo Monitoring Survey that features images from the Florida Keys, Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Honduras and St. Kitts. Quirolo has been surveying coral reefs for the past 14 years and has created an Online Archive of images on the website. The survey was begun from the funds received with the first Robert Rodale Environmental Achievement Award in 1993.

For more information, contact Reef Relief at www.reefrelief.org or call (305) 294-3100 email reef@reefrelief.org.