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And that is a wrap for the 2019 Ulithi Youth Action Program! 💙 2 weeks full of highlights from camping ⛺ on Geilop 🏝️ to observe turtles nesting 🐢, exploring the pristine reef of Yaelil 🤯✨, talking trash 🚮 (surveys) with @oceandebrismanagement, coral surveys 💪, as well as scratching the tip of the coconut palm learning about the incredibly deep and practical traditional knowledge of our outer islander ancestors. Oh, and let’s not forget our friendships made and our lifelong connections to the Ulithian and Woleaian communities. It’s not good bye, it’s fatoot ngaligich! 💚 #onepeopleonereef #micronesia #micronesiaconservation

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The science team, after a successful and productive trip to Ulithi! 🌴🐟 All reef surveys are complete for 2019. The data we gather tell a fascinating story of the relationship between management plans 🎣 and reef health 🐟.
Science Education resource “Shape of Life” interview with Nicole Crane
The science team, after a successful and productive trip to Ulithi! 🌴🐟 All reef surveys are complete for 2019. The data we gather tell a fascinating story of the relationship between management plans 🎣 and reef health 🐟.
The live stream on our Facebook page is up and running! Check it out!
Update: for access to the live stream of Junior and Nicole’s plenary go to our Facebook page starting very soon! Michelle’s talk is also posted there!
Our team in California is gearing up for another visit to our Ulithian collaborators like Chief Ike of Asor in Ulithi and his community. We’re going to listen, and hear more about the scientific studies they would like done on their islands and reefs so they can be better informed when making resource management decisions. We’ll also be wrapping up some studies, continuing our reef monitoring surveys, and starting some new projects too! More info on those to come! 🤙#micronesia#Ulithi #conservation#science
Highly recommended new documentary by Nathan Fitch
Another highlight from our summer – One People One Reef hosted a community screening of Island Soldier Movie on Falalop, Ulithi. We watched Nathan Fitch’s moving documentary outside the church, underneath the stars, during our 2019 Youth Project. The film is especially relevant to Ulithian youth, for whom US military service can be an attractive opportunity, which they must weigh against leaving the atoll for study opportunities, or remaining and living a more traditional lifestyle.