Conservation is the protection and preservation of ecosystems through planned management in order to prevent the over-exploitation of the resources.
My contributions have included sitting on several Board of Directors, teaching in Belize, leading expeditions and creating websites for several conservation organizations.
The Flamingo Tongue Snail is a small marine snail that lives on coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean. For many years, I wanted to photograph one but never seemed to have my camera with me when I spotted…
2007 – 2015 The Ogden Point Enhancement Society was established in 1996 to beautify the Ogden Point Terminal and create public space. The Plan took into consideration the importance of creating an aesthetically pleasing public facility and developing tourism…
I remember moving to Victoria in 2007 and we bought a house a few blocks from Craigdarroch Castle, which we visited and thinking… This is a place that could use some creative help. I’d like to do some work…
2009 – 2011 Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary is an oasis in the heart of the urban landscape and includes two distinct ecosystems: the beautiful marshland of Swan Lake and the rocky, oak-forested highlands of Christmas Hill. The…
A coral polyp is a spineless animal. Coral polyps can be the size of a pinhead while others are larger, sometimes a foot in diameter. One coral branch or mound is covered by thousands of these animals. They are…
The Gladden Spit (above) and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve is a protected area of the Belize Barrier Reef, which has become world-famous for its whale shark migration. The Silk Cayes are three tiny islands, further to the south within…
In 2002, I had the opportunity to visit and dive the second largest barrier reef in the world in southern Belize led by Steve Roper. Along on this trip were several members of the Board of Directors of the…
Laughing Bird Caye National Park is one of the gems in a string of pearls of the Belizean Barrier Reef World Heritage Site. It is a beautiful little island situated 11 miles off the coast from Placencia Village. The…
Twenty-one miles off the southern coast of Belize lies three small islands called The Silk Cayes. Of the three, the northern-most caye is virtually a bump in the ocean. The Silk Caye is large enough to pull a few…
Glover’s Atoll is a partially submerged atoll located off the southern coast of Belize, approximately 45 kilometres from the mainland. It forms part of the outermost boundary of the Belize Barrier Reef, and is one of its three atolls,…
