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We have been contacted by Dr. Gitai Yahel who is doing a Post Doctorate at the University of Victoria. He has worked with us in doing in situ research on the Trophic Dynamics of the Invertebrate Community at Race Rocks. This video and a link to an explanation of his work is a useful example of the type of non-consumptive research that can be done in an underwater marine reserve.
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Composting for Conservation: In 2003 we have had new Composting Toilets installed in our residences at Race Rocks. This video has turned out to be an excellent educational resource. Our own local municipality is considering lobbying government in order to get regulations changed to make it legal for citizens to install these as a water saving measure. |
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We have installed two robotic cameras that give a full 340 degrees view of the land and surrounding waters of Great Race Rocks. These state of the art robotic cameras provide a panoramic view with much improved zoom capabilities that can be controlled by the viewer.They can be seen from the camera 5 link
and Camera 1
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The effect of human disturbance in sensitive ecological areas is a topic that people need to have examples made very clear. We have included several archived videos on our website illustrating the problems we can cause. This recent example of a helicopter landing provides graphic evidence of the problem. |
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"If you look into a tidepool and comprehend what you see, you are observing the universe" --So starts the Tidepool File, an area of the website we are continually developing to highlight how this mini-ecosystem can for very useful for teaching many ecological principles. |
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In May, 2004, Garry Fletcher has been asked to go to the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbour Maine to deliver a lecture as part of the Cabot Lecture Series on Marine Conservation .The racerocks.com experience and the potential for establishing a similar form of connectivity for the protected research areas of Great Duck Island and Mt. Desert Rock will be the topic of the presentation. It is our hope that eventually a network of sensitive sites throughout the world could be made available for study on the internet in the model of racerocks.com |
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We continue to get feedback from our many viewers who use this website as a resource for education and enjoyment. We have profiled some of their comments in this file. |
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We received an e-mail from Pam Birley in England who is a regular fan of racerocks.com and she indicates that she regularly uses it to teach her grandchildren about the values of nature. She sent a set of pictures she had screen captured while viewing with our robotic camera, so we included them as an example of the way that the cameras can be used interactively as a great learning tool. In 2004 we added several slide shows from her pictures of peregrine falcons and Eagles.
Her excellent methodical coverage led to us designate the daily log file with links to her monthly archive of images from cam 5.
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