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Newly Named Coral Reef Becomes Official for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary By Barbara Lidz February 2004 in this issue:  previous story | next story In 2001, colleagues at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)'s Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies (CCWS) in St. Petersburg, FL, joined in a petition to NOAA to name a coral reef after the late Captain Roy Gaensslen, in recognition of his scientific contributions to sanctuary knowledge. In December 2003, Roger L. Payne, Executive Secretary of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, notified Billy Causey, Superintendent of the FKNMS, of the board's approval on October 1 to make the name "Captain Roys Reef" official. The decision was made in agreement with the findings and recommendations of the Monroe County Commissioners and the Florida Board on Geographic Names. The name has been entered into the Nation's official geographic-names repository and will appear on all future printings of NOAA charts. The formal entry, which includes the location and a description of the reef, is posted under "Captain Roys Reef" at the USGS Geographic Names Information System Web site. (Note: Formal geographic names do not include apostrophes.) From 1974 until his untimely death in 1997, Captain Roy was charter-vessel captain for the USGS' Fisher Island Field Station in Miami and for those members who were later transferred to the CCWS. Dedication of the pristine coral reef selected within the sanctuary to honor his memory and placing of a permanent underwater bronze plaque took place on site off north Key Largo in the Florida Keys in July 2001. USGS/NOAA Underwater Memorial and Tribute to Captain Roy Gaensslen August 2001 USGS Geographic Names Information System U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) NOAA's Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in this issue:  previous story | next story

February 2004 Mailing List: Sign up to receive monthly email updates: print this issue in this issue: cover story: Turbidity Flows Recorded in Monterey Canyon Mapping Hawaiian National Parks USGS and Academia in Partnership Chesapeake Bay Science Special AGU Sessions on Gas-Hydrate Systems South Louisiana Sea-Level Rise Clifton to Receive Pettijohn Medal USGS Book Wins Outstanding Publication Award "Local Heroes" of Western Snowy Plover Protection MIT Scientists Visit Woods Hole Three New Scientists New Postdoc in St. Petersburg Reef Name Becomes Official New Book on the Phosphoria Formation Two Articles in JSR February Publications List

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