Pawg Neeg Tuav Tswv Yim

Craig Quirolo

Founder, Reef Relief (retired), USA

Craig Quirolo yog ib tug neeg tsav nkoj, kws yees duab thiab kos duab yug hauv Oakland, California. Nws tau caij nkoj los ntawm San Francisco mus rau Key West hauv xyoo 70's thiab tau pib thawj lub nkoj caij nkoj mus rau cov coral reefs nyob ze. Kev ncig tebchaws vam meej thiab nyob rau xyoo 1987, Craig thiab lwm tus neeg caij nkoj caij nkoj tau pom tias lawv cov thauj tog rau nkoj ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj thaum poob ntawm lub pob zeb. Lawv tau tsim los tsim lub koom haum nonprofit Reef Relief. Craig coj kev rau siab rau nruab thiab tswj 119 reef mooring buoys ntawm 7 Key West reefs, tam sim no ib feem ntawm Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Buoy Program. Cov pab pawg tau qhia cov neeg hauv zos thiab tawm tsam cov kev hem thawj ntawm cov pob zeb, suav nrog cov ntug dej hiav txwv cov roj drilling hauv Cov Keys. Craig tsuas yog ib tus neeg saib xyuas ib puag ncig los ua tim khawv ua ntej Congress hauv kev txhawb nqa lub chaw dawb huv thiab tau txais tus kheej Point of Light Award los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm HW Bush rau Hnub Ntiaj Teb, 1990. Xyoo 1991, tom qab saib cov pob zeb thiab cov dej tsis zoo, Craig pib yees duab 15 xyoo. soj ntsuam daim ntawv ntsuam xyuas uas teev cov kev hloov pauv rau cov corals tshwj xeeb lub sijhawm. Nws pib tshawb fawb nrog cov kws tshawb fawb los tshawb pom qhov ua rau. Craig tau tshaj tawm 10,000 cov duab los ntawm qhov kev tshawb fawb, suav nrog cov pob zeb reefs los ntawm Reef Relief's Caribbean cov haujlwm, uas muab cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev noj qab haus huv reef ntawm reefreliefarchive.org uas tau siv thoob ntiaj teb. Nws so haujlwm xyoo 2009 thiab tau tsiv mus rau Brooksville, Florida, tab sis tseem khaws cov ntaub ntawv ntiag tug. Craig tau mus kawm Chico State University thiab San Francisco Art Institute.