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PROJECTS
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction. - Rachel Carson
The Wild Dolphin Foundation (WDF) supports non-invasive and non-disruptive research, to raise awareness and understanding of the importance of the local marine wildlife and habitats, to encourage respect and conservation of these important entities and to ensure the long term well-being of these animals and the local marine environment.
Marine Wildlife Observation and Data Entry
Detailed information on year-round distribution, seasonal abundance and inter-annual trends of a given species is essential for any conservation effort. Since 2001, WDF volunteers have opportunistically collected data through videos and logs through both onboard and shore-based observations. Detailed information on year-round distribution, seasonal abundance and interannual trends of a given species is essential for any conservation effort.
Dolphin Photo ID: WDF uses identifications obtained from the field to study the population parameters of the coastal dolphins.
The Dolphin's Habitat
Makai Watch - WDF works with the local community in documenting uses of the shoreline that are detremental to its marine inhabitants and in changing user habits through education, cooperation, and information.
REEF Survey and Reef Check: The spinner dolphin's daytime habitat is located in sandy areas surrounded by coral reefs. WDF heads the Leeward Oahu Reef Check, a community-based monitoring protocol designed to measure the health of coral reefs (and thus their surrounding habitat) on a global scale. REEF Survey monitors the fish sharing the dolphins habitat. What effects the reef and its inhabitants will also affect the dolphins. WDF will be hosting Oahu's 3rd Great Annual Fish Count on Oahu in July of 2007.
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