Walter Munk Foundation For The Oceans

MISSION IS TO CONTINUE WALTER MUNK'S LEGACY OF DARING EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OCEAN CONSERVATION.

THE MAP OF THE GRAND CANYONS OF LA JOLLA IS A 2,434 SQUARE FOOT LITHOMOSAIC EDUCATIONAL TOOL DEPICTING THE UNDERWATER PARK AND ECOLOGICAL RESERVES JUST OFFSHORE. IT FEATURES 119 LOCAL LIFE-SIZED SPECIES, MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, LOCAL DIVE SITES AND FEATURES, BATHYMETRY OF THE CANYONS. IT IS LOCATED IN KELLOGG PARK BETWEEN THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND THE SOUTH COMFORT STATION ADJACENT TO WALTER MUNK WAY. IT IS A MAJOR COMMUNITY EFFORT OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE AND WILL BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS, LOCALS, AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO PROMOTE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FRAGILITY OF OUR OCEANS' ECOSYSTEMS WHILE ENCOURAGING ACTIVE STEWARDSHIP.

WALTER MUNK VISITED ALTAUSSEE IN AUGUST 2018 TO ARRANGE FOR AN EXPEDITION TO STUDY LAKE ALTAUSSEE IN THE SPRING OF 2019, HIS WAY OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH HE LOVED, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE LAKE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO PRESERVE ITS PRISTINE ALPINE TREASURE. IT WAS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH EFFORT TO OBTAIN A BETTER SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF LAKE ALTAUSSEE IN TERMS OF ITS CULTURAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. ERWIN HEINE, PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCE IN VIENNA WAS THE PI OF THE EXPEDITION. DIMITRI DEHEYN, PH.D., FROM SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY JOINED US TO FURTHER HIS STUDY OF PLASTICS AND THEIR IMPACT IN THE LAKE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. IN ADDITION, WE WORKED WITH CHILDREN FROM TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA AND ARE ARRANGING A STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNSHIP IN DIMITRI DEHEYN'S LAB AT SCRIPPS.

WE USED THE MAP OF THE GRAND CANYONS OF LA JOLLA TO CREATE AND PRESENT VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS VIA ZOOM RELATED TO ITS CONTENT. WE TAUGHT NUMEROUS CLASSES FOR LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT VIA AN MOU WITH ALTASEA AND SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISCTRICT CLASSES THROUGH ARTSBUSXPRESS.

THE MAP OF THE GRAND CANYONS OF LA JOLLA IS A 2,434 SQUARE FOOT LITHOMOSAIC EDUCATIONAL TOOL DEPICTING THE UNDERWATER PARK AND ECOLOGICAL RESERVES JUST OFFSHORE. IT FEATURES 119 LOCAL LIFE-SIZED SPECIES, MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, LOCAL DIVE SITES AND FEATURES, BATHYMETRY OF THE CANYONS. IT IS LOCATED IN KELLOGG PARK BETWEEN THE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND THE SOUTH COMFORT STATION ADJACENT TO WALTER MUNK WAY. IT IS A MAJOR COMMUNITY EFFORT OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE AND WILL BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR SCHOOLS, LOCALS, AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO PROMOTE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FRAGILITY OF OUR OCEANS' ECOSYSTEMS WHILE ENCOURAGING ACTIVE STEWARDSHIP.

WALTER MUNK VISITED ALTAUSSEE IN AUGUST 2018 TO ARRANGE FOR AN EXPEDITION TO STUDY LAKE ALTAUSSEE IN THE SPRING OF 2019, HIS WAY OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH HE LOVED, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE LAKE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO PRESERVE ITS PRISTINE ALPINE TREASURE. IT WAS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH EFFORT TO OBTAIN A BETTER SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF LAKE ALTAUSSEE IN TERMS OF ITS CULTURAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE. ERWIN HEINE, PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCE IN VIENNA WAS THE PI OF THE EXPEDITION. DIMITRI DEHEYN, PH.D., FROM SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY JOINED US TO FURTHER HIS STUDY OF PLASTICS AND THEIR IMPACT IN THE LAKE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. IN ADDITION, WE WORKED WITH CHILDREN FROM TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE AREA AND ARE ARRANGING A STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERNSHIP IN DIMITRI DEHEYN'S LAB AT SCRIPPS.

WE USED THE MAP OF THE GRAND CANYONS OF LA JOLLA TO CREATE AND PRESENT VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS VIA ZOOM RELATED TO ITS CONTENT. WE TAUGHT NUMEROUS CLASSES FOR LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT VIA AN MOU WITH ALTASEA AND SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISCTRICT CLASSES THROUGH ARTSBUSXPRESS.

$4,725 TO DEVELOP THE WEBSITE FOR CPR FOR THE OCEANS (CLUSTER FOR PLASTICS RESEARCH FOR THE OCEANS), WHICH IS PART OF THE BEST INITIATIVE, BASED AT SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO.$600 TO PROJECT EDELINE TO HELP WITH EARTHQUAKE RELIEF IN HAITI.$100 TO OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.