Back on the island promoting PBS!

Well Cynthia and I are back in American Samoa as a married couple!! AND, we have a new laptop computer that I have sworn not to spill water on so it should remain operational. Stay tuned for exciting upcoming blogs relating to dogs on the island, my friday lunch routine, and perhaps even a tidbit about our fantastic wedding. In the meantime, here's some information about a remarkable television series airing soon on your local PBS station!

On Wednesday, September 20th & 27th, PBS will be airing a 2-part series on America's Underwater Treasures. In this two-part, two-hour episode, Jean-Michel Cousteau, his son, Fabien, daughter, Celine, and his team of expert divers set out to investigat, for the first time, all 13 of our National Marine Sanctuaries and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument. While discovering what makes them unique, the group explores how these sites are conservation challenges for the country. Traversing thousands of miles, the Ocean Adventures team ventures below and above the sea off the coasts of Michigan, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Massachusetts, California, Oregon, Hawai'i and American Samoa on a mission to introduce Americans to these fragile sanctuaries.

The portion on American Samoa will air on Sept. 27th. If anyone is curious about where Cynthia and I are living at the moment, check it out. It shows American Samoa's Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary as well as other parts of the island we live on. While the series is narrated by Robert Redford, several of my co-workers and colleagues from American Samoa are interviewed. I work, or have worked, with all the folks interviewed in the American Samoa section.

So again, the American Samoa portion airs on Wednesday, Sept.27th and I think it will be at 8pm. Please use the links below to check your local listing for the correct air time in your time zone. The series is very well done and should be a good program for all. Hope you watch!

For more information, check out these links:
America's Underwater Treasures http://www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures/episodes/treasures/
Check your local listings here: http://www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures/airdates.html