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Hidden Treasures, Guam's Marine Preserves

This updated and enhanced version of Hidden Treasures includes many new and beautiful preserve images above and below the sea of Guam.

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Hidden Treasures, Guam's Marine Preserves

Hidden Treasures, Guam's Marine Preserves

Hidden Treasures, Guam's Marine Preserves

Hidden Treasures, Guam's Marine Preserves

Hidden Treasures, Guam's Marine Preserves

This updated and enhanced version of Hidden Treasures includes many new and beautiful preserve images above and below the sea of Guam.

This updated and enhanced version of Hidden Treasures includes many new and beautiful preserve images above and below the sea of Guam.

This updated and enhanced version of Hidden Treasures includes many new and beautiful preserve images above and below the sea of Guam.

This updated and enhanced version of Hidden Treasures includes many new and beautiful preserve images above and below the sea of Guam.

Tim Rock
Tim Rock
Tim Rock
Tim Rock
1 Campaign |
Tamuning, Guam
$1,150 USD 21 backers
15% of $7,500 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

OK, just in time for Christmas, Hidden Treasures 2, Guam's Marine Preserves is ready for printing.

In 2011 I took a gamble and produced a book featuring some of the undersea areas of the island of Guam, my home, that I truly love to visit as much as I can. I thought there were others on the island who felt the same as me. I was correct. The result was a very well-received 216-page edition highlighting our wonderful marine preserves. The book is a visual tour from the southern Guam Achang Bay Marine Preserve up the western coast to  the Sasa Bay, Piti and Tumon Bay preserves and ending north at Pati Point MP. Along the way we also visited other marine attractions, took a look at marine life offshore, offered historical submerged attractions and visited many inshore parks and reserves.

I am happy to say the book was a big success and we were able to donate many copies to educators, students and environmental leaders to promote the beauty and muster continued support of these small, but important, preserve areas! Our print run of 1,000 books was gone by then Fall of 2012.

Some reactions:

"In my teaching, I strive to make my students more environmentally aware. When they realize the magnificence of home, they are more apt to actively protect it. Thanks again for the generous donation." - Linda Tatreau, Marine Biology, George Washington HS

"The main responses from my students were “wow I didn’t know Guam had these beautiful scenes”.  -Susan Heiter, Marine Science and Biology Teacher, St. John's

" I wanted to thank you for donating 30 copies for me to pass out at the Coral Reef Workshop this June. The National Park Service and the University of Maryland are jointly putting on this workshop for local high school and middle school science teachers" - Gyongi Plucer-Rosario, Academic Coordinator and Associate Professor of Biology

"There is nothing but differing degrees of amazement at its divine beauty and this beauty was captured through the lens of Tim Rock." - Ron LeGrande, Marine Defenders of John F. Kennedy High School

Similar responses like those above from divers, snorkelers, nature lovers and just the general public, as well as educators, really indicated to me the project was worth the effort. I also believe it brought a new awareness about our preserves. In the months after the release I was able to talk to the Tumon Rotary, MDA Marine Awareness group, appear with Travis Coffman on K57 Newstalk and attend a number of other events on Guam and internationally to kind of show off our wonderful preserves.

Fast Forward

Now, believe it or not, two years have passed. In that time I have not stopped taking both photos and videos within the preserves, the harbor reefs, out in Agana Bay and Orote Peninsula and along our northwestern coast. I have created a new version of HIDDEN TREASURES, Guam's Marine Preserves featuring many, many new images taken within the preserves. I have visited new coastal areas and have added 20 more pages. In addition, I have developed a new ENHANCED e-book for IOS devices (iPads, iPhone, iTouch) that not only features the exact book content but also slideshows with music, videos with music, active links and audio commentary.

WHAT'S NEW in HIDDEN TREASURES Vol 2?

- Many, Many NEW Full Color Photos Above and Below

- More Pages... Now 236 pages

- Introduction by David Doubilet of National Geo

- Again books slated to be given to schools, teachers, environmentalists

- Creation of an additional Enhanced IOS E-Book

- E-Book has videos, slideshows and active links

- New reef areas photographed

- More invertebrate images and rare small marine life

- Photos of ocean phenomena like the manahak run and coral spawn

- Promotes Guam's amazing marine preserves

It is almost ready to hit the press and I am excited about it. But I need to raise money to print the books again and create the e-books. I have received a very generous donation of $2500 from IP&E (Shell) Guam, the company that was our main sponsor in 2011, and I greatly appreciate IP&E's continued support of our marine resources.

But we still need quite a bit more so that's where you come in. Notice I am not asking you to help with personal expenses or hardware. All funds will go to cover printing, shipping and customs and delivery fees. In return, I hope the rewards I am offering will thrill you to support the project and get your friends to support it as well. This drive lasts only 28 days so please share and tell everyone. It is important we spread the word as we get nothing if I don't reach the goal. It is a great way to get some good deals on these books and remember, they make great gifts.

This full color photographic labor of love highlights the amazing diversity of the five marine preserves and the various reefs on the tropical Pacific island of Guam. The result is a NEW 236-page, full color, glossy cover book with over 330 full color images celebrating the diversity of the marine preserves on the island of Guam. This book is needed to show just how amazing and valuable Guam's marine preserves are. Everything from sharks, mantas and dolphins to tiny shrimp, nudibranchs and gobies and everything in-between is shown in these pages including unique behavior and amazing underwater imagery.

Surrounded by an azure sea, the island of Guam in Western Micronesia is blessed with one of the world’s richest coral reef marine environments. It thrives with more than 1000 fish species and nearly 400 kinds of corals. This great natural biodiversity attracts divers from all over Asia and worldwide. Guam’s historic past includes shipwrecks and remnants from WWII, WWI and even the gold-bearing Manila Galleon trading days. The island is a real treasure chest for undersea explorers.

The betterment of Guam’s diverse underwater world has been the thrust behind a series of nature preserves set up around the island in the last decade. What these areas do is allow breeding stocks to prosper and make more fish. The island had seen a sharp decline in the last 20 years in its breeding fish, that is, the larger fish that make offspring. In a far-sighted move, the island was extensively studied and some small but very important areas were set aside to help replenish the reefs. The Achang Bay Reef Flat, Sasa Bay, Piti Bomb Holes (Piti Bay), Tumon Bay (and Gun Beach) and Pati Point preserves encompass reef areas from north to south. They are starting to ensure a resurgence of reef health on this diverse western Pacific gem. 

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Believe it or not, there are some who would do away with these preserves. We hope when they see how beautiful they are and how successful the preserves projects have been so far, that attitude will change. We hope your support and this book help sway them to support the preserves.

 

Challenges:

 

After funding, we must still get the books printed - to Guam - to supporters and the public, make the e-book deliverable, promote our preserves and, the hardest part, continue to enlist public support for the marine preserves. These preserves are very important for the life of our non-preserve reefs, which are still deemed by marine scientists to in decline. To ensure their health and grow their capacity and diversity is a challenge for the entire Guam population. Retail value of each book is $29.95.

HOPES and DREAMS

I have lived on Guam for more than 30 years and I spend a lot of time beneath the waters of Guam, much of it in the marine preserves. It has become very important to me to see that the preserves are supported and successful. With that in mind, I produced this book of some of my favorite spots in the preserves as well as others beneath the island’s waters. This visual record of the preserves comes at an important stage in their development. I hope you will participate in this project and enjoy this trip via the pages of this book into the preserves, the conservation and historical sites and the popular underwater venues found on Guam.

-Tim Rock

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Hawksbill Donor

$60 USD
Hawksbill Donor - An even better deal here (think Christmas presents), donors providing $60 will get by US Priority Mail four personally signed and dedicated first press run copies of Hidden Treasures 2, Guam's Marine Preserves By Tim Rock. You will also receive an enhanced e-book (for IOS devices) of the book with each book that has slideshows. commentary and videos. Please add $10 shipping for US & Guam backers Add $25 to ship outside the US
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December 2013
2 out of 200 of claimed

Parrotfish Donor

$25 USD
Parrotfish Donor - Donors providing $25 will get by US Priority Mail a personally signed and dedicated first press run copy of Hidden Treasures 2, Guam's Marine Preserves By Tim Rock. I also offer as my heartfelt thank you and current blog updates on all progress made, including exhibitions and positive things happening at the preserves. Please add $5 shipping for US & Guam backers. Add $10 to ship outside the US
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December 2013
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Seahorse Donor

$40 USD
Seahorse Donor - A great deal here, donors providing $40 will get by US Priority Mail two personally signed and dedicated first press run copies of Hidden Treasures 2, Guam's Marine Preserves By Tim Rock. You will also receive an enhanced e-book (for IOS devices) of the book with each book that has slideshows. commentary and videos. Please add $5 shipping for US & Guam backers. Add $10 to ship outside the US
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December 2013
3 out of 250 of claimed

Shark Donor

$75 USD
Shark Donor - Another cool deal here (also think Christmas presents), donors providing $75 will get by US Priority Mail six personally signed and dedicated first press run copies of Hidden Treasures 2, Guam's Marine Preserves By Tim Rock. You will also receive an enhanced e-book (for IOS devices) of the book with each book. PLUS, a nice personally signed 5x7 dolphin print. Please add $15 shipping for US & Guam backers.
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December 2013
2 out of 150 of claimed

Napoleon Wrasse Donor

$100 USD
Napoleon Wrasse Donor - Donors providing $100 will get by US Priority Mail eight personally signed and dedicated first press run copies of Hidden Treasures 2, Guam's Marine Preserves By Tim Rock. You will also receive an enhanced e-book (for IOS devices) of the book with each books. PLUS, a nice personally signed 5x7 dolphin print taken on Guam. Please add $20 shipping for US & Guam backers. Add $35 to ship outside the US
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December 2013
3 out of 100 of claimed

Marble Ray Donor

$125 USD
Marble Ray Donor - Donors providing $125 will get by US Priority Mail ten personally signed and dedicated first press run copies of Hidden Treasures 2, Guam's Marine Preserves By Tim Rock. You will also receive an enhanced e-book (for IOS devices) of the book with each book. Donors will also get a 8x10 print of any image of their choice in the Hidden Treasures book personally signed by the author. Please add $20 shipping for US & Guam backers. Add $35 to ship outside the US
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December 2013
1 out of 75 of claimed

Manta Ray Donor

$200 USD
Manta Ray Donor - Donors providing $200 will get 16 personally signed first press run copies of Hidden Treasures 2, Guam's Marine Preserves. You will also receive an enhanced e-book (for IOS devices). Donors will also get a 20x26 print mounted on foamcore and coated with UV protection of any image in thebook personally signed. Please add $20 shipping for US & Guam. Add $45 to ship outside the US
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Golden Spinner Dolphin Donor

$350 USD
Golden Spinner Dolphin Donor - Donors providing $350 will get by US Priority Mail 30 personally signed copies of Hidden Treasures 2. You will also receive an enhanced e-book (for IOS devices) of the book. Plus - 30 copies of Tim's Book - A Diving Guide to Guam.. Plus a 20x26 print of any image of their choice in the book personally signed. AND a snorkel session in the preserves to take your photo. $30 shipping for US & Guam backers.
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Wholesaler Special

$1,300 USD
Pre-buy for your store or organization and get 120 books delivered to your doorstep. For Guam residents and businesses only. Wholesale Donors providing $1300 will get 20 personally signed first press run copies of Hidden Treasures 2, Guam's Marine Preserves plus 100 shrink-wrapped copies. All have accompanying e-book.
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