Wild Cumberland is committed to facilitating good stewardship of our ecosystems — and are focused on those found within Cumberland Island National Seashore.
This volunteer Citizen Science program has been developed to support established UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant programs (Adopt-A-Stream and Adopt-A-Marshland). All supplies our monitoring group will use to collect data are provided to us on loan.
The water quality data we collect helps assess wetland health. Our data collection includes salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and settleable solids.
Data should be conducted on a monthly basis. All data is compiled by UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant and added to the state’s Environmental Protection Division’s (EPD) water quality database, maintained at the Atlanta Adopt-A-Stream office.
Complete this online form now. While a science background may be helpful to interpret data, it is not required to conduct monitoring.
Kim Appelby
Wild Cumberland
Water Quality Program Coordinator
Kim@wildcumberland.org
Luke Roberson
Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Adopt-A-Wetland Coordinator
912.598.2446
luke.roberson@uga.edu
https://adoptastream.georgia.gov/document/manual/adoptawetlandmanualpdf/download (also available in Spanish)
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