{"id":1561,"date":"2023-05-17T13:38:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gehwa.org\/?page_id=1561"},"modified":"2023-05-17T15:11:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T19:11:07","slug":"citizen-science-project-great-egg-harbor-watershed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gehwa.org\/citizen-science-project-great-egg-harbor-watershed\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Science Project – Great Egg Harbor Watershed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>Love to paddle and want to help protect the Great Egg Harbor Bay? Become a Citizen Scientist and join us for the 2023 Paddle for the Edge event! Paddle for the Edge is an annual data collection event driven by volunteer kayakers, canoeists, and stand-up paddle boarders that is coming from Barnegat Bay to the Great Egg Harbor Watershed for the first time this July.<\/p>\n Interested in participating in the 2023 Paddle for the Edge survey?<\/b><\/p>\n All volunteers will complete a Virtual Training and submit a Knowledge Check before receiving a paddling assignment. After registering, you will receive email updates about this year\u2019s project, including the link to the Virtual Training.\u00a0\u00a0 To sign up click here<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/a> to email your name and address to Brooke Handley.<\/p>\n Why DO we want your help describing Great Egg Harbor Bay\u2019s shorelines? <\/b><\/p>\n Land and water interact at the edge, sometimes dramatically (think Superstorm Sandy!).\u00a0The bay\u2019s shorelines are dynamic habitats, sometimes growing and sometimes eroding.\u00a0Each shoreline is different, with the erosional (washing away) and accretional (trapping and accumulating) processes affected not only by physical forces (storm waves, boat wakes) but also by the presence of living species (mussels, plants).<\/p>\n <\/a>The Paddle for the Edge survey includes various shoreline features and key biotic indicators, which help to assess conditions and identify what processes are impacting the bay\u2019s shorelines.\u00a0The indicators cover a range of processes, such as recreational use, shellfish growth, water quality, erosion and accretion, built structures, and plant and animal composition.<\/p>\n The data collected will help us monitor these critical bay shorelines and assist planners and resource managers in many ways \u2014 providing information about flooding and storm impacts, predicting how shorelines may react to sea-level rise, identifying potential restoration areas, and evaluating the recreational, habitat, and commercial value of our estuaries.<\/p>\n
\n2023 Paddle for the Edge Survey Dates: July 1st to July 30th!<\/b><\/p>\n