Monitor water quality.

Participants will adopt a drain (or storm water ditch/swale) for regular clean ups and data collection – counting and removing trash and plastics that would otherwise enter our waterways.

Community members will adopt a catch basin, culvert, or pipe outlet to monitor and remove debris. Data collected will…

Monitor amphibian populations in temporary wetlands

Community volunteers participating in citizen science, recording data on marine turtle nest activity; nesting, emergence, predation and threats, along the Agnes Water/1770 Coastline from Chinamens beach north to 1770 Headland

Engage volunteers to collect water quality data on their local streams

early warning system for acute river pollution incidents

Monitor air pollution levels and map air pollution around the US

AquaWatch aims to raise awareness of climate change (rising sea levels, flooding from storms) and human demand impacts on the Deering Estate’s Cutler Creek by engaging the public and students in water level monitoring.

To learn how climate & urbanization affect tree growth & health