Citizen Science October 2024
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October has arrived and we are so so ready for spooky season! Please check our website if you have any questions about tours or feel free to give us a call at 843-886-5000! We’d love to answer your questions!
Every month we like to include a blog post that contains information about citizen science projects that can be found in the area! Citizen science is a form of data collection that the public of all ages can participate in. It usually involves the collection of data and recording it or entering it into a database for different organizations. A list of citizen science projects will be listed & linked below! In September we did a blog post about bonnethead sharks and if you are interested in some of the sharks or other animals being tracked by Ocearch check out their tracker here!
There are so many citizen science projects to get involved with. We’d like to highlight some beach sweeps and pollution pickups listed below. Pollution pickups and beach sweeps will enter the trash collected into databases and can be used to help ban or limit different products. These are only a short list of organized environmental cleanups–there are several out there if you are interested!
There are many species that SC Department of Natural Resources encourage citizen sightings reporting. These can be reported year round but are typically found in SC during the warmer months! However, now that the water temperatures are cooling down it would be VERY important information for SCDNR especially if we have lingering manatees in the area! They sometimes wait too long to leave and have to be transported down to Florida by Sea World!
Some of the species include:
1) Diamondback Terrapins
Reporting information here:
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/95c4d0b2850f42b1b95acfee1b2e90f1
2) Manatees
Report a live manatee here:
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/bbfdac2dc65e443a98d2d02fd32f0837
3) Sea turtles
Report a live sighting of a sea turtle here:
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/a7c87e03d4b541c38667c0e80193f02c
4) Swallow-tailed kites
Report a live sighting of a swallow-tailed kite here:
https://stki.thecenterforbirdsofprey.org/
Citizen Science projects listed below!
- https://southcarolinabatworkinggroup.org/
- https://www.birdcount.org/participate/
- https://www.lowcountrymarinemammalnetwork.org/volunteer
- https://scaquarium.org/conservation/citizenscience/
- https://www.scseagrant.org/citizen-science-encouraging-public-engagement/
- https://www.facebook.com/sullivansislandbirds
- https://charlestonwaterkeeper.org/volunteer/
- https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/monitoring-and-assessments/pmn/
- https://datascienceprograms.com/learn/the-role-of-data-science-in-astronomy-and-interstellar-exploration/
- https://explorer1.jpl.nasa.gov/explore-as-one/citizen-science/#:~:text=You%20don’t%20have%20to,in%20our%20solar%20system’s%20backyard.