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Photo: Sarah Courchesne
Participation fee $0
Expenses $0
Spend the time outdoors
Location anywhere
Children no
Primary school no
Secondary school yes
Teaching materials yes


Required Gear:

camera or camera phone


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Measure impacts of offshore development projects on seabirds.
Document Atlantic coast seabird mortality events.

Our volunteers monitor Atlantic coast beaches from Maine to Florida documenting seabird mortality events on any scale, from a single dead gull, to a mass die-off of shearwaters. The data collected serves as baseline for comparison after oil spills or major disease outbreaks, and as a baseline resource on the impacts of offshore development projects (e.g. oil drilling or wind) on seabird populations.