For the last 11 years SINERR, with the help of their Friends group, has been monitoring the beach profile of Nanny Goat beach. Beach profile monitoring is usually undertaken as survey transects running shore normal from the dune to the low water mark. Sufficient measurements of elevation and distance are taken along the profile to accurately establish the profile cross … Read More
Cistern for Rainwater Collection Installation
One of many exciting accomplishments in 2018 was our installation of a 2,700 Gallon Cistern for Rainwater Collection! Read all about it below: [envira-gallery id=”4660″] After six years of partnering with the Georgia Coastal Management Program to teach coastal homeowners how to build their own rain barrels, the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR) now has its own supersized … Read More
Living Shoreline
“A living shoreline is a sloped, erosion control technique built to protect an embankment which: mimics natural habitat; provides increased opportunities for species diversity and productivity; and can serve to improve water quality and the ecological integrity of the area. … Through the promotion of native species and habitats, living shorelines can preserve and enhance the ecological integrity of the … Read More
Gravelpave Overflow Parking Area
The Stewardship Program and the Friends of Sapelo installed a parking area near the Marsh Landing ferry dock for an additional parking area for island residents not commuting daily.