Friday, June 14, 2019 1:00 PM 2:00 PM The Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR) invites the public to join University of Georgia graduate researcher Annie Paulukonis, at the Sapelo Island Visitors Center on Friday, June 14, at 1:00PM for an informational talk on her research entitled “Ribbiting Research: Using Breeding Frog Calls to Monitor Island Frog Populations and Assess … Read More
Just why do we love estuaries?
#iheartestuaries NERRA is encouraging all NERRs to participate in the #iheartestuaries social media campaign Feb. 12-14. It’s a Valentine-related campaign to spread awareness and rally support for key federal estuary programs. For the three days, I will make sure SINERR is an active participant in the campaign., but for SINERR to really make in impact, I could use some help … Read More
Citizen Science Opportunity with SINERR!
ATTENTION! Citizen Science Opportunity with SINERR! The Sapelo NERR Research Program is joining the Phytoplankton Monitoring Network, and we need volunteers! Background Phytoplankton (eg., algae) are at the bottom of the estuarine food chain and are an important part of our estuarine ecology. When conditions are right, they will reproduce in large numbers. This is called an algae bloom. Some … 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
Georgia Shorebirds Conservation Teacher Workshop
In October, 2017, the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) Hemispheric Council voted unanimously to approve the designation of the Georgia Barrier Islands as a Landscape of Hemispheric Importance! Shorebirds…. yet another chapter in the story of our ever changing planet. As temperatures rise, shorelines change, and habitats are lost in one location and gained in another, these winged globetrotters … Read More