Seagrass Volunteering
It’s a lot of fun monitoring the seagrass meadows and making new friends 🙂 © Kandy Curran
2023 SEAGRASS MONITORING: VOLUNTEERS WANTED
Put these dates in your diary. RSVP: environskimberley.org.au/events or email: seagrass@environskimberley.org.au
Walk where dugongs and turtles feed while enjoying the picturesque sunrises of Yawuru Nagulagun Roebuck Bay! Join us on a seagrass survey (or 4!) and discover a beautiful way to connect with your local environment. You will be contributing to the long running (14 years+) Broome Community Seagrass Monitoring Project which monitors the health of Roebuck Bay. The data we collect is shared with global seagrass monitoring program Seagrass-Watch. Complimentary tea, coffee and delicious home-baked cookies are provided to volunteers.
Roebuck Bay’s seagrass is very rich with marine life, with anemones commonly seen. © Kandy Currancommonly seen. © Kandy Curran
Surveys take about 3 hours from the meeting time. Please wear lightweight sun-smart clothing and a hat, even for early morning surveys as the sun can catch us towards the end of the surveys. It is very pleasant out on the mudflats but you will need to bring a water bottle. Reef boots are the most appropriate footwear; we have pairs to loan if you don’t have your own. The distance we walk across the intertidal mud flats varies from 15min to 30 min at site RO4. A headlamp is handy on early morning sessions when we meet in the dark, but we also have torches to borrow.
2023 Seagrass Event Dates Volunteering opportunities…
