The Village of Patchogue recently unveiled their newest addition of a photo snap station at the living shoreline located at Shorefront Park.
The new station, according to the village, is a citizen-science tool open to all to use for monitoring New York’s largest living shoreline.
According to BID executive director David Kennedy, the tool allows citizens visiting the shoreline to take a photo and download it to a website for an activity.
“We are very proud of the wonderful living shoreline; we have already seen it do wonders in flood retention and certainly the aesthetics,” he said of the work-in-progress project. “This is one of our first new projects connected to the shoreline. We are going to ask residents to measure the growth.”
Eventually, the photos will create a time lapse and monitoring of the shoreline over time.
The idea of the project, Christopher Clapp, South Shore Estuary Reserve director, said, is to allow ordinary people to take part in documenting how the shoreline responds to events like sea-level rise and storm surges.
“It’s a really cool way for people to participate,” he said.
The project was made possible by a grant from NY Sea Grant & South Shore Estuary Reserve Council. The station was opened on Friday, April 17, on Mascot Dock at the end of South Ocean Avenue.
The is an ongoing New York State effort, including another stand at Watch Hill.
“It’s a great tool to engage our residents in the community and help collect data,” Kathy Fallon, New York Sea Grant Marine Coastal Processes and Hazards specialist, said.
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