SECN Highlights August 2020

SECN Graduate Assistant Caleb Sytsma.

Photo courtesy of Caleb Sytsma

Studying Stream Temperature

Caleb Sytsma is working for the Southeast Coast Network as a graduate assistant at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia through the CESU program. He is studying the effects of land use on stream temperature in tributaries along the Chattahoochee River. Caleb is completing a Master of Science in Natural Resources Management and Sustainability with Dr. Rhett Jackson. He graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in the same field. Other professional interests include toxicology and phytoremediation (using living plants to clean up soil, air, and water contaminated with hazardous contaminants). A native of Dacula, Caleb enjoys hiking, reading, cooking and playing Dungeons and Dragons.

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SECN Botanist Forbes Boyle looks for plants in one of the newly established monitoring plots at Cumberland Island National Seashore. Along with assistance from park interns, the vegetation team established plots across a broad range of island habitats, including maritime forests, open pine uplands, and foredune grasslands.

NPS photo / Elizabeth Rico, SECN

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Publications

The Southeast Coast Network published the following reports since May:

• Shoreline change at Cape Hatteras National Seashore: 2018–2019 Data Summary. Available at: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2275649
• Shoreline change at Cape Lookout National Seashore: 2018–2019 Data Summary. Available at: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2275662

• Assessment of Estuarine Water and Sediment Quality at Canaveral National Seashore: 2019 Data Summary. Available at: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2276843