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The Southeast Coast Network conducts monitoring for several different protocols at Fort Pulaski National Monument.
- Fixed-station water-quality monitoring is conducted continuously, with a site located on Lazaretto Creek. Water quality reports are published annually.
- Coastal assessments are conducted every five years, with sediment samples being collected every ten years. The last assessment was conducted in 2013, and a water and sediment assessment is scheduled for late summer of 2018.
- Salt marsh monitoring is conducted every other year, and is planned for 2018.
- Amphibian community monitoring is done on a rotating schedule. It was last conducted in 2015, and is scheduled next for 2019.
- Landbird community monitoring is done on a rotating schedule. It was last conducted in 2015, and is scheduled next for 2019.
- Vegetation community monitoring is done on a rotating schedule. It was last conducted in 2015, and is scheduled next for 2019.