A local group is using technology to try to attract more volunteers.
Lake Huron Coastal Centre Stewardship Technician, Alyssa Bourassa, says the Centre is launching the new app to allow them to bring on more volunteers for their Coast Watchers program.
Bourassa says they currently have 165 volunteers along the Lake Huron shoreline from Sarnia to Midland.
“They collect data on atmospheric conditions, including water temperature, wave height, wind speed. They also collect wild life information, species at risk, plastic watch, algae blooms, storm damage, human activities,” said Bourassa.
And with more volunteers, there will be more information that can be used to share with community groups.
“It’ll increase the resources we need to manually input and analyze the data, so that will increase our capacity to have more data,” explained Bourassa.
Bourassa also points out, the program would not exist without the help of the community and RBC’s Tech for Nature program which provided $20,000.
That represents half of the cost of the new app.
The Rotary Club of Goderich and Bruce Power each donated $10,000.
