LAND TO SEA
CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT
ORCA’s Land to Sea Citizen Science Project includes living shoreline and buffered shoreline projects that restore and stabilize shorelines, minimize pollutants, provide habitat for plants and animals, and help improve water quality.
ORCA citizen scientists assist in the construction and monitoring of ORCA's living shorelines to better understand the benefits these habitat restoration projects provide.
Through this project, ORCA staff and citizen scientists recruit waterfront property owners to add buffers to their shoreline. We partner with University of Florida horticulture extension agents and local native plant nurseries to design and install the buffered shorelines, and citizen scientists monitor runoff before and after the installations to document the reduction in pollution entering the waterways.
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Ocean Research & Conservation Association, Inc.
Mailing Address: PO Box 4291, Fort Pierce, FL 34948
Center for Citizen Science: 2515 Airport N Drive, Bldg B, Vero Beach, FL 32960
Engineering Office: 140 Tomahawk Drive, Unit 6, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937
P: 772.467.1600
ORCA is dedicated to the protection and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and the species they sustain through the development of innovative technologies, science-based conservation action and community education and outreach.
Please help support our mission.
ORCA is a non-profit, non-governmental conservation organization tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) IRS. Contributions are tax-deductible.
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Ocean Research & Conservation Association, Inc.
Mailing Address:
PO Box 4291, Fort Pierce, FL 34948
Center for Citizen Science:
2515 Airport N Drive, Bldg B, Vero Beach, FL 32960
Engineering Office:
140 Tomahawk Drive, Unit 6, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937
P: 772.467.1600
ORCA is dedicated to the protection and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and the species they sustain through the development of innovative technologies, science-based conservation action and community education and outreach.
Connect with ORCA
Ocean Research & Conservation Association, Inc.
Main Office:
PO Box 4291, Fort Pierce, FL 34948
Center for Citizen Science:
2515 Airport N Drive, Bldg B, Vero Beach, FL 32960
Engineering Office:
140 Tomahawk Drive, Unit 6, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937
P: 772.467.1600