Monitors sample according to Alabama Water Watch protocol. The goal of this project is to gather baseline data in this watershed and monitor its health. Volunteers are trained according to EPA-approved protocol by Alabama Water Watch, which is based out of Auburn University. Volunteers measure air and water temperature, secchi depth, alkalinity, hardness, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, salinity, and bacteria.
Most volunteers monitor sites twice a month.
We currently have 28 monitors that monitor 24 sites in the Wolf Bay watershed. Wolf Bay is located in Baldwin County, Alabama and is considered part of the Perdido Bay basin in the larger Coastal Plains Streams basin. It was recently awarded a grant to fund a watershed coordinator to write a watershed management plan.