In communities between Mt. Katahdin and the Atlantic Ocean, throughout Maine and eastern New Hampshire, students and fishermen are gathering information about aquatic environments using sophisticated mobile technology that includes handheld computers, GPS receivers, water temperature probes, and digital cameras. They are all learning about the Gulf of Maine Watershed as part of a program called Vital Signs.

Vital Signs is an aquatic information gathering program developed by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute to allow a wide variety of people to record and share their environmental observations: location, water and air temperature, weather observations, general observations, and digital pictures.

For more information, call (207-772-2321) or email Sarah Kirn, Vital Signs Program Manager, at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.