Jim Lynch, NCBN Biologist and Project Lead, sets up surface elevation table (SET) equipment with Kelsey Taylor, a Fire Island NS biotechnician, at Hospital Point. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo
Kelsey Taylor, Fire Island NS Biotechnician, records surface elevation table (SET) measurements that NCBN Biologist and Project Lead, Jim Lynch, reads out. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo
NCBN Biologist and Project Lead, Jim Lynch, measures a soil core sample at Hospital Point. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo
Jim Lynch, NCBN Biologist and Project Lead, measures the height of vegetation in a plot at Hospital Point. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo
Collecting water table data at Hospital Point. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo
Looking across the waters from Great Gun Marsh. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo
Field crew at Great Gun Marsh. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo
Jim Lynch, NCBN Biologist and Project Lead, reads out marsh elevation measurements as Kelsey Taylor, Fire Island NS Biotechnician, records them. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo
Jim Lynch, NCBN Biologist and Project Lead, releases liquid nitrogen through a tube and into a metal rod he stuck in the ground to collect a soil core sample. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo
Measuring a soil sample that was frozen and extracted from the ground using liquid nitrogen. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo
It's a wrap. Packing away equipment after a day of fieldwork at Fire Island National Seashore. October 2021. Bridget Ye / NPS Photo