b'MARSH HEALTHAt The Lodge on Little St. Simons Island, staffAfter a full year of quarterly visits to Little St. Simons ecological manager Scott Coleman says the dataIsland and long days of almost constant measurement, Sutter, Wilde, and Lamp\'l are analyzing will beSutter is eager to see results that support models like extremely valuable to him and his staff as they the Army Corps\' hydrogeomorphic tools. manage the property."No one in their right minds would"We\'d like for it to be healthier than it is," Colemanever do this again," she laughs.says. "But without having all the data, it\'s hard to say what steps we should take. "The idea is that this will be the final piece of researchhow the marsh is functioning, how healthy the marsh is. And we\'re hoping this methodology can be applied in different sites along the coast."Wesley Gerrin (top left) combines old and new data logging techniques in the field. Scott Coleman (top right), staff ecological manager for The Lodge on Little St. Simons Island, discusses the research project with YSI\'s Kevin Labb.Whos Minding the Planet? 57'