DiscoverCitizen Science Show#128 Connecting Data and Community in the Dry Tropics with Kara-Mae Coulter-Atkins
#128 Connecting Data and Community in the Dry Tropics with Kara-Mae Coulter-Atkins

#128 Connecting Data and Community in the Dry Tropics with Kara-Mae Coulter-Atkins

Update: 2025-11-07
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At the CitSciOz25 conference in Melbourne, Kara-Mae Coulter-Atkins spoke about her work with the Healthy Waters Partnership for the Dry Tropics, an organisation that connects government, industry, research institutions, and citizen scientists to protect waterways around Townsville and the Great Barrier Reef.


Kara-Mae describes her role as a data end user—someone who turns raw data collected by others into meaningful tools for decision-making.


Each year, her small team analyses more than thirty thousand data points to produce a catchment-wide report card, combining indicators such as coral, seagrass, and fish health with water quality results to present a single, comprehensive picture of the region’s ecosystems.


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https://www.drytropicshealthywaters.org/

https://citizenscience.org.au/citscioz25/


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#128 Connecting Data and Community in the Dry Tropics with Kara-Mae Coulter-Atkins

#128 Connecting Data and Community in the Dry Tropics with Kara-Mae Coulter-Atkins