I was filming in Savannah, GA USA
for the Dolphin Project ...
The Dolphin Project serves as the eyes, ears and hands of the professionals...
Dr. Potter stated he and other scientists are delighted to have trained volunteers perform the research. "They are citizen-naturalists who play an important role for pure science and wildlife management," he said. "They are the eyes, ears and hands of the professionals.
"We’ve had environmental change all along, but climate change and loss of habitat are occurring very fast now compared to the time, for example, of the last ice age. TDP members and other groups like them-- and not just for dolphin --can collect meaningful data needed by university professors and their graduate students. These citizen-naturalists are helping to educate our next generation of scientists. Federal and state agencies responsible for wildlife protection don’t have funding to obtain the research information they need", Potter said. "That’s even more so with today’s economy. So these volunteers are very much needed".
from: http://www.thedolphinproject.org/home.html