waders

“So basically people with waders and canoes are going throughout the community.”

She added that she has since received numerous message from people with "kayaks, waders, drones and all sorts of specialist equipment" to aid her search.

But you don’t need to be a hardy hiker or don waders to participate in community science.

Ashley Smith loves rivers, and loves pulling on his waders to get into them.

"I put my waders on, went into the water, hooked it up to the towing eye and pulled it out."