akehashiMonitoring the Air in Our Community: Engaging Citizens in Research
National Jewish Health and RTI International are teaming up with the City of Denver, Groundwork Denver, and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to learn how communities can use person...
Environmental Archaeology at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Work with scientists and students to excavate sites, preserve artifacts, and collect environmental data to understand the ways that people have changed the land over the past 200 years.
Gardenroots: A Citizen Science Garden Project
In partnership with community members, Gardenroots aims to: Evaluate environmental quality and the potential exposure to contaminants of concern (COC) near active or legacy resource extraction and haz...
Citizen Science Track Trail
Self Guided Trail Brochure that provides opportunities for families to engage in Citizen Science activities such as measuring air temp and humidity, total dissolved solids, and pH testing in the fresh...
2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Wolf Trap
To observe and identify as many specific birds and vascular plants in specific areas and to inventory pollinators that may be indicators of environmental health.
Ectotherm ER: Frogs under the weather!
This is an educational module for middle and early high school age students that contains lessons about the links between climate change, animal physiology, and disease ecology. As part of the module...
Life in the Extreme
Students take measurements in the field, analyze their data, and develop hypotheses about how different micro-environments affect the distribution of plants and animals in the park.
Mattapoisett / EPA Preparing for Extreme Weather
EPA is working with the community in Mattapoisett to prepare for extreme weather events, primarily flooding and storm surge combined with sea level rise
DEW Picture Post
The Digital Earth Watch (DEW) Picture Post Network empowers citizens to observe and measure changes in natural areas that are important to them by taking and sharing repeat digital photographs from pi...
Habitat Network
Documenting and sharing sustainable, wildlife-friendly landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity and encourage green infrastructure with a public mapping tool and broad community of resources.
Disease Ecology in birds
We are working with a local nature center, The Urban Ecology Center, on a citizen science project comparing malaria in migratory and non-migratory birds in urban and suburban habitats.
EPA Urban Waters Program – Amigos Bravos
Baseline water quality testing and analysis (pre-Refuge development) using community volunteers and local students.