New Projects

System for Mapping and Predicting Species of Concern

The purpose of SMAP-SOC is to provide BLM natural resource managers with an application to model the current and future distributions of freshwater species of concern (SOC), across large management re...

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freshwater
fish
Alaska
+3
Status: active

Local Environmental Observer Network

The Local Environmental Observer Network is a project that applies traditional knowledge along side western science and technology in order to document change due to climate change, development and pr...

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Community
Maps
Climate Change
+5
Status: active

Is Ash Falling?

Is Ash Falling? project is a database module and web interface allowing the public and Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) staff to enter reports of ashfall in their local area in real time and retrospec...

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volcanic ash
ashfall
volcanoes
Status: active

The National Map Corps

The National Map Corps enlists volunteers to collect and edit data about human made structures in an effort to provide accurate and authoritative map data for the USGS National Map and US Topo Maps. U...

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Cartography
Geography
Mapping
+5
Status: active

Use of early successional forests by birds during the post-fledging period

Populations of many migratory birds that require large tracts of mature forest to nest are declining across the eastern states, despite the fact that our forests are maturing and in many states are st...

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clearcut
early-successional habitat
habitat choice
+2
Status: active

Image Detective

Use your geography skills to geolocate Astronaut photography of Earth! If you have always wanted to associate those amazing photographs of our beautiful planet taken from space with their locations o...

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Astronaut photography
imagery
ISS
+6
Status: active

Florida Microplastic Awareness Project

Citizen scientists are collecting coastal water samples and filtering them to look for the presence of microplastics (using a microscope). They are also helping to educate stakeholders about the sourc...

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microplastic
marine
water
+1
Status: active

Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project (MDMAP)

Partner organizations and volunteers conduct shoreline monitoring according to the published NOAA Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project survey techniques. Survey data that is uploaded to the...

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marine debris
marine litter
shoreline monitoring
+1
Status: active

The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Survey

The Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Survey was founded in 1990, and received government support beginning in 1999. Volunteers collect data on Horseshoe crabs through beach surveys, providing critical info...

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Environmental Survey
Conservation Policy
Biodiversity
+2
Status: active

Smithsonian Transcription Center

The Smithsonian Transcription Center engages the public in making our priceless collections more accessible. We work hand-in-hand with Digital Volunteers to transcribe historic documents and collecti...

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transcription
science
art
+8
Status: active

EcoCast: Improving Ecological and Economic Sustainability of Marine Fisheries Using Remotely-sensed Oceanographic Data

Balancing sustainable ecological and economic objectives is a continuing challenge for fisheries managers. Many US fisheries harvest healthy target stocks, however, bycatch of non-target species is co...

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fisheries
remotely sensed
oceanographic
+3
Status: complete

NOAA NWS SKYWARN® Weather Spotter Program

SKYWARN® is a National Weather Service (NWS) program developed in the 1960s that consists of trained weather spotters who provide reports of severe and hazardous weather to help meteorologists and eme...

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Skywarn
weather
spotter
+13
Status: active