Become a Citizen Scientist

Are you interested in helping scientists better understand the impact of climate change on our region? Becoming a Citizen Scientist might be a great way to help, and people of all ages are participating in this effort, including tracking when birds are coming and going, when plants are blooming, and where invasive plants are showing up.

Here are some resources that you can try if you want to contribute to this collective movement:

Nature’s Notebook is a program of the National Phenology Network that allows citizens to track changes in the timing of plant and animal seasonal activity through an app. The information collected is used by scientists to understand how climate change is impacting flora and fauna throughout the United States.

iMapInvasives is a an online, GIS-based data management system used to assist community scientists & natural resource professionals working to protect our natural resources from the threat of invasive species.

eBird is a smartphone app that allows amateur birders to identify, track and share bird sightings with a network of bird-lovers and scientists worldwide. eBird is among the world’s largest biodiversity-related science projects, with more than 100 million bird sightings contributed annually by eBirders around the world.