Guard the toads, save the environment
“Toad!” yelled a deep voice from across the stream. With gloved hands, the volunteer excitedly lifted an adult toad from the riverbank then carefully slipped it into a clear sandwich bag. He was one of several volunteers who had spent their morning trudging through greenery and slogging through mud while looking for just this toad…
#CitizenScience, #Animals, #Science
Fighting invasive emerald ash borers with woodpeckers and citizen scientists
Invasive non-native insects have been called the “wildfires of the East,” given the damage they cause to trees. One pest, the emerald ash borer, has killed hundreds of millions of rural and urban ash trees.
An arborist injects an ash tree with insecticide. (USDA Forest Service photo by Therese Poland.)…
#EmeraldAshBorer, #Woodpeckers, #CitizenScience, #Birds, #Invasives, #InvasiveSpecies
Citizen Science Webinars
These webinar recordings are from the Forest Service Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Community of Practice (FSCCS). During the first two years (2015-2017), the Community was internal and those webinars are made available to external audiences here for informational purposes. Currently, the community of practice is open to all audiences and new webinar recordings will be updated…
#CitizenScience, #Science
Resources & Webinars
Resources
Click the drop-downs below to find resources from the Forest Service that support crowdsourcing and citizen science activities.
Forest Service Projects Find and filter citizen science projects by subject area. Includes highlights of past projects and ongoing projects that are currently recruiting volunteers.
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