Handout from the Citizen Science at National Wildlife Refuges Presentation. Project ideas, information and examples

1. Citizen Science at National Wildlife Refuges:
Project Ideas, Information and Examples
Plants
Project Budburst http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/budburst/
Tracking the Wild Invasives http://trails.rutgers.edu/join.htm
Invaders of Texas http://www.texasinvasives.org/invaders/become.php
National Phenology Network http://www.usanpn.org/participate
Mammals
Project Squirrel http://www.projectsquirrel.org/index.shtml
Birds
National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count
Bluebird Nestbox Monitoring http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Bluebird_Monitoring.htm
HawkWatch http://www.nps.gov/acad/naturescience/hawkwatch.htm
Summer Wild Turkey Sighting Survey http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/48732.html
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Project FeederWatch
NestWatch
Great Backyard Bird Count
Birds in Forested Landscapes
BirdSleuth
For information about these and other CLO programs:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/netcommunity/citsci/projects
Invertebrates
Monarch Larva Monitoring Project http://www.mlmp.org/
Monarch Watch http://www.monarchwatch.org/
Lost Ladybug Project http://www.lostladybug.org/
Firefly Watch https://www.mos.org/fireflywatch/
Butterflies and Moths of North America http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/getinvolved
NYC Cricket Crawl http://www.discoverlife.org/cricket/
Great Lakes Worm Watch http://www.nrri.umn.edu/worms/
Spider WebWatch http://www.spiderwebwatch.org/
General
National Wildlife Federation’s Wildlife Watch http://www.nwf.org/WildlifeWatch/home.aspx
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy (VA) grassroots projects
http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Environmental_Monitoring.htm
EPA’s Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality Program http://www.epa.gov/volunteer/
Designing your own project
Cornell Lab of Ornithology http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/toolkit/manual
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/toolkit