CITIZEN SCIENCE & AMATEUR RESEARCH
Archive for June, 2008
Amateur Scientists Help Biologists at Glacier National Park
Jun 29, 2008
Wildlife monitoring at Glacier National Park in Montana is the daunting responsibility of two biologists, little funding, a whole lot of ground to cover, and hundreds of species to track.
Over the past couple of summers, local volunteers have been trained to travel deep into the backwoods of the park and monitor population levels of animals that are of serious concern. The data collection has been tremedous, and would have otherwise been impossible to organize without the army of amateurs dedicated to supporting the park.
Through the Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at the park, additional training sessions will be available in July for those interested in participating. Call 406.888.7986 for more information.
“Citizen Scientists to the Rescue for Glacier Park” :: Flathead Beacon :: June 26, 2008 :: [ READ ]
[ VIEW ] Live Webcams at Glacier National Park
New Jersey Egret and Heron Survey
Jun 25, 2008
Join with the New Jersey Audubon Society this summer and fall in the Raritan Bay and Raritan River watershed area and the Meadowlands to track and survey snowy and great egrets, great blue herons, yellow-crowned night herons and black-crowned night herons in the region.
APP.com "Volunteers sought to track egrets, herons in New Jersey" :: June 25, 2008 :: [ READ more about this opportunity ]
Amateur Achievement Award from ASP 2008
Jun 25, 2008
Congratulations to Steve Mandel of Soquel, California who won the 2008 Amateur Achievement Award from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific! Starting his project in 2004, Steve worked to catalog images of nebulae in the Milky Way. A significant experimental discovery was that small-aperture telescopes with CCD cameras–something available to any amateur astronomer–is a perfect recording device to detect large nebular clouds high above the galactic plane.
[Learn more about the Mandel-Wilson Unexplored Nebulae Project]
[ READ more about the ASP 2008 Awards ]
Real Amateur Astronomer and Real Results
Jun 24, 2008
As featured on BBC News – Science/Nature and found by DPRI via Astronomy Blog, check out how an amateur astronomer discovered a new electrical storm on Saturn.
[READ]
Nature Growing after Katrina
Jun 24, 2008
Since major damage from Hurricane Katrina, the new Pascagoula River Audubon Center is growing with great new opportunities for learning about the local habitats and helping to redevelop the landscape. Get involved soon if you live in the area.
"Nature grows on Moss Point" SunHerald.com :: June 24, 2008 :: [READ]
Never Cry Wolf… in Maine
Jun 23, 2008
Beginning June 28, 2008 in Old Town, Maine, A new group at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is being formed to train volunteers to howl like a gray wolf in the deep woods of Maine. These wolves–which are federally protected–are believed to no longer live in this area of the country.
Learn more about the Wolf Inquiry Project
Our thoughts and prayers will be with the brave citizen scientists that if a wolf is lured out of hiding that it isn’t romantically attracted to the howler.
"Are there any wolves in Maine?"
Kennebec Journal Morning Sentinel June 23, 2008 [READ]
Dedicated Canadian Birders
Jun 22, 2008
Neither downpours nor early hours faze these volunteers :: The Orillia Packet & Times June 21, 2008 [read]
