Community Science

Contribute to crowd-sourced scientific projects by reporting nature observations and by transcribing long-hand scientific notes into searchable, analyzable databases. April is Citizen Science month!

Click each link below to access home-based community science projects.

Contribute bumble bee sitings to this collaborative effort to track and conserve North America’s bumble bees

Contribute daily health status to help track the COVID-19 pandemic

Identify plants, bugs, and other backyard life with Seek iNaturalist

Pitch in to science research from home - find a project via Zooniverse and/or SciStarter

Take the City Nature Challenge - in and around your home

Test your water pipe material and report it to a national study to help priortitize areas for water testing and infrastructure upgrades