Adventure Scientists: Backcountry Pollinator Survey

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Goal | Gather data on butterflies in remote areas to guide conservation |
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Task | Get into the backcountry and photograph butterflies and plants |
Where | Global, anywhere on the planet |
Description |
In our Conserving Biodiversity: Pollinators project, Adventure Scientists has joined forces with the University of Arizona to establish the first large-scale backcountry dataset that identifies butterfly abundance, diversity, and distribution as well as host plant phases across remote portions of their ranges. Volunteers navigate to specific areas of study using apps such as Gaia GPS. Once there, they use the iNaturalist app to upload photos of the butterflies and host plants that they observe. Once the data is processed and compiled, public land managers can use it to inform decisions about prescribed burning, protection of threatened species, and forest planning. |
How to Join |
Choose to participate in either the Western U.S. or Global project and apply to volunteer here: http://www.adventurescientists.org/pollinators.html |
Project Timing | For the Western U.S. project in Arizona, California, Utah, Montana, and Washington, end dates will vary according to weather in the mountains but we will plan to wrap up in October (with the exception of Southern Arizona which will continue through November). The Global project is open all year. |
Website | http://www.adventurescientists.org/pollinators.html |
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Android App URL | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.inaturalist.android&hl=en_US |
iOS App URL | https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inaturalist/id421397028?mt=8 |
Ideal Age Group | College, Graduate students, Adults |
Ideal Frequency | Other |
Average Time | An hour or so |
Tags | backcountry, butterflies, conservation, pollinators, research, survey, wildflowers |
Project Updated | 08/14/2018 |
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