Finished my last talk in a Community Science symposium. I had the pleasure to open the session with a 40 min talk. Fantastic session with excellent discussions on how to start and conduct community science. If you do, you are in for the long haul with a lot of relationship building required, especially if you are tackling a long-standing problem. #communityScience #citizenScience #openScience

https://www.xcdsystem.com/cic/program/1GHc9M3/index.cfm?pgid=3216&sid=31355&abid=123970

Count the dead bugs on your windshield and contribute to science • FRANCE 24 English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnGYkPEQozo #Entomology #CommunityScience #France

Which bird took out the top spot in the Aussie Bird Count? | ABC NEWS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd3lyBEYtYE #Australia #Birds #CommunityScience

McKenzie et al. applied a novel pipeline to automate floral color phenotyping from community science photographs, supporting anecdotal evidence that Monarda fistulosa is deeper purple in western vs. eastern North America.

Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/739413

#iNaturalist #CommunityScience #EEB

Review of Gwen Ottinger "The Science of Repair" - another great book, full of insights for researchers who ware doing #CommunityScience #ParticipatoryResearch or #CitizenScience

https://povesham.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/gwen-ottingers-the-science-of-repair/

Maintaining the Introduction to citizen science and scientific crowdsourcing course - now updated and functioning again... #CitizenScience #CommunityScience #SciComm #ParticipatoryResearch

https://povesham.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/introduction-to-citizen-science-and-scientific-crowdsourcing-course-digital-housekeeping-and-the-complexity-of-online-training/

#Webinar - #Marsh and #Stream Explorers: A Treasure Hunt to Find Healthy Freshwater #Habitats in #Maine

Apr 22 2026
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

"Curious about what critters live in your local streams and freshwater marshes? Come learn about Maine Marsh and Stream Explorers, a collaborative #CommunityScience project between #MaineAudubon and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (#MEDEP). This program trains volunteers to survey for #macroinvertebrates, or large #AquaticInsects, in streams and freshwater #marshes statewide. With many macroinvertebrates sensitive to temperature, #pollutants, and other environmental stressors, their presence or absence serve as an important indicator of overall wetland health. This data then becomes an invaluable screening tool for #MaineDEP to prioritize where more-indepth water quality assessments should be conducted.

"In this webinar you’ll learn about what the Marsh and Stream Explorers project has accomplished and its impact on water quality monitoring statewide. We’ll look at our overall results, share our successes, and talk about future goals of the project. If you’re interested in getting outdoors, learning something new, and protecting your local watershed, this community science project is for you! Come learn more about how you can get involved. In-person field training for survey techniques to follow."

FMI and to register:
https://maineaudubon.org/events/marsh-and-stream-explorers-a-treasure-hunt-to-find-healthy-freshwater-habitats-in-maine/

#SolarPunkSunday #MaineAudubon #OnlineEvents #CitizenScience #NatureBasedLearning #MarshExplorers #StreamExplorers #WaterIsLife #ClimateChange #CitizenScientists #ObservingNature