Second Century Stewardship partner Schoodic Institute is currently leading the sixth training for citizen science on public lands. Participating teams represent 14 units of the National Park System, including Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Saguaro, Dinosaur, Pictured Rocks, Niobrara, Freedom’s Frontier, Homestead, Isle Royale, Blackstone, Canaveral, Housatonic, Cuyahoga, and Arabia Mountain, as well as lands […]
Schoodic Institute and Second Century Stewardship partners are offering a new citizen science online professional development course for parks and partners, with a focus on pollinators like bees, butterflies, and bats. Citizen science is advancing research and learning across multidisciplinary fields. It can also be a valuable way to connect people to places and beings […]
The foundational work on the Dragonfly Mercury Project was published today in the journal, Environmental Science & Technology, “A national-scale assessment of mercury bioaccumulation in United States national parks using dragonfly larvae as biosentinels through a citizen-science framework.” Working with citizen scientists, National Park Service scientists and research partners assessed mercury concentrations in dragonfly larvae […]
BAR HARBOR, ME – Your old vacation photographs of Acadia National Park in autumn could help scientists research changes in fall foliage. Fall in Acadia seems to be arriving later, as warm temperatures extend longer into September and October. But are the leaves changing color later, too? Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography at University […]
The Dragonfly Mercury Project preceded the Second Century Stewardship initiative, but it is an exemplar of the type of science and stewardship the initiative supports and aims to grow—a project that engages the public (hands-on, in this case) and addresses issues critical to preserving our national treasures. The Dragonfly Mercury Project started at four parks […]
