Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By John Ohab, Sep 01, 2011
Sara Fitzsimmons is the Regional Science Coordinator at The American Chestnut Foundation The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to restoring the American chestnut (Castanea dentate) to its original range. Once estimated to be 25% of the Appalachian forests, the species was all but eliminated from the landscape by an imported fungal … Read more “Citizen Science Opportunities with The American Chestnut Foundation”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Education, Nature & Outdoors, Science Education Standards
By John Ohab, Apr 23, 2010
One of my favorite books of all time is Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, a tale about the relationship between a boy and a selfless tree that does whatever it can to make the boy happy. Even as an adult, the book still gives me a renewed appreciation for the many ways in which trees … Read more “Give back: Help map every tree in San Francisco”
Categories: Computers & Technology, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By John Ohab, Apr 08, 2010
It’s springtime in our Nation’s Capital, and one of my favorite organizations, Casey Trees, is enlisting community volunteers to help restore the tree population one tree at a time. Casey Trees specially trains local volunteers, known as “citizen foresters”, to lead groups of community tree planters and build awareness about the importance of urban forests. … Read more “Restore urban forests with Casey Trees”
Categories: Ecology & Environment, Geology & Earth Sciences, Nature & Outdoors
