Welcome to our ongoing effort to catalog citizen science and other public participation in scientific research (PPSR) projects for UC California Naturalists and other citizen scientists. We invite you to browse the listed projects or enter key words (like birds, youth, invasive, coast, Alameda, etc.) in the search box above to find projects in your area. It's a great way to stay involved and keep developing your skills as a natural scientist!
A vast majority of the information in the database was gathered from project websites and may be out of date. We encourage you to contact projects directly to get involved and learn about most recent opportunities. If you work with a listed project and would like to add to, update, or correct the information we have, please email cghdixon@ucdavis.edu. Also, please consider filling out the "PPSR perspectives" survey. Click here to access the survey, which will help guide this project in the coming year.
If you know of a project not on our list, please go to the "tell us about a project" link on the left so we can list the project here. Thanks for your help!
Special thanks goes to the National Science Foundation Informal Science Education program and the Stephen J. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation for supporting this database of projects.
Redwood Watch
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Organization NameSave the Redwoods League
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Organization Website
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PartnersUC Berkeley, Humboldt State University, iNaturalist, California Academy of Sciences
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Contact NameN / A
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Contact Emailrcci@SaveTheRedwoods.org
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Contact Phone(415)362-2352
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Other Contact Information
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Project Purpose (taken from project materials)
Understand where redwoods grow well today in order to better predict how climate change will impact the redwood forest and where the redwood forests of tomorrow will thrive.
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Participant Activities
Find a redwood tree in a park, in your own backyard, or in a botanical garden around the world. Use the free Redwood Watch iPhone application powered by iNaturalist or your own camera to take a photo of the tree and submit it online.
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Data Entry
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Cell Phone
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Other Participant Activities
Online news and community forum
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System Studied
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Plants
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Climate Change
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Geographic ScopeInternational
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RegionAll (see 'geographic scope')
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LocationAnywhere you find a Redwood - park, backyard, botanical garden, etc.
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Location - Map114 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
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Time Commitment
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Other (see Other Information below)
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Volunteer Qualifications
Volunteers must have an iPhone in order to download and use the Redwood Watch app.
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Volunteer TrainingN / A
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Cost to ParticipantN / A
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How will the findings be used?N / A
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Other InformationN / A
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PhotoN / A
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last update:N / A
If you work with this project and would like to add to or update the information below, please email cghdixon@ucdavis.edu.
If you know of a project not on our list, please go to the "tell us about a project" link on the left so we can list the project here. Thanks for your help!
This database is focused on projects in California focused on the environment. For opportunities outside California, as well as national projects that don't have a California-specific components, check http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/projects.