NatureMapping
NatureMapping's mission is to protect biodiversity through data collection and dissemination. It is designed to engage citizens of all ages in hands-on, technology-enabled exploration of our natural environment. It fosters an open exchange of scientific information among a growing network of universities, government agencies, science and nature centers, landowners, civic organizations, businesses and interested citizens.
Project Details
- PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST: Karen Dvornich
- SCIENTIST AFFILIATION: University of Washington
- DATES: Ongoing
- LOCATION: - The program is offered in 13 states, including Arkansas, California, Idaho, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
- PROJECT TYPE: Observation
- COST: Free
- GRADE LEVEL: All Ages
- TIME COMMITMENT: Variable
- HOW TO JOIN:
The program is offered in 13 states, including Arkansas, California, Idaho, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. Click on a link to any of these projects to get started.
For more information, contact Karen Dvornich, director, National NatureMapping Program, 206-616-2031.
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Add CommentThere is a lot of talk about biodiversity and the need to protect "our" natural enviornment. We as humans do not own the planet and we are not its zoo keepers, either. I do agree that more needs to be done to protect the natural enviornment and the species that exist throughout the planet. It has been shown that a well balanced eco system is quite benificial to humans, and that creating spaces that species diversification can clean up the pollution that humankind creates. Should we limit the natural world to nature reserves, like that of zoos; except larger areas where human development can not take place? Or is the subject of biodiversity a thing we can set up like a lab experiment so that we can look at under a microscope? The truth is. We do not need to control nature for it has been doing quite well for over 13 billion years, and if human limited the human enviornment, then the natural enviornment would make a significant recovery for the damage we, homo sapiens, have caused.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisUnfortunately we humans like our creature comforts. Unfortunate for the creatures.
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