#participatoryscience — Public Fediverse posts

@dubh When it's done right, people can make a huge difference to NZ's environment by spotting emergent weeds as they're beginning to establish.

My favourite recent example is Dave Holland's discovery in 2020 of wild black swallow-wort on the edge of the Timaru Botanic Gardens. That was the first wild record of the species anywhere in NZ, and it's a wetland weed overseas. Timaru Council and Environment Canterbury staff stepped in with control, over several years, and now it's gone.

That's one environmental weed nipped in the bud before it could get started.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/65849739

#weeds #BiologicalInvasions #InvasivePlants #eradication #ParticipatoryScience #WeedSurveillance

🌊 Celebrating the rich maritime heritage of Salento, PRO-Coast — led by our Italian partner, Prof. Maurizio Pinna of the Università del Salento — delivered an inspiring talk on the beauty and vulnerability of our coastal ecosystems. He emphasized the importance of sustainable management to preserve these vital environments for future generations.
@Pro_Coast #MarineConservation #StakeholderEngagement #ParticipatoryScience #CoastalEcosystems #Fishermen #LocalKnowledge #Salento #SustainableFuture

@pathunstrom i remember when citsci2017 made the difficult (from a logistics point of view) decision to move their conference due to discriminatory laws passed in NC. they were ahead of the curve (nearly a decade), given the situation today.

i applaud that decision then and submit it as inspiration to other conferences to hopefully make the right decision now.

https://participatorysciences.org/2016/07/13/citsci2017-may-17-20th-in-saint-paul-minnesota/

#citsci #participatoryscience #aaps

For #FungiFriday have a looksie at the time a few weeks ago when I found a bunch of Onion Earthball (#Scleroderma cepa) #mushrooms! Here's one I was documenting for #iNaturalist that *spontaneously* exploded ashy black spores all over my arm and chest (not in the face, thankfully😅).

Link to observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141276167

#science #iNat #NaturalistsOfMastodon #Naturalists #puffballs #boom #poof #ParticipatoryScience #California #Monterey #spores #FieldWork #volunteering #FollowFriday

Yooooooo ya boi is now a volunteer #Naturalist at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve! I'm officially a volunteer through the Cal State Dept of Fish and Wildlife Services and I'm hella stoked!

#ElkhornSlough #CalDFWS #research #science #reserve #nature #NaturePreserve #volunteer #NaturalistsOfMastodon #ParticipatoryScience #travieso #California #CaliforniaNaturalist #NAI #NationalAssociationForInterpretation #CertifiedInterpretiveGuide