Citizen Science

SUMMER 2014 UPDATE: With such successful seasons of citizen science over the past few summers, we have enough information to address the questions this project began with. As it goes in science, these data have led to more questions to answer. The volunteers in this project observed that sweetclover and bird vetch continued to flower and maintain green leaves long into the autumn. This observation led to a new question that we can tackle using this citizen science network: Do non-native plants take advantage of extended fall growing seasons better than native plants across Alaska? This summer, we are expanding the list of native and non-native species monitored through this project. You can continue to monitor the site you monitored last year, or select new sites or new species.  Stay tuned as we issue the call for volunteers in June!