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2023 Webinar

Using the Sea Grant Great Lakes BioBlitz and iNaturalist with Youth and for Research Webinar

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

4PM - 5PM CST

Presented on Zoom

Join us in this webinar to learn about the Great Lakes BioBlitz, iNaturalist, and hear from Dr. Drake, a professor of wildlife biology and an expert on urban wildlife management, wildlife damage management, and general wildlife.

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Using the Sea Grant Great Lakes BioBlitz and iNaturalist with Youth and for Research Webinar guest speaker:

Dr. David Drake

Dr. Drake is a Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research and extension programs primarily focus on wildlife and wildlife damage management in human-dominated landscapes. David also teaches an undergraduate course on wildlife damage management. David received his Ph.D in Forestry from North Carolina State University, a M.S. degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Texas A&M University, and a B.A degree in Biology from Macalester College.

Previous Webinars

2022 Webinars

Using the Great Lakes BioBlitz and iNaturalist as a Teaching Tool virtual workshop mini-series

This two-session series features guest speakers, hands-on training, and classroom applications.

Join us to learn how you can:

Use iNaturalist filters to explore data
Take better photos for identification
Integrate iNaturalist with lessons in math, geography, and human influence

Using the Great Lakes BioBlitz and iNaturalist as a Teaching Tool Workshop guest speaker:

Kevin Hanley

Presenting "Intro to taking great photography"

Kevin Hanley is a Wisconsin Master Naturalist and photographer with over 14,950 observations on iNaturalist.org. He is always looking for new trails and places to photograph with his wife Sue and Corgi. Insects, spiders, fungi, and wildflowers are his favorites, and he is constantly on the lookout for new close-up subjects to photograph. He is also a retired USAF Master Sergeant and former photography instructor at the Milwaukee Zoo.

2021 Webinars

Using iNaturalist & the Great Lakes BioBlitz to Enhance your Curriculum Workshop Series

This two-session series features guest speakers, hands-on training, and classroom applications.

Join us to learn how you can:

Use iNaturalist to integrate nature observation into art, cultural appreciation, geography, math, writing, and biology.
Participate in the Great Lakes BioBlitz to increase Great Lakes literacy.

Using iNaturalist & the Great Lakes BioBlitz to Enhance your Curriculum Workshop guest speakers:

Joe Walewski

Presenting ‘Tips and Tricks for Using iNaturalist’

Joe Walewski is the Director of Naturalist Training at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minnesota, and the creator of the "Un-huggable" White Pine Super-canopy Trees project in iNaturalist.

He earned a B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology from Iowa State University and an M.Ed. in Environmental Education from the University of Minnesota Duluth. Every year he works with future leaders of environmental education. He challenges them to pay close attention to the natural world around them and to critically examine how they share meaningful stories with their students.

Jody Henseler

Presenting ‘Science Meets ART’

Jody describes art is a vehicle to connect deeply with science and feels that our greatest skill as scientists is that of observation. What better way to foster observation than through the acts of journaling and creating! Jody is a 7th grade science teacher at Wilson Middle School in Manitowoc Wisconsin.

2020 Great Lakes BioBlitz Launch

The Great Lakes BioBlitz talk starts about minute 3:30.

2020 HOMES at Home

Great Lakes BioBlitz launch video

Learn about how the Great Lakes BioBlitz is a tool to learn about biodiversity with Marte Kitson (Minnesota Sea Grant). Hosted by Meaghan Gass (Michigan Sea Grant).

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