About the Subcommittee

Goals:

• Evaluate the use of citizen science (CS) monitoring data for evaluating the impact of the trash amendments on trash in waterways.

• Share information regarding monitoring groups / initiatives

• Identify or develop CS protocol

• Promote and enhance data collection and communication among CS groups in California

Identified Barriers:

• Outreach limitations, tools’ inability to meet all needs

Next Steps:

• Develop guidance on feasibility on integrating citizen science data into compliance monitoring

• Establish set of tools to provide uniformity and rigor

• Coordinate and communicate among CS groups

Subcommittee Leads

Citizen Science Subcommittee

Aaron Haiman: aaron.haiman@deltaconservancy.ca.gov

Sherry Lippiatt: sherry.lippiatt@noaa.gov