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DOI: 10.15468/ccwj8u
title: Roadkill Reports - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: About this project
Animals never evolved to coexist with high-speed motor vehicles. Report your roadkill sightings to help identify high risk areas for wildlife!

Project goal
Identify problem spots where there are high numbers of collisions with wildlife.

What participants do:
Record the time, location, and species of roadkill you observe.

Why roadkill?

Animals never evolved to coexist with high-speed motor vehicles. Highways can alter habitat and isolate populations, prevent wildlife from moving freely, and place an undue mortality pressure on populations. Tracking the incidence of collisions with animals can help identify problem spots where steps can be taken to mitigate roadkill risk.

How to participate:

Note when and where you see roadkill.

Share your observations here on Anecdata.org or using the Anecdata mobile app!
DOI: 10.15468/gqc4zg
title: Downeast Maine Smelt Monitoring - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: Monitoring smelt populations in Hancock and Washington County, Downeast Maine.
https://mainesalmonrivers.org/smelt-survey/
DOI: 10.15468/0cmsnf
title: USGS ASC - Yukon Kuskokwim River Delta - Birds - 1992-2002

description: We investigated the underlying processes affecting bird population dynamics by collection and analysis of demographic data from 3 sites on the Yukon Kuskokwim (1991-2004) for 29 site-years. We examined variation in components of reproduction, tested hypotheses about the influence of specific ecological factors on life-history variables, and investigated their relative contributions to local population dynamics.
DOI: 10.15468/2e789w
title: SEANET (Seabird Ecological Assessment Network) - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: The Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET) was designed to bring together interdisciplinary researchers and members of the public (i.e. citizen scientists) in a long-term collaborative effort to identify and mitigate threats to seabirds (along the Northwest Atlantic seaboard).

http://seanetters.wordpress.com

Project goal
To highlight that seabirds serve as indicators of the health of the marine ecosystem.

What participants do:
Walk a section of beach (at least 1 km long) 1-2X/month and record any beached (i.e. dead) seabirds.

The Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET) is the only coordinated Beached Bird project on the Atlantic coast of the U.S. It was started in 2003 in Buzzard’s Bay, MA. Now, it consists of a network of volunteers from Maine to Florida. There are many global threats facing seabirds: emerging infectious diseases; interactions with fisheries; harmful algal blooms; contaminants (e.g. heavy metals, pesticides); plastics and overfishing of seabird prey items.

The goals of SEANET are to: 1) bring together interdisciplinary researchers and members of the public (i.e. citizen scientists) in a long-term collaborative effort, 2) provide baseline information about bird mortality; 3) help to detect mass mortality events due to oil spills, toxins or disease outbreaks, 4) examine the spatial pattern of bird carcass deposition and how it varies across time, and 5) highlight that seabirds can serve as indicators of the marine ecosystem.

The SEANET program does not require expert birding skills or travel to remote locations or specialized equipment. So what are SEANET volunteers asked to do?

Read and sign a volunteer agreement, select a section of beach (at least 1 km long) that you can reliably access year-round and walk 1 or 2 times/month. SEANET will provide each volunteer a SEANET kit containing a guide, ruler, calipers, and marking tags. Each volunteer is asked to provide a digital camera (e.g. Cell phone), gloves, pencil and a clipboard.



ALL REQUIRED FORMS are HEREopen_in_new: Monitoring manual, field data sheets, beach characteristics form, and the volunteer agreement.

SEANET is carried out by both scientists and conservation-minded citizens. Through this program, you can participate in science and marine conservation. For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/seanetters/open_in_new and http://seanetters.wordpress.comopen_in_new
DOI: 10.15468/s56agd
title: Community Environmental Health Laboratory Alewife Monitoring 2005-2006

description: Alewife reports for locations on Mount Desert Island, Maine.
DOI: 10.15468/sq6w35
title: Downeast Tomcod Monitoring - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: Downeast Salmon Federation is conducting a presence/absence survey in Hancock and Washington County in December and January to monitor tomcod (also known as frost fish). This is part of a larger citizen science project gathering information on anadromous fish species.

Maine is home to 12 species of native sea-run (called diadromous) fish that spend part of their lives in freshwater and part in the sea. These fish make astounding migrations each year with significant impacts to the freshwater, estuary, and marine environments that they move through as they complete their life cycles. Because of the widespread and mobile nature of their life histories, much remains to be known about which particular coastal rivers they occupy, the timing and extent of their migrations, and the number of individuals present. Information about these fish has implications for species conservation, restoration, and management.

Atlantic tomcod are one such species that migrate up rivers from the ocean to spawn in the winter. Spawning occurs in shallow brackish or fresh water over gravelly bottom. A female can deposit 6,000-30,000 eggs. Egg incubation takes up to 30 days in 30 to 43ºF water. The average adult is 9-12 in. Life expectancy is 4 years. Atlantic tomcod live in the mouths of streams or estuaries and are resistant to sudden changes in temperature and salinity. Their range is southern Labrador to Virginia. Tomcod eat larval copepods, small crustaceans, small mollusks, worms, as well as fish larvae and are eaten by predators such as Striped Bass and Bluefish.

Atlantic tomcod populations have declined due to loss of access to spawning grounds, overfishing, and exposure to toxins. Because they typically live year-round in estuaries, tomcod are particularly subject to stresses from pollutants. Since the commercial fishery closed in the 1950s, there is very little known about their current whereabouts or how well they are doing in Maine rivers and streams. We need to learn more about these amazing creatures to better manage our rivers and streams now and into the future. Information collected by this project is designed to create a more complete picture of where, when, and in what numbers tomcod can be found.
DOI: 10.15468/wwh3ug
title: USGS SESC - Virgin Islands - Herpetofauna - 2001-2002

description: The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) requires the use of ecological indicators to measure the success of restoration efforts. The Everglades amphibian community is ideal because amphibians are present in all habitats and under all hydrologic regimes. During Everglades restoration, hydrologic patterns will change and the response of ecological indicators will determine success. Fourteen amphibian species were detected through VES, vocalization surveys and trapping methods throughout the study and the occurrence information collected in this project database. USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center (SESC).
DOI: 10.15468/hkfvyx
title: USGS GAP - Alaska - Vertebrates - 1867-2009

description: The United States Geological Survey (USGS) Alaska Gap Analysis Project (GAP) compiles many smaller datasets of species occurrences to provide baseline information for conservation in Alaska, particularly when combined with other current efforts. These species occurrences (more than 1M occurrences for 300+ vertebrate species) were used with other ancillary data to generate distribution models and species range maps. The GAP models are among the first range-wide habitat models for vertebrate species at this resolution for Alaska. Prior to using Alaska GAP data, users are encouraged to become familiar with the GAP modeling process. These data provide researchers and managers with a tool for understanding the distribution of vertebrates within the context of these species habitats in Alaska.
DOI: 10.15468/m4hpux
title: Manomet Intertidal Green Crab Project - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: This project monitors green crab populations in the rocky intertidal zone.
http://www.manomet.org

Project goal
Monitoring intertidal populations of the invasive European green crab.
What participants do:
Collecting data using quadrat surveys.

Invasive species have caused major disruptions to ecosystems worldwide. The European green crab invaded North America in the 1800s, and is considered one of the world’s 100 worst invaders by the IUCN. Observations of green crab population trends are essential for predicting and managing the ecological and economic impacts of this harmful invasive species. This protocol was developed in an effort to create a standardized method for assessing green crab population dynamics in the rocky intertidal zone of New England and Atlantic Canada. The protocol was designed to be accessible to multiple users including researchers, educators, students, and citizen scientists. Although it was designed for surveying crab populations, this protocol is easy to adapt and could be used for any number of intertidal species. The resulting data collected using this protocol has a wide range of uses, including to inform ecological research, conservation efforts, mitigation strategies, and fishery development, as well as for educational outreach purposes.
DOI: 10.15468/6apyu4
title: FPWC Bluebird Monitoring - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: About this project
Monitoring Eastern Bluebirds and other cavity-nesting birds at the nest boxes around Winnebago County Forest Preserves.

Project goal
To track which habitats which species prefer and how populations and habits change over time.

What participants do
Monitoring nest boxes weekly and recording information about what is inside.

Monitors are trained in what to look for in the nest boxes placed in around 20 different forest preserves in Winnebago County. We record data on date, temperature, the type of box, what habitat it is in, what species is nesting, how many eggs, how many young, if adults are seen or heard, mortalities, and how many birds fledge. We also are vigilant about removing the nests, eggs, and young of any invasive species, mainly House Sparrows.
DOI: 10.15468/p62mqk
title: Project Horseshoe - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: Horseshoe crab populations in Long Island Sound have been studied for the past 20 years as part of Project Limulus, a citizen science project that trains volunteers to collect basic data and tag horseshoe crabs during the spring mating season. We at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk have been assisting with Project Limulus for many years, training volunteers and leading tagging nights at our local beach. We have a dedicated group of experienced volunteers that we'd love to continue collecting data outside of the few tagging nights each season. As such we have developed Project Horseshoe using the anecdata platform so volunteers can report horseshoe crab sightings year round.

About this project
Long Island Sound project for trained citizen scientists to report horseshoe crab sitings.

Project goal
The goal of this program is to continue to collect data on horseshoe crabs presence in the Long Island Sound

What participants do:
Photograph horseshoe crabs observed in Long Island Sound
DOI: 10.15468/yd88kz
title: CO State University - Natural Resource Ecology Lab - CO River Basin - Tamarix - 2014 and 2017

description: Tamarisk occurrence records in the Colorado River Basin.
DOI: 10.15468/gukkks
title: Mohonk Preserve Forest Health Monitoring Data

description: In 2018, the Mohonk Preserve’s Daniel Smiley Research Center implemented a long-term research project aimed at inventorying forest vegetation and monitoring forest health. The protocol was adapted from the National Park Service’s Northeast Temperate Network (https://www.nps.gov/im/netn/forest-health.htm). This project monitors the composition and structure of the Mohonk Preserve forests, and collects data for assessing forest soil condition, impacts of white-tailed deer herbivory, and land cover. In 2018, 24 plots were established in four habitat types: Eastern hemlock forest (n = 6), white ash forest (n = 6), historic prescribed burn forest (n = 6), and randomly selected forest (n = 6). In 2021, an additional 14 plots were established in two historic Breeding Bird Survey research areas: Eastern hemlock forest (n = 8) and pitch pine forest (n = 6). All data collection occurred between the months of June through August. Plots are scheduled to be resampled every four years.
DOI: 10.15468/h7p7gm
title: Metabarcoding occurrences from Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Pollinator Surveys - 2022

description: We collected pollinators as part of the Alaska Bee Atlas effort (https://accs.uaa.alaska.edu/wildlife/ak-bee-atlas). We collected pollinators on Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in 2022 using blue vane traps, pollinator cups, and aerial nets.
DOI: 10.15468/skdu2c
title: USGS FORT - Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge - Bats - 1997-1998

description: Occurrence records for bats captured in mist nets at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge and Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver, Colorado, as well as parks and open spaces and structures within Fort Collins, Colorado during the 1997 and 1998 field seasons (May-September). We used mist nets to capture bats and to 1) determine local species richness and relative abundance, 2) establish roosting habits and locations , and 3) collect bats to evaluate organochlorine contaminant levels in local bats. USGS Fort Collins Science Center (FORT). There were both observation and specimen records.
DOI: 10.15468/w2xbdx
title: Mohonk Preserve Grassland Field Monitoring 2017-2021

description: Between 2017-2021, Mohonk Preserve inventoried vegetation in its old-fields and grasslands. The goal was to increase understanding and knowledge of the Preserve’s vegetation communities so informed management strategies could be developed. This data provides information on species composition; occurrence frequency; vegetation type (woody, forb, grass, sedge, etc.); species percent cover (dominance); and species listed, invasive, and pollinator importance status. Five fields have been sampled thus far: Spring Farm (SF, plots [n]= 96); Glory Hill (GF, n= 45); Testimonial Gateway (TG, n= 66); Brook Farm (BF, n= 36); and Pine Farm (PF, n= 27). Soil samples were taken from three sites in 2018: Spring Farm, Glory Hill, and Testimonial Gateway. All data collection occurred between the months of May and August. There are plans to add more plots to sites Brook Farm, Pine Farm, and a field that has not yet been sampled, Klein kill Farm. There are no immediate plans to resample Spring Farm, Glory Hill, or Testimonial Gateway.
DOI: 10.15468/3j3ueb
title: Invasive Plant Atlas of the MidSouth (IPAMS)

description: The Invasive Plant Atlas of the MidSouth (IPAMS) is a project of the Geosystems Research Institute (GRI), Mississippi State University. 
The Invasive Plant Atlas of the MidSouth (IPAMS) will provide information on the biology, distribution, and best management practices for forty weedy plant species. Outreach and extension activities include developing training programs for volunteers to identify and report invasive species using IPAMS, developing an efficient Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) system for invasive plants, developing best management practices workshops, and developing an online mapping system. Research activities include conducting systematic regional vegetation surveys to assess the distribution of key invasive plants, developing models for predicting the occurrence of target species based on land use and cover, and evaluate the relative effectiveness of professional versus volunteer surveys. IPAMS is a unique tool for early detection and rapid response. Trained volunteers regularly check areas for invasive species. When they encounter an invasive species, they record the location by GPS, the plant and other information about the plant population. On the IPAMS Web site, they input this information and alert researchers and government officials of the new infestation. This gives those decision-makers more time in taking appropriate steps and treating an infestation early, before it spreads further.
DOI: 10.15468/anyror
title: Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory

description: The Pollinating Insects -- Biology, Management and Systematics Research Unit (PIRU) was founded in the late 1940s as part of the alfalfa seed production unit. We focus primarily on pollination research with bees.The mission of the Pollinating Insect - Biology, Management and Systematics Research Unit is the development of non-Apis bees, for example the alfalfa leafcutting bee and blue orchard bee, as crop pollinators. Research emphasis areas include the development and improvement of management systems for bee populations, biological studies of bees, plant-pollination systems, and bee biosystematics. Cross-pollinated crops not effectively pollinated by honey bees have been targeted for improved pollination management, and the candidacy of selected pollinator species continues to be evaluated. Current research on established species, like the alfalfa leafcutting bee and blue orchard bee, is directed toward developing control programs for pests and diseases, improving management that will result in better bee health and demonstrating pollination efficacy and increased producer profitability on "new" crops.
DOI: 10.15468/e9zucc
title: Mohonk Preserve Herbarium

description: Mohonk Preserve Herbarium housed at Mohonk Preserve is comprised of more than 3,000 specimens collected from the Northeastern United States, primarily on Mohonk Preserve land. The data and natural history collections support the Preserve’s land management and stewardship activities and our educational programming. The collections are also frequently used in research on climate change, biodiversity, bird migration, and human impact on the environment. Conservation Science staff and volunteers are working to digitize the collections by producing high-resolution images of the specimens, transcribing label and card data, and uploading the information to online, open-access data repositories. Digitizing the collections and making them available via multiple online portals helps us to support new research on a variety of scientific topics, including phenology and species responses to climate change.
DOI: 10.15468/ucc9m2
title: Bird Watching in North Carolina - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: This project focuses on bird watching in North Carolina. It includes both breeds normally found in North Carolina and also breeds that are not normally found in North Carolina.
DOI: 10.15468/34px5y
title: Copper River Watershed Project Invasive Plants - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: About this project
The Copper River Watershed Project (CRWP) is mapping, monitoring, and treating invasive plants across the Copper River watershed to help prevent the spread into our pristine ecosystem.

Project goal
Learn more about invasive plants in the Copper River watershed and the work the CRWP is doing to manage them.

What participants do
Help the Copper River Watershed Project track and remove invasive plant populations by reporting new sightings.

One of the main programs at the CRWP is the Invasive Plant Program. Since 2010 staff have been mapping, monitoring, and treating invasive plants across the Copper River watershed. Explore this dataset to learn more about where, when, and which species have been monitored and treated over the last decade.

We also want your help! The Copper River watershed is large (26,500 square miles) and we're asking for your assistance in tracking new infestations of invasive pants. If you see invasive plants use this project to report which species it is and where you found it. Please include a picture if possible. Our high priority invasive plant targets are reed canarygrass, orange hawkweed, bird vetch, white sweetclover, and oxeye daisy. For more information visit our website.

For more information about invasive plants in Alaska, visit the Alaska Center for Conservation Science's Alaska Exotic Plants Information Clearinghouse (AKEPIC).
DOI: 10.15468/dpvhxn
title: Maui Invasive Species Committee - Pest Surveys - 1996-2011

description: Data from the Maui region of the Hawaii Invasive Species Committee (ISC) statewide reporting system, including raw data and spatial data, developed by United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Hawaii Biodiversity and Mapping Program (HBMP) with input from ISC and the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species (CGAPS). The Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) is a voluntary partnership of private citizens, community organizations, businesses, land owners, and government agencies to address invasive species issues on the island of Maui. MISC is fighting to protect Maui County from the most harmful invasive plants and animals that threaten our environment, economy, and quality of life.

MISC works to prevent invasive species from becoming established within Maui County (Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe), controls invasive species on private and public property, and educates people about invasive species and how to protect Maui County.
DOI: 10.15468/nxs7hw
title: Iowa State University Herbarium

description: The Ada Hayden (Iowa State University) Herbarium has the largest collection of Iowa plants and fungi, containing over 600,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens. This dataset describes 24,775 specimens from the Plantae collection. For the Fungi collection, please see iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/4b92de1f-866d-4b82-af69-37d46753f289).
DOI: 10.15468/f8tmwr
title: FWS - Kenai National Wildlife Refuge - Snowshoe Hare Grid Surveys

description: Densities of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus Erxleben, 1777) were measured over time to document cyclic changes in hare abundance on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Pellet counts were conducted annually on 5 grids of 49 1 m2 permanent pellet plots. All pellets within the 1 m2 plot were counted and removed. Pellet counts were averaged annually for each grid as an index of snowshoe hare abundance.
DOI: 10.15468/mwiaar
title: Kauai Invasive Species Committee - Pest Surveys - 2001-2011

description: Data from the Kauai region of the Hawaii Invasive Species Committee (ISC) statewide reporting system, including raw data and spatial data, developed by United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Hawaii Biodiversity and Mapping Program (HBMP) with input from ISC and the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species (CGAPS). The Kauai Invasive Species Committee (KISC) is a voluntary partnership of private citizens, community organizations, businesses, land owners, and government agencies to address invasive species issues on the island of Kauai. KISC is fighting to protect Kauai County from the most harmful invasive plants and animals that threaten our environment, economy, and quality of life.

MISC works to prevent invasive species from becoming established within Maui County (Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe), controls invasive species on private and public property, and educates people about invasive species and how to protect Maui County.
DOI: 10.15468/amzdvk
title: Snapping Turtle Sightings - Powered by Anecdata.org

description: Project goal:
I would like to find out where the snapping turtles in Maine are because I think more of them are being killed.

About this project:
Share your observations of snapping turtles!