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Welcome to our ongoing effort to catalog citizen science and other public participation in scientific research (PPSR) projects for UC California Naturalists and other citizen scientists.  We invite you to browse the listed projects or enter key words (like birds, youth, invasive, coast, Alameda, etc.) in the search box above to find projects in your area. It's a great way to stay involved and keep developing your skills as a natural scientist!

A vast majority of the information in the database was gathered from project websites and may be out of date. We encourage you to contact projects directly to get involved and learn about most recent opportunities. If you work with a listed project and would like to add to, update, or correct the information we have, please email cghdixon@ucdavis.edu. Also, please consider filling out the "PPSR perspectives" survey. Click here to access the survey, which will help guide this project in the coming year.

If you know of a project not on our list, please go to the "tell us about a project" link on the left so we can list the project here. Thanks for your help!

Special thanks goes to the National Science Foundation Informal Science Education program and the Stephen J. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation for supporting this database of projects.

Bumblee Bee Watch

  • Organization Name
    The Xerces Society
  • Project Website
  • Organization Website
  • Partners
    N / A
  • Contact Name
    N / A
  • Contact Email
    bumblebees@xerces.org
  • Contact Phone
    N / A
  • Other Contact Information
    N / A
  • Project Purpose (taken from project materials)

    Track the status of five bumble bee species and finding out where current populations are situated; project focuses on Five of bumble bee species (western bumble bee, rusty patched bumble bee,yellowbanded bumble bee and the American bumble bee)

  • Participant Activities

    Volunteers identify and photograph bumble bees and send photographs to project staff; Volunteers also identify bumble nests and enter information online at http://www.xerces.org/bbnest/

  • Data Entry
    • Website
    • Other
  • Other Participant Activities

    Volunteers are also encouraged to create bumble bee habitat - see project site for details and resources

  • System Studied
    • Invertebrates
  • Geographic Scope
    National
  • Region
    All (see 'geographic scope')
  • Location
    Where bumble bee species of interest are found
  • Location - Map
    N / A
  • Time Commitment
    • Other (see Other Information below)
  • Volunteer Qualifications

    Ability to identify bumble bee species

  • Volunteer Training

    Resources for learning to properly identify bumble bee species can be found on the project page

  • Cost to Participant
    N / A
  • How will the findings be used?
    N / A
  • Other Information
    N / A
  • Photo
    N / A
  • last update:
    N / A

If you work with this project and would like to add to or update the information below, please email cghdixon@ucdavis.edu.

If you know of a project not on our list, please go to the "tell us about a project" link on the left so we can list the project here. Thanks for your help!

This database is focused on projects in California focused on the environment. For opportunities outside California, as well as national projects that don't have a California-specific components, check http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/projects.