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!
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Long-billed Curlew Volunteer Project
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Organization NamePoint Blue
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Organization Website
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PartnersAudubon California, The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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Contact NameDave Shuford, Overall Project Coordinator
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Contact Emaildshuford@pointblue.org
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Contact Phone(415) 868-0371
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Other Contact Information
the regional coordinators as follows:
Central Valley: Gary Langham, Audubon California glangham@audubon.org, or 292-1866 ext 4
Carrizo Plain: Andrea Jones, Audubon California ajones@audubon.org, or 805-772-1995.
Imperial Valley: Kathy Molina, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, kmolina@nhm.org,or (213) 763-3368.
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Project Purpose (taken from project materials)
To answer the question: Where do all the Curlew's go? The goal is to determine how important California's Central Valley is for wintering Long-billed Curlews. The purpose of the survey is to estimate the total number of migrating and wintering curlews in the interior valleys of California, to identify hot spots of occurrence, and learn more about which types of croplands they prefer. The Central Valley, Imperial Valley and Carrizo Plain are the initial foci of our interest.
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Participant Activities
Participants help identify areas of curlew occurrence in the Central Valley, Imperial Valley and Carrizo Plain, and can participate in a broad scale survey of these valleys. Surveys are conducted by driving all roads in predetermined areas and counting all curlews that can been seen from the roads. Surveying areas are sized so that they can be covered by one or two people in about half a day.
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Data Entry
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Website
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Data Sheets
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Other Participant ActivitiesN / A
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System Studied
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Birds
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Climate Change
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Geographic ScopeRegional
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RegionAll (see 'geographic scope')
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LocationCentral, Carrizo & Imperial Valleys of California
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Location - MapN / A
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Time Commitment
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Once a year
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Specific dates (see Other Information below)
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Volunteer QualificationsN / A
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Volunteer TrainingN / A
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Cost to ParticipantN / A
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How will the findings be used?N / A
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Other InformationN / A
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PhotoN / A
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last update:9/11/12
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.