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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A vast majority of the information in the database was gathered from project websites and may be out of date.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.

Marine Debris Action Teams

  • Organization Name
    Turtle Island Restoration Network
  • Project Website
  • Organization Website
  • Partners
    N / A
  • Contact Name
    Dr. Chris Pincetich
  • Contact Email
    chris@seaturtles.org
  • Contact Phone
    N / A
  • Other Contact Information

    Connect to existing teams and events through facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MarineDebrisActionTeams

    Contact Dr. Chris Pincetich (information above) to start your own team.

  • Project Purpose (taken from project materials)

    Marine Debris Action Teams lead beach cleanups, scientific evaluations of debris density, and take action to save sea turtles by reducing the plastic pollution responsible for harming and killing endangered sea turtles.

  • Participant Activities

    Survey beach transect sites and areas in the San Francisco Bay to collect and record information about debris, including debris type and gps location

  • Data Entry
    • Data Sheets
    • Other
  • Other Participant Activities
    N / A
  • System Studied
    • Marine
    • Intertidal zone
    • Pollution Clean-up or Monitoring
  • Geographic Scope
    Regional
  • Region
    Northern California
  • Location
    Coastal sites along the West Coast
  • Location - Map
    N / A
  • Time Commitment
    • Other (see Other Information below)
  • Volunteer Qualifications
    N / A
  • Volunteer Training

    Volunteers work with volunteers or staff team leaders during monitoring events to learn survey techniques

  • Cost to Participant
    N / A
  • How will the findings be used?

    Reports from surveys and collection events are posted on the website.

  • 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.