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A vast majority of the information in the database was gathered from project websites and may be out of date.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

Snapshot Day - Monterey Bay

  • Organization Name
    Coastal Watershed Council
  • Project Website
  • Organization Website
  • Partners
    Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
  • Contact Name
    Debie Chirco-Macdonald
  • Contact Email
    djchirco@coastal-watershed.org
  • Contact Phone
    (831) 464-9200
  • Other Contact Information

    Volunteer Sign-up: http://coastal-watershed.org/how-can-i-help/volunteer-signup/

  • Project Purpose (taken from project materials)

    Provide a one-day “Snapshot” of the health of the rivers and streams that flow into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS).

  • Participant Activities

    Volunteers are trained to monitor temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, electrical conductivity and transparency in the field and, during this one day event, collect water samples for laboratory analysis of nutrients and bacteria levels.

  • Data Entry
    • Website
    • Unknown
  • Other Participant Activities
    N / A
  • System Studied
    • Water Quality
    • Wetlands - Freshwater Streams and Marshes
  • Geographic Scope
    Local
  • Region
    Santa Cruz
  • Location
    Rivers and streams throughout Santa Cruz County
  • Location - Map
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Time Commitment
    • Once a year
  • Volunteer Qualifications
    N / A
  • Volunteer Training

    Volunteers are trained to monitor temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, electrical conductivity and transparency in the field and collect water samples.

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

    Data are used by resource agencies, local governments and community groups to protect and improve the health of our local streams.

    Snapshot Day results are also posted at http://coastal-watershed.org/snapshot-day-results/

  • Other Information

    This annual, water quality monitoring event held on the first Saturday in May.

  • Photo
    N / A
  • last update:
    9/26/12

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.