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 Citizen Science is the effort of volunteers (regardless of age, location, or experience) in gathering data about our environment. Citizen Science makes science available at an individual level where everyday people’s scientific observations can be shared at a scientifically defensible level with peers, governments, and other citizens. The information collected through such groups as Pacific Streamkeepers Federation helps assess the health of local streams and watershed and detect long-term changes. Citizen Science is about creating an informed community that creates political will, and influences government policy from a local to federal level. Get involved
The Streamkeepers Handbook: A Practical Guide to Stream and Wetland Care (Pacific Streamkeepers Federation) Be a Good Citizen...Be a Citizen Scientist! (CitizenScience.ca) Anatomy of a Stream (Pacific Streamkeepers Federation) 2005 Atlas of Pacific Salmon: The First Map-Based Status Assessment of Salmon in the North Pacific, by Dr. Xanthippe Augerot. The University of California Press. Wild Salmon Policy: A Policy Framework for Conservation of Pacific Wild Salmon (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) Check out some of our resources here to learn about what you can do in your community to contribute to salmon science. Be sure to also check out our participate section for ways you can think salmon at home, at school, on the Internet and in your community. |
