UEC Overview: Citizen Science: Linking Research & Environmental Education in the City

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible”Walt Disney

Citizen Science: Linking Research &

Environmental Education in the City

Photos Courtesy Milwaukee Public Museum

Environmental Education (NEEP)

Summer Camp

Community Projects

Special Events

Festivals

Urban Adventures

Ecobucks

Equipment Lending

Stewardship

Research

Milwaukee River as a wildlife corridor

Advisory Board & Partnerships

Partner Institutions:Partner Institutions:•Milwaukee County ZooMilwaukee County Zoo•Cornell Lab of OrnithologyCornell Lab of Ornithology•Teton Science SchoolsTeton Science Schools•University of HawaiiUniversity of Hawaii•University of Western University of Western OntarioOntario•University of WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin•Marquette UniversityMarquette University•Wisconsin DNRWisconsin DNR

National Projects

GIS Technology

Prairie Restoration

Small Mammal Monitoring

Long-term Bat station

Snake Monitoring

Turtle monitoring

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Rates of Mass Change in Spring and Fall

Body Mass Differences Between Seasons

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Triglyceride Tends to be Higher in Spring

Citizen Science – ESA ‘08

“Never tell a young person that anything is impossible.”G. M. Trevelyan

Thank You!