Tag Archives: community science

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Throughout many of the conversations we hold with coordinators of citizen science programs, the challenge of maintaining an active volunteer base arises. However, within citizen science volunteerism, there’s no definitive strategy guide for how to recruit and retain best. One example keeps arising in our discussions […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> It’s no secret that California’s marine protected area (MPA) process was rooted in collaboration among ocean lovers of all walks of life; it was one of the key hallmarks of its success. On the North Coast, locals took it to another level, where fishermen, conservationists, tribal […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> We’ve finished the first stage of the California Citizen Science Initiative, which explores opportunities to engage citizen science in the monitoring of marine protected areas. To get started with this, we first needed to know kinds of programs make up the mosaic of citizen science in […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> This post was originally written for the Heal the Bay blog, and is re-posted here as a way to highlight an active citizen science program already engaging with marine protected areas. Please visit the original post and all the other great information Heal the Bay has […]

**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> I can’t bear to go running without my smartphone because I’ve become so attached to the data I get from its various tracking features–distance, pace, elevation change, calories burned, etc. This information is somewhat useful, I think. Tracking my progress over weeks and months helps to […]