Citizen Science

Wisconsin Odonata Survey helps people to gain more knowledge about the distributions and habitat requirements of dragonflies and damselflies in Wisconsin....

LoonWatch is a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, protects common loons and their aquatic habitats through education, monitoring, and research. Though our primary focus is Wisconsin, our education and research activities extend to...

The Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention brings together citizen scientists, businesses, and lake, river and wetland professionals to interact, learn, share and engage with one another to ensure a healthy future for our waters. The...

The Wisconsin Lake Leaders Institute works to enhance skills and broaden capabilities of people in our lake communities, champion effective and communicative collaboration, and foster responsive and useful networks that support lake citizens.​...

The primary purpose of the Wisconsin Frog and Toad Survey is to determine the status, distribution, and long-term population trends of Wisconsin’s twelve frog and toad species. ​...

Through the Clean Boats, Clean Waters program, inspectors are trained to organize and conduct a boater education program in their community. Adults and youth teams educate boaters on how and where invasive species are...

Wisconsin monitoring network functions as a comprehensive stakeholder collaboration designed to improve the effectiveness of monitoring efforts by providing communications, resources and recognition in order to build and maintain the dynamic picture of our...

The folks at Nature’s Notebook (part of the National Phenology Network) are looking for people to join their Pesky Plant Trackers project. If you are willing and able to observe a patch or two...

Become part of one of the oldest and largest citizen science programs in North America.  It is now housed at the UW-Madison Arboretum.  It is easy to do!  There are 20 different projects you...

Snapshot Wisconsin offers a fun and educational activity for anyone to do from home. It is a year-round effort to monitor wildlife using a statewide network of trail cameras. The project provides data needed...