Southeast Bumble Bee Atlas Training
Schedule
Fri May 31 2024 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
348 South 5th St, Highlands, NC, United States, North Carolina 28741 | Highlands, NC
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When: 5/31, 9:00am – 3:00pmJoin HCLT and US Fish and Wildlife Pollinator Specialist, Bryan Tompkins, for a citizen science training to learn how to use the Southeast Bumble Bee Atlas.
What is the Bumble Bee Atlas?
The Atlas is a community (aka citizen or participatory) science project aimed at gathering the data needed to track and conserving bumble bees. The information that we have suggests that many species of bumble bees face an uncertain future, but we lack the data needed to implement effective conservation measures, especially at the regional scale. "Community science" means anyone is welcome to participate and help contribute to a better understanding of bumble bee needs.
How does the Atlas work?
Community scientists, like yourself, spread out across one of our project states to survey for bumble bees and report back whatever they find! Survey methods are catch-and-release, so no bees are harmed. All you need to participate is an insect net, some vials, a decent camera (including many cell phones), and access to the internet to submit your data.
To gather this data at the scale we need to inform our conservation work, we will need widespread participation. The success of the Atlas will come from land owners, agencies, scientists and you joining together to understand the needs of bumble bees.
Learn more about Atlas here: https://www.bumblebeeatlas.org/
RSVP by emailing [email protected]
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Where is it happening?
348 South 5th St, Highlands, NC, United States, North Carolina 28741Event Location & Nearby Stays:
