Madison Citywide Jumping Worm Survey
In September 2017 I organized Madison’s first citywide invasive jumping worm survey – a citizen-science initiative jointly sponsored by the UW-Madison Arboretum, Integrative Biology Department, and North Temperate Lakes LTER. At the interface of collaboration, science, and outreach, this initiative connected academics and practitioners across disciplines, engaged hundreds of community members, and determined habitat preference and spatial distribution of an invasive species of local and national conservation concern. Read more here. |