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Citizen science on a local scale: the Plants of Concern program
Author(s) -
Havens Kayri,
Vitt Pati,
Masi Susanne
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
frontiers in ecology and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.918
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1540-9309
pISSN - 1540-9295
DOI - 10.1890/110258
Subject(s) - threatened species , citizen science , endangered species , scale (ratio) , variety (cybernetics) , geography , plant species , environmental resource management , ecology , environmental planning , biology , cartography , computer science , environmental science , botany , artificial intelligence , habitat
Plants of Concern, a program administered by the Chicago Botanic Garden, relies on citizen scientists to monitor rare plant populations in the greater Chicago, Illinois, region. Over 650 volunteers monitor 990 populations of 233 endangered, threatened, and rare plant species. Volunteers attend a day‐long workshop to learn a variety of monitoring techniques and also receive one‐on‐one mentoring in the field to help them apply the appropriate methodology for the species and sites they choose to monitor.