September 1st, 2007 - August 31st, 2011 | PROJECT
The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, the Interdisciplinary Center for Coastal Studies, New York Botanical Garden, Puerto Rico Youth at Risk, Boy Scouts, and others implemented a citizen science program for age 12 and older. This project targeted local residents, visitors to Hacienda La Esperanza Reserve, and members of community environmental projects on topics including archeology and human impacts on local ecosystems; conservation and restoration of wetlands; and shoreline and costal processes.
Project Website(s)
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Project Products
Summative Evaluation: Citizen Science Program
Team Members
Jorge Baez-Jimenez, Principal Investigator, The Conservation Trust of Puerto RicoFernando Lloveras, Co-Principal Investigator, The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0638966
Funding Amount: 1000000
Tags
Access and Inclusion: Ethnic | Racial | Hispanic | Latinx Communities
Audience: Adults | Middle School Children (11-13) | Scientists | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Ecology | forestry | agriculture | Geoscience and geography | History | policy | law | Life science
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Citizen Science Programs | Public Programs