Participatory science uses the collective strength and knowledge of the public to collect, analyze, and use data to answer environmental and public health questions. The goal of most community-driven programs is to ensure that data of known quality are generated to answer local, regional, and national questions. Documenting quality assurance activities for environmental projects allows […]

Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/407445362815741270 Join a two-part series on participatory science hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Watershed Academy in partnership with the National Water Quality Monitoring Council’s Volunteer Monitoring Workgroup. The Volunteer Monitoring Workgroup was developed in 2016 to encourage integration of volunteer monitoring activities with ongoing water-quality monitoring conducted by local, state, and federal […]

Join VIMS for the May After Hours lecture, where Dr. Andrew Scheld will share information on his work on assessing the impacts of offshore wind energy development on commercial shellfish industries and other commercially exploited species in the Mid-Atlantic region. Learn more and register here!