“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible”Walt Disney
Citizen Science: Linking Research &
Environmental Education in the City
Photos Courtesy Milwaukee Public Museum
Environmental Education (NEEP)
Summer Camp
Community Projects
Special Events
Festivals
Urban Adventures
Ecobucks
Equipment Lending
Stewardship
Research
Milwaukee River as a wildlife corridor
Advisory Board & Partnerships
Partner Institutions:Partner Institutions:•Milwaukee County ZooMilwaukee County Zoo•Cornell Lab of OrnithologyCornell Lab of Ornithology•Teton Science SchoolsTeton Science Schools•University of HawaiiUniversity of Hawaii•University of Western University of Western OntarioOntario•University of WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin•Marquette UniversityMarquette University•Wisconsin DNRWisconsin DNR
National Projects
GIS Technology
Prairie Restoration
Small Mammal Monitoring
Long-term Bat station
Snake Monitoring
Turtle monitoring
MCAMMP
SPECIES
WTSP SWTH HETH MAWA SCJU
BO
DY
MA
SS
(g)
0
10
20
30
40
* *
SPECIES
WTSP SWTH HETH MAWA SCJU
MA
SS
CH
AN
GE
(g/h
)
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
Rates of Mass Change in Spring and Fall
Body Mass Differences Between Seasons
SPECIES
WTSP SWTH HETH WARB All
LSM
EA
NS
TA
G (L
og 1
0 m
M +
1)
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
* *
Triglyceride Tends to be Higher in Spring
Citizen Science – ESA ‘08
“Never tell a young person that anything is impossible.”G. M. Trevelyan
Thank You!