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Citizen Science Sends Research in New Directions

Release Date: 
November 19, 2014

Citizen Science Sends Research in New Directions

Citizen science is a relatively new phenomenon in academia, a departure from long-held beliefs that only trained researchers can gather credible data. Citizen science is enabling universities to participate in large-scale projects over time: inventories of seasonal changes, water quality studies, animal monitoring. One early citizen science project in New Hampshire has utilized volunteers to study lakes for over three decades.

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Funding for the website provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Awards #1920908 and #11A-1330691 to the University of Maine, NSF EPSCoR Awards #11A-1330641 and #11A-1539071 to the University of New Hampshire. Photo of Kesslen Dam on the Mousam River courtesy of John Burrows, Mousam & Kennebunk Rivers Alliance.