University of Minnesota

Bugs Below Zero

To provide research groups, agencies, and community volunteers with open access data on winter stream conditions and insect activity over time.

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Ongoing

Citizen Science umnbugsinsectscitizen science streamswater quality climate change macroinvertebratesclimate changeaquatic invertebratesumn chironomidae citizen science field work wildlife monitoringstreams water qualitychironomidae insects bugs

Nature Forward and Izaak Walton League of America

Creek Critters

Empowering people to check and report on the health of their local streams

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Ongoing

Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineNature & OutdoorsEcology & Environmentwater quailitycsm2026benthicstream qualitystream healthbenthic macroinvertebratesaquatic insectsaquatic lifesummer reading 2021benthic invertebrates

OMEGA-LOCATE

Validating geographical locations in a biological database

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Ongoing

Citizen ScienceEcology & EnvironmentComputers & TechnologyGeology & Earth ScienceAnimalsfreshwaterecology & environmentinvertebratesgeographical information systemsmapsostracods

Friends of the Rouge

Rouge River Fall & Spring Bug Hunts & Stonefly Searches

Track the health of the Rouge River

Multiple locations, including yours!

Ongoing

Citizen ScienceInsects & PollinatorsEcology & EnvironmentBiologyNature & Outdoorsrouge riverbugsbenthic macroinvertebrates

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University of Minnesota

Bugs Below Zero

Nature Forward and Izaak Walton League of America

Creek Critters

OMEGA-LOCATE

Friends of the Rouge

Rouge River Fall & Spring Bug Hunts & Stonefly Searches

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