We want to identify and better understand everywhere within town where water flows toward, into, and along our waterways including riparian (water-side) corridors:• Where do we have flooding and flows, especially with Spring snowmelt and rainstorms.• What is the water quality and when – generally clear? Sometimes or always turbid (muddy)? Forms pools and gets real funky?• What flora and fauna does the water support – willows? Songbirds? Pollinators? Frogs? • What are the seasonal patterns?

Search for an elusive Australian bird species by call

Understand wildlife dynamics in Minnesota

Track land cover state, condition, and changes.

Improve natural habitat for Spiranthes in Hoyt Arboretum populat

Monitor the phenological events of plants & animals in Indiana.

Detect new infestations of Nassella grasses in Australia and New Zealand. Early detection gives a change for more successful control and threat abatement.

Protect and advocate for pinyon jays and their pinyon-juniper habitat

Contribute to conservation of rare flora through monitoring

Join the Westchester Chemical Society for a exploration of green chemistry using life cycle assessments of soft materials that make up biomaterials and consumer products by Prof. Julian Silverman of Manhattan College. The environmental impacts of component synthesis, recycling and disposal will be discussed with examples of how waste resources can be used to generate commodity chemicals.