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Volunteer Cattail Monitoring Project

Cattail populations are changing due to hybridization of two or three species in the United States. This project provides volunteers the opportunity to document the kinds of cattails in any location based on the plant morphology.

Project URL: http://nwrcwebapps.cr.usgs.gov/cattail/

Geographic Scope: National

Project Status: Active - recruiting volunteers

Participation Tasks: Classification or tagging, Data analysis, Data entry, Finding entities, Geolocation, Identification, Learning, Measurement, Observation, Photography, Problem solving, Site selection and/or description, Specimen/sample collection, Transcription,

Start Date: 2008/05/01

Project Contact: joy_marburger@nps.gov

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Fields of Science: Biology, Ecology and environment

Intended Outcomes: Programmatic, Research development, Civic and community, Individual learning, Conservation,