WABI covers ‘Signs of the Seasons’ citizen science training
WABI (Channel 5) reported on a free “Signs of the Seasons” training session for volunteer citizen scientists at the Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden. The program, which is offered by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant, helps volunteers look at life cycle changes of plants and animals, WABI reported. “It’s something that farmers and fishermen do by nature,” said Esperanza Stancioff, an educator with Maine Sea Grant and UMaine Extension. “When to harvest for a farmer or when to plant seeds, when to go fishing for lobstermen.” Volunteers record data through a program that’s made available for any scientist or organization needing the information, the report states.