Citizen Monitoring
There are many volunteer opportunities collect information about the environment and to assist in improving it. They are a real service to the environment, you develop environmental knowledge and skills, you can build your resume and network and the experience can help you get the job you want later on. Learn more about these opportunities and take advantage of them!
- A comprehensive and convenient list of opportunities can be found at the Citizen-based Monitoring Network of Wisconsin website.
- Another portal concerns the wide variety of water-based monitoring opportunities: Wisconsin’s Citizen-Based Water Monitoring Network.
- DNR searchable volunteer website.
- DNR volunteering website.
Spend some time looking up the many monitoring organizations and projects. Here are a few opportunities of special interest.
Annual Midwest Crane Count (Every April)
For information, check the International Crane Foundation and the Winnebago Audubon Society:
- Clean Boats, Clean Waters
University of Wisconsin - Extension / Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Water Action Volunteers
University of Wisconsin - Extension / Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Wisconsin Volunteer Carnivore Tracking Program (December-January)
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Primarily wolf tracking. Excellent possibility for January interim internship. - Urban Salt Water Monitoring
- Nicolet National Forest Bird Survey
- Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program
