Community Science

The Parks Conservancy's community science programs blend landscape-scale science with community engagement and education. Community members participate in large-scale studies to inventory and monitor species and ecosystems in the parks, helping to fill gaps in our knowledge about our local environment. These volunteer programs are an opportunity to learn new skills and to connect to our local public lands through participation in science. We couldn’t build this knowledge without our volunteers!  

A gray fox sits atop a log in the woods of mount tamalpais scratching its ear with its foot.
A Gray Fox takes a moment to scratch an itch.

One Tam / Marin Wildlife Watch

A woman peers through a birding telescope looking over the golden gate bridge and san francisco bay
Surveying the skies over the Marin Headlands with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory.

Kelly Sullivan / Parks Conservancy

Two women carrying bug nets in a grassy field inspect specimen vials
One Tam staff and volunteers collect bee specimens.

Kelly Sullivan / Parks Conservancy

Hands taking picture of a plant using an iPhone
Take pictures of wild-growing living things you observe and upload them to the iNaturalist app

One Tam

Two people examining a branch at a BioBlitz event.
People had fun counting fungi at a BioBlitz on Mt. Tam in early 2024.

Kelly Sullivan / For the Parks Conservancy

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