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Green City Data Project -- Youth Inventory of Natural Areas

September 15, 1993 - August 31, 1998 | Public Programs
Green City Data is an after-school community service project. Teams of secondary students are trained to inventory urban natural areas selected by regional resource planning agencies to supplement their own data collection efforts. Representatives from seven agencies and educational institutions initiated this project to support development of a system of greenspaces within the Portland, Oregon/Vancouver, Washington metropolitan area. This consortium includes expertise in resource management, geography, biology, computer telecommunications, science education and community coordination. These and other community professionals tech students and volunteer team leaders (teachers or other adults) the basics of habitat identification and mapping in the context of regional planning. ***

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 9353559
Funding Amount: 707567

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Gail Whitney
    Principal Investigator
    Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology
  • Michael Houck
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
  • James Gillen
    Co-Principal Investigator
  • Joseph Poracsky
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Portland State University
  • Ellen Lanier-Phelps
    Former Co-Principal Investigator
  • Discipline: Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | History/policy/law | Life science
    Audience: Youth/Teen (up to 17) | Adults | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Afterschool Programs | Citizen Science Programs

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