2/3 of World’s Bird Species Found in a Single Day. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 2018 has been declared the Year of the Bird. Many avian-related events are planned throughout the year to celebrate this milestone.
Shelby Gills named 2017/2018 CEES Outreach Assistant of the Year! The Center for Earth and Environmental Science’s first (ever) Outreach Assistant of the Year Award was bestowed on Shelby Gills during a ceremonious ceremony that took place during the Center’s end-of-spring-term picnic on May 6.
Press Release from INPAWS: the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society is sponsoring a Florathon to benefit Letha’s Youth Outdoors Fund. To celebrate its 25th Anniversary, the Indiana Native Plant & Wildflower Society (INPAWS) is trying something new! Florathon 2018 will see teams from all over the state venture out into our wild areas, state parks, and… Read more »
From the FaceBook page of March for Science Indianapolis: The City Nature Challenge is an effort for cities to find and document as much urban nature as possible by challenging residents to become citizen scientists: Residents are asked to explore their area (backyard, playgrounds, parks, etc.) for plants and bugs/animals, document their findings (take a… Read more »
INAEP Scholarships Available. The Indiana Association of Environmental Professionals (INAEP) is accepting applications for their 2018 scholarship program. Multiple scholarships of $1000-$2000 will be awarded to help promote and support the training of the next generation of environmental professionals in Indiana. See the INAEP web site to learn more about the organization and to find further details concerning… Read more »
Birding’s 2018 Global Big Day is May 5. 2018 is the Year of the Bird, and this year’s Global Big Day for birding will be May 5 – that’s right: Cinco de Mayo. Get your birding team together and go count birds . . . . for Science! More information can be found on the… Read more »
Important Notice for All Those Who Registered for Service Learning Project 4 (Trash Clean Up at the Lilly ARBOR). Project 4, scheduled for Saturday, March 24, is cancelled. The back-up date, Sunday, March 25, has also been cancelled.
Be Gone Fowl Creature! It’s a sure sign of spring when geese are back on campus (and the bird puns take wing).
March 11-17 is National Groundwater Awareness Week. Groundwater is a precious (and in some locations, finite) resource that accumulates in areas of water-bearing permeable rock known as aquifers.
It’s Invasive Species Awareness Week! Humanity has done a spectacular (in some cases spectacularly disastrous) job of transporting species around the globe. Any species that did not evolve in a particular location, but is now established in that location, is referred to as being non-native.