Monarch Butterfly Larval Monitoring: A Nationwide Citizen Science Initiative

明尼苏达大学正在申请资金，以实施一个全国性的公民科学项目，重点是帝王蝶的生命周期。 来自该大学的科学家将在九个主办地点培训美国各地的自然学家和环境教育工作者。 第一轮培训的参加者将为自然学家举办区域培训班，自然学家将培训志愿监测员。 志愿者的目标受众将是成人/儿童团队。 将利用明尼苏达大学的环境空间分析中心通过万维网展示时间和空间数据来传播结果。 还将建立邮件列表服务，以支持该项目，增加每月通讯和网站。 将在参与的自然中心创建迷你展览，以突出该项目。 展览将侧重于君主和昆虫生态和保护，以及当地和人口范围的监测工作。 据估计，90-150个自然中心将参加区域培训，他们将反过来培训近5,000名志愿者。

The University of Minnesota is requesting funding to implement a nationwide citizen science project focused on the life cycle of monarch butterflies. Scientists from the University will train naturalists and environmental educators throughout the U.S. at nine host sites. Participants in the first round of training will then conduct regional training sessions for naturalists, who will in turn train volunteer monitors. The target audience for volunteers will be adult/child teams. Results will be disseminated using the University of Minnesota's Environmental Spatial Analysis Center to show temporal and spatial data via the WWW. Listserves will also be created to support the project, to augment a monthly newsletter and the website. Mini-exhibits will be created to highlight the project at participating nature centers. Exhibits will focus on monarch and insect ecology and conservation, as well as local and population-wide monitoring efforts. It is estimated that 90-150 nature centers will participate in the regional training, and they will in turn train almost 5,000 volunteers.