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Project 1 - Great Backyard Bird Count - community science project
Day: February 13 (rain date: NA)
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Capacity: 8
Location: Holliday Park Nature Center (wildlife observation room)
Activity: bird biodiversity survey/community science project
Partner(s): Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Indy Parks
Description: We will take part in the annual mid-winter bird count run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon, and Birds Canada. This is a global event that has been taking place for over 20 years. Data collected by citizen scientists as part of the project helps researchers assess trends in bird populations and allows scientists to address a variety of questions about bird populations. Are a species' numbers increasing, decreasing, or holding steady? Is a species' range expanding, contracting, or shifting? These are just two of many questions that the data collected helps to answer, and scientists use the data to examine larger patterns and the environmental factors (such as climate change, land use changes, etc.) driving the trends. Go to the bird count page and Cornell Lab's All About Birds website for more details.
Note. Registration for this project is by waitlist only.
Project 2 - Great Backyard Bird Count - community science project
Day: February 13 (rain date: NA)
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Capacity: 8
Location: Holliday Park Nature Center (wildlife observation room)
Activity: bird biodiversity survey/community science project
Partner(s): Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Indy Parks
Description: See Project 1.
Note. Registration for this project is by waitlist only.
Project 3 - Great Backyard Bird Count - community science project
Day: February 14 (rain date: NA)
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Capacity: 8
Location: Holliday Park Nature Center (wildlife observation room)
Activity: bird biodiversity survey/community science project
Partner(s): Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Indy Parks
Description: See Project 1.
Note. Registration for this project is by waitlist only.
Project 4 - Great Backyard Bird Count - community science project
Day: February 14 (rain date: NA)
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Capacity: 8
Location: Holliday Park Nature Center (wildlife observation room)
Activity: bird biodiversity survey/community science project
Partner(s): Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Indy Parks
Description: See Project 1.
Note. Registration for this project is by waitlist only.
Project 5 - Invasive Species Removal - Southeastway Park
Day: March 27 (rain date: Mar. 29)
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Capacity: 30
Location: Southeastway Park
Activity: invasive species removal (bush honeysuckle)
Partner(s): DPW, Indianapolis Office of Land Stewardship, Indy Parks
Description: Invasive plant species cause environmental harm on many levels. Not only do invasives disrupt the functioning of ecological communities, but they can impact physical processes within the environment as well. For example, invasive plants are often chemically defended, so herbivores won't eat them (ecological impact), and some invasives contribute to water pollution by enhancing sediment loading of waterways (physical impact). We will focus our efforts on removing invasive shrubs and saplings, primarily Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). Amur honeysuckle (also called bush honeysuckle) in particular has negative impacts on water quality.
Project 6 - Invasive Species Removal - Southeastway Park
Day: March 28 (rain date: Mar. 29)
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Capacity: 30
Location: Southeastway Park
Activity: invasive species removal (bush honeysuckle)
Partner(s): DPW, Indianapolis Office of Land Stewardship, Indy Parks
Description: Invasive plant species cause environmental harm on many levels. Not only do invasives disrupt the functioning of ecological communities, but they can impact physical processes within the environment as well. For example, invasive plants are often chemically defended, so herbivores won't eat them (ecological impact), and some invasives contribute to water pollution by enhancing sediment loading of waterways (physical impact). We will focus our efforts on removing invasive shrubs and saplings, primarily Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). Amur honeysuckle (also called bush honeysuckle) in particular has negative impacts on water quality.
Project 7 - Invasive Species Removal - Northwestway Park
Day: April 17 (rain date: April 19)
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Capacity: 30
Location: Northwestway Park
Activity: invasive species removal (bush honeysuckle)
Partner(s): DPW, Indianapolis Office of Land Stewardship, Indy Parks
Description: Invasive plant species cause environmental harm on many levels. Not only do invasives disrupt the functioning of ecological communities, but they can impact physical processes within the environment as well. For example, invasive plants are often chemically defended, so herbivores won't eat them (ecological impact), and some invasives contribute to water pollution by enhancing sediment loading of waterways (physical impact). We will focus our efforts on removing invasive shrubs and saplings, primarily Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). Amur honeysuckle (also called bush honeysuckle) in particular has negative impacts on water quality.
Project 8 - Invasive Species Removal - Northwestway Park
Day: April 18 (rain date: April 19)
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Capacity: 30
Location: Northwestway Park
Activity: invasive species removal (bush honeysuckle)
Partner(s): DPW, Indianapolis Office of Land Stewardship, Indy Parks
Description: Invasive plant species cause environmental harm on many levels. Not only do invasives disrupt the functioning of ecological communities, but they can impact physical processes within the environment as well. For example, invasive plants are often chemically defended, so herbivores won't eat them (ecological impact), and some invasives contribute to water pollution by enhancing sediment loading of waterways (physical impact). We will focus our efforts on removing invasive shrubs and saplings, primarily Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). Amur honeysuckle (also called bush honeysuckle) in particular has negative impacts on water quality.
Project 9 - White River Trash Clean-up - Lilly ARBOR
Day: March 6 (rain date: TBD)
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Capacity: 30
Location: Lilly ARBOR (adjacent to campus)
Activity: trash clean-up & invasive species removal (wintercreeper)
Partner(s): DPW, Urban Wilderness Trail
Description: The White River floods frequently, and each flood cycle deposits new trash along the floodplain and picks up older trash from the area. Trash collected by floodwaters is deposited further down stream - or may even be carried to the Gulf of Mexico! For this project, our goal is to disrupt the land-to-river-to-ocean pathway of trash, as well as clean/restore/beautify the local environment. Collected trash will be disposed of properly or recycled (as appropriate). As we collect trash, we will also look for an invasive ground-cover: wintercreeper. Invasive plant species cause environmental harm on many levels. Wintercreeper girdles and kills trees as it vines up/around them, and, as a groundcover, wintercreeper outcompetes and displaces herbaceous plants in the forest understory.
Project 10 - Invasive Species Removal - Lilly ARBOR
Day: April 10 (rain date: TBD)
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Capacity: 30
Location: Lilly ARBOR (adjacent to campus)
Activity: invasive species removal (garlic mustard)
Partner(s): DPW, Urban Wilderness Trail
Description: Invasive plant species cause environmental harm on many levels. Not only do invasives disrupt the functioning of ecological communities, but they can impact physical processes within the environment as well. For example, invasive plants are often chemically defended, so herbivores won't eat them (ecological impact), and some invasives contribute to water pollution by enhancing sediment loading of waterways (physical impact). We will focus our efforts on removing an invasive herb, wild garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Removal of this plant will prevent it from excluding native plants from the forest understory.
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