Clouds and Crowds:How the NHIC Is Engaging Community Scientists to Improve Knowledge of Biodiversity

PECFN February Speaker Mike Burrell: Clouds and Crowds: How the NHIC Is Engaging Community Scientists to Improve Knowledge of Species Biodiversity

Mike Burrell will talk about the role the Natural Heritage Information Centre plays in monitoring and conserving species biodiversity and how iNaturalist and the naturalist community play a vital role.
Mike grew up in a nature-loving family outside of Waterloo, Ontario and inherited his love of birds from his Dad. He has participated in almost every bird citizen science project he can and currently acts as the Ontario coordinator for eBird Canada. In addition, he acts as the secretary and archivist for the Ontario Bird Records Committee, the Ontario regional editor for the Christmas Bird Count program, several committees for the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas-3 and is a member of the Bird Specialist Subcommittee of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Mike, with his brother, Ken, also co-authored the book, Best Places to Bird in Ontario. He lives in Peterborough and works as a zoologist with the Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre.

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