{"id":53971,"date":"2024-08-14T07:49:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=53971"},"modified":"2024-08-14T07:49:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:49:03","slug":"volunteer-with-noaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/volunteer-with-noaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer with NOAA!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"c-page-title\" style=\"text-align: center\">Volunteer opportunities<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Observe your world. Help the planet. Be a citizen scientist for NOAA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/work-with-us\/volunteer-opportunities-citizen-scientists\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Help NOAA predict, observe and protect our changing planet by making your own contributions toward a greater understanding of our Earth and its diverse systems.\u00a0Whether it\u2019s helping count whales in Hawaii or reporting on weather right outside your window, we\u2019ve got a volunteer opportunity for you.<\/p>\n<p>We work with a diverse set of partners\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/office-education\/citizen-science-crowdsourcing\">to coordinate the citizen science<\/a>\u00a0opportunities we offer. See these\u00a0<strong>links below for some of our\u00a0citizen science programs<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenscience.gov\/#\"><strong>search the CitizenScience.gov opportunities catalog<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to find both national and local NOAA volunteer opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img src=\"https:\/\/scontent-atl3-2.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/277672271_344439991062491_3412422325116319427_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=6ee11a&amp;_nc_ohc=1p2ZaM0Yr0cQ7kNvgGKWyOF&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.xx&amp;oh=00_AYC0AzbBkTz_AimfGxvKe-eMxAm_TzYfHF9Pqf4CdzI8PQ&amp;oe=66C2AE91\" alt=\"No photo description available.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Weather<\/h3>\n<p>Trained storm spotters and weather\u00a0observers support NOAA\u2019s mission of climate monitoring and protecting life and property through accurate weather and water forecasts and warnings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/SKYWARN\"><strong>SKYWARN\u00ae Storm Spotter:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Help keep your community safe by volunteering to become a trained severe storm spotter for NOAA&#8217;s National Weather Service. There is even an easy-to-use online community reporting tool,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inws.ncep.noaa.gov\/report\/\">Storm Reports<\/a>, which promotes the rapid delivery of coastal storm damage information to emergency management personnel and others across New England.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daily Weather Observer:<\/strong>\u00a0Join a national network of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/coop\/\">Cooperative Observer Program<\/a>\u00a0(COOP) volunteers who record and report weather and climate observations to the National Weather Service on a\u00a0daily\u00a0basis over the phone or Internet. The National Weather Service provides training, equipment, and additional support through equipment maintenance and site visits. Not only does the data support daily weather forecasts and warnings, but they also contributed toward building the nation\u2019s historic climate record.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Precipitation Reporter:<\/strong>\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>If you like to track rain, hail and snow, you may want to join the\u00a0<a class=\" ext-link-after\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cocorahs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network<span class=\"visually-hidden\">offsite link<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(CoCoRaHS),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>a<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>nationwide community-based network of volunteers who\u00a0measure\u00a0and help map precipitation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>NOAA\u2019s National Severe Storms Laboratory has a similar program, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/tag\/ping\/\">Precipitation Identification Near the Ground project (mPING)<\/a>, where you can report on the type of \u2014\u00a0but you do not need to measure \u2014\u00a0precipitation you are encountering at any given time or location. mPING volunteers can spend a little or a lot of time making and recording ground truth observations using the mPING project website or mobile phone app.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Climate and Earth observations<\/h3>\n<p>Contribute data to NOAA&#8217;s\u00a0National Centers for Environmental Information. NCEI provide\u00a0access to one of the most significant archives on Earth of\u00a0comprehensive oceanic, atmospheric\u00a0and geophysical data.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngdc.noaa.gov\/geomag\/crowdmag.shtml\">CrowdMag app<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0You can help chart Earth\u2019s magnetic field with your smartphone! After installing the CrowdMag app (Android and iPhone), your phone will automatically send NCEI the data collected from its magnetometer from a sensor already in your phone. The CrowdMag app measures the strength of the Earth\u2019s magnetic field around you. Scientists use observatories, satellites and ship\/airborne surveys to track the changes in the magnetic field, but due to gaps in coverage, they are always looking for additional ways to obtain that data. Using the CrowdMag app can help scientists improve magnetic navigation, as well as our understanding of Earth\u2019s magnetic field.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Engage in NOAA\u2019s management of living marine resources through conservation and the promotion of healthy ecosystems.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpir.noaa.gov\/PRD\/prd_volunteer_opps.html#HonuGuardian\">Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Guardian<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Protect sea turtles and educate the public on respectful wildlife viewing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenscience.gov\/catalog\/56\/#\"><strong>Dolphin &amp; Whale 911 App:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Report dead, injured or entangled marine mammals in the Southeastern U.S. \u00a0This free apps allows for accurate and timely reporting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ocean<\/h3>\n<p>Delve into NOAA\u2019s pursuit to observe, understand, and manage our nation&#8217;s coastal and marine resources.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/news\/apr15\/volunteer.html\">Opportunities<\/a>\u00a0include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/coast.noaa.gov\/nerrs\/\">National Estuarine Reserve Volunteer<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Event coordinators, research assistants, and educators are just some of the many more ways you can help NOAA in protecting our nation&#8217;s coastal protected areas.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/marinedebris.noaa.gov\/monitoring-toolbox\">Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project Participant<\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Support coastal marine debris monitoring efforts used by researchers and NOAA\u2019s Marine Debris Program to assess the impacts and risk posed by marine debris.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coastalscience.noaa.gov\/research\/stressor-impacts-mitigation\/pmn\/\"><strong>Phytoplankton Monitoring Network:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0This NOAA initiative promotes\u00a0a better understanding of harmful algal blooms with help from\u00a0volunteers who\u00a0sample local waters twice a month and identify the phytoplankton\u00a0found.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>NOAA National Marine Sanctuary System<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Help NOAA Sanctuaries serve as the trustee for a network of underwater parks encompassing more than 600,000 square miles. There are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sanctuaries.noaa.gov\/involved\/citizen-science.html\">myriad opportunities<\/a>\u00a0to do so, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a class=\" ext-link-after\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whalealert.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whale Alert<span class=\"visually-hidden\">offsite link<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>Whale Alert is a free smart phone app that allows mariners and the public to help decrease the risk of injury or death to whales from ship strikes. Whale Alert depends on your increased participation and willingness to contribute observations taken while whale watching from land and at sea along the coast.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a class=\" ext-link-after\" href=\"http:\/\/limpets.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LiMPETS<span class=\"visually-hidden\">offsite link<\/span><\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Teachers, students and community groups along the coast of California collect rocky intertidal and sandy beach data in the name of science and help to protect our local marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov\/involved\/ocean-count.html\"><strong>Sanctuary Ocean Count:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Help collect important population and distribution information on humpback whales around the Hawaiian Islands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>NOAA Sea Grant<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Partner with the nation\u2019s top universities in conducting scientific research, education, training, and extension projects within coastal communities.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.noaa.gov\/About\">Opportunities<\/a>\u00a0include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a class=\" ext-link-after\" href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen-monitoring.udel.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delaware\u2019s Citizen Monitoring Program<span class=\"visually-hidden\">offsite link<\/span><\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Collect verifiable water quality data to support public policy decisions.\u00a0 This program also aims to increase public participation and support for the protection of Delaware\u2019s water resources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a class=\" ext-link-after\" href=\"https:\/\/texasseagrant.org\/programs\/red-tide-rangers\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Tide Rangers:<span class=\"visually-hidden\">offsite link<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Monitor for the presence of Karenia brevis, a common microscopic, single-celled, photosynthetic organism found in Gulf of Mexico waters that releases toxins known to harm wildlife and people on land and at sea. K. brevis can &#8220;bloom&#8221; and cause significant discoloration of Gulf and bay waters, commonly known as a \u201cred tide.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><a class=\" ext-link-after\" href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.umaine.edu\/extension\/southern-maine-volunteer-beach-profile-monitoring-program\/about-volunteer-beach-profile-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maine\u2019s Beach Profile Monitoring:<span class=\"visually-hidden\">offsite link<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Join 150 community and school volunteers to measure changes in the distribution of sand on the beach. Tracking these changes over long periods (as they have done for 15 years) provides Maine Geological Survey with data to identify seasonal, annual, and even track long-term trends in beach erosion and accretion.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for your interest in helping advance our mission \u2014\u00a0we hope you&#8217;ll volunteer\u00a0as a NOAA citizen scientist today!\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>NOAA Fisheries<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/new-england-mid-atlantic\/atlantic-highly-migratory-species\/shark-research-northeast\"><strong>Cooperative Shark Tagging Program<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/new-england-mid-atlantic\/atlantic-highly-migratory-species\/tagging-instructions-and-resources-volunteers\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 The Cooperative Shark Tagging Program is a collaborative effort between recreational anglers, the commercial fishing industry, and NOAA Fisheries to learn more about Atlantic sharks.\u00a0 It is the longest running shark tagging program in the world and NOAA Fisheries&#8217; oldest citizen science program.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/new-england-mid-atlantic\/atlantic-highly-migratory-species\/tagging-instructions-and-resources-volunteers\">Found a tag or want to get involved?<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><a class=\" ext-link-after\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ccfrp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ccfrp.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680719988774000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3dw7sYfYwQmVzjuEdmluNf\">California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program<span class=\"visually-hidden\">offsite link<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>The California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program is a community-based science program involving university researchers, sportfishing captains and crew, volunteer anglers, and partnerships with conservation and resource management agencies like\u00a0NOAA Fisheries. Together, this group conducts research to evaluate Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), the status of nearshore fish stocks, and how climate change is impacting marine resources in California.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/pacific-islands\/honu-count-help-us-find-numbered-sea-turtles-hawaii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.fisheries.noaa.gov\/pacific-islands\/honu-count-help-us-find-numbered-sea-turtles-hawaii&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680719988774000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2LpD-PhfYyqy6f4-Q5xGu0\">Honu Count<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Help NOAA track Hawaiian green sea turtles (also called honu) by\u00a0<a class=\" ext-link-after\" href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/605f9f3faca94769b755b7c889e6bbb0?portalUrl=https:\/\/maps.fisheries.noaa.gov\/portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/605f9f3faca94769b755b7c889e6bbb0?portalUrl%3Dhttps:\/\/maps.fisheries.noaa.gov\/portal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680719988774000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3p-oEhNBYoqyJJ-b_onJ2Z\">reporting<span class=\"visually-hidden\">offsite link<\/span><\/a>\u00a0the locations of marked turtles. This data\u00a0helps NOAA better understand honu habitat use patterns, migration, distribution, and survival.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong><a class=\" ext-link-after\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zooniverse.org\/projects\/benjamin-dot-richards\/oceaneyes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.zooniverse.org\/projects\/benjamin-dot-richards\/oceaneyes&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1680719988774000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0KsuxpBCLx6lnhYM7yK3JA\">OceanEYEs<span class=\"visually-hidden\">offsite link<\/span><\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0Help NOAA\u00a0count fish and improve data used in management of the Hawai\u02bbi \u201cDeep 7\u201d bottomfish fishery from the comfort of your own home. By analyzing underwater images you will be helping\u00a0train machine vision algorithms and improving fish stock assessments to help manage these species.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10410,"featured_media":34101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[5519],"tags":[1307,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53972,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53971\/revisions\/53972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}