Would you like to become a volunteer citizen scientist helping to document and analyze California’s rich biodiversity? If so, you can be among 1,000 volunteers who will collect 18,000 samples of soil and aquatic sediment from across the state through a new University of California program called CALeDNA that intends to revolutionize conservation in California by the end of this year. Volunteers who sign up on the program’s website will receive training, a sample collection
Become a citizen scientist and help preserve California’s biodiversity
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