Our Meadowwood Citizen Science Surveys Celebrated in Local Newspaper

Photo: Meadowood Recreation Area, Rusty Moran

Our regular Meadowood surveys were celebrated recently in The Connection. Susan Laume writes,

“What began as a bird survey in the Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge in 1989, evolved to become a general survey of wildlife activity and plants over a wider area of Mason Neck and Lorton. Over the history of the effort, survey originator and project director Jim Waggener reports managing over 8,800 survey hours, with volunteers contributing over 65,000 hours.”

Continue reading her article here. You may recall a previous article about this group in National Geographic in 2020. You can meet these heroes of citizen science by attending an upcoming survey, rsvp required. The next one is October 7, more info here.