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Citizen Science: Encouraging Public Engagement

Citizen Science: Encouraging Public Engagement

Coastal Heritage Magazine Citizen Science: Encouraging Public Engagement Researchers increasingly are turning to volunteers who are willing to scour beaches for sea turtle tracks or check a backyard rain gauge daily, and the data gathered in these basic chores is...
Where Have all the Joiners Gone?

Where Have all the Joiners Gone?

Coastal Heritage Magazine Where Have all the Joiners Gone? In the mid-twentieth century, mainstream volunteer groups dominated American civic life. But professionally staffed adversary groups have flourished in recent decades, with unprecedented political influence....