University of California
California Naturalist
Map of Local & Regional Projects
For information on local and regional projects, search the map above. For information on Statewide, National, or International projects that you can do wherever you live, see the list below.
Note that some of these locations are estimated locations or project headquarters, not field work sites. Also, many of these markers represent regional projects with work that spans a broad area. More details can also be found at http://ucanr.org/sites/UCCNP/California_PPSR/.
International, National & Statewide Programs
International
National
- Bumblee Bee Tracker
- Celebrate Urban Birds
- Earth Team
- GLOBE - Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
- Great Backyard Bird Count
- Great Sunflower Project
- iNaturalist
- Lost Ladybug Project
- Missing Scenes of Nature
- Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
- Nature's Notebook - National Phenology Project
- Nest Watch
- Project Bud Burst
- Project Feeder Watch
- Project Noah
- Project Squirrel
- Urban Ant Collector
- YardMap
- Christmas Bird Count
- Citizen Weather Observer Program
- Creek Watch
- eBird
- Globe at Night Project
- Redwood Watch
- Whale FM - the Whale Song Project
Statewide
- Bay Area FrogWatch
- Calflora
- California King Tides Initiative
- California Phenology Project
- California Roadkill Observation System
- CoCoRaHS California
- Shark Watch
- Travel Trawl
- Tricolored Blackbird Portal & Triennial Statewide Survey
- Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count
- What's Invasive
- ZomBee Watch
Regional
- Año Nuevo and Surrounds - UC California Naturalist Project
- ASC Pika Project
- Bay Area Ant Survey
- Bay Area BioAtlas
- Bay Area Early Detection Network
- Bay Area's Most Wanted Spider
- Beach COMBERS
- Beach Watch
- Big Bear Bald Eagle Census
- Central Coast Vineyard Team
- COASST - Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team
- Colonial Waterbird Surveys
- Communities for Better Environment (CBE) Research Team
- Community Strategies for Sustainability and Justice
- East Bay Academy for Young Scientists (EBAYS)
- Fallow Field Shorebird Survey
- GreenprintMaps
- Grunion Greeters
- Healthy Watersheds Program
- Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Invasive Tunicate Network (iTunicate)
- Livestock & Land Monitoring - Monterey Bay
- Living Shoreline Initiative - Oyster Monitoring & Restoration Project
- Long-billed Curlew Volunteer Project
- Marine Debris Action Teams
- Marine Invasions Research Lab
- MPA Watch - Otter Project
- Otter Spotter
- Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey
- Peregrine Falcon Nest Survey
- Pika Study
- REEF Invertebrate and Algae Monitoring Programs
- REEF Volunteer Survey Project
- Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Project
- Sacramento Valley Fox Survey & the Contribution of Citizen Science to Conservation
- Sandy Beach Monitoring Project
- SOD (Sudden Oak Death) Blitzes
- Weed Watchers - Golden Gate
- Yellow-billed Magpie survey
Local
- Antioch Dunes Endangered Species Survey
- Arvin Bucket Brigade
- Bay Lab at Crab Cove
- Behavior and Ecology of Steller's Jays
- Big Chico Creek Youth Stream Team
- BioCurious
- Carneros Creek Agricultural Run-off Monitoring
- Contra Costa Volunteer Creek Monitoring Program
- Coyote Creek Field Station - Landbird Project
- Don Edwards Bay Area NWR Special Projects
- Don Edwards SF Bay BioBlitz
- East Bay Body Burden Project
- Elkhorn Slough Nest Box Monitoring
- Elkhorn Slough Shorebird and Waterfowl Monitoring
- First Flush - Monterey Bay
- Fresno Bird Count ( FBC) project
- Friends of Deer Creek
- Friends of Sausal Creek Monitoring Teams
- Friends of the Alameda Wildlife Refuge (FAWR) Committee
- Gray Whales Count
- Green Hairstreak Project
- Hawkwatchers & Golden Gate Raptor Monitoring
- Humboldt Bay Goose Study
- LA Spider Survey
- Mission Bay IBA (Important Bird Area) - Citizen Science Program
- Morro Bay Shorebird Survey
- MPA Watch - Heal the Bay
- North Bay Heron & Egret Project
- Pepperwood Preserve Stewards Program
- Pepperwood Vital Signs
- PM (Particulate Matter) Survey
- Point Lobos and Surrounds - UC California Naturalist Project
- PRIDE Shorebird Surveys (Proud Residents Investing in a Diverse Estuary)
- Project Tierra
- River Otter Network
- Sagehen Creek Basin - UC California Naturalist Project
- Save Our Shorebirds Surveys - Mendocino
- SCENIQ - Students Conducting Environmental Inquiry
- SEA Explorers
- SFBBO Waterbird Program
- Shorebird & Waterbird Monitoring on Tomales Bay
- Shorebird and Invertebrate Surveys - Richardson Bay
- Snapshot Day - Monterey Bay
- Snapshot Day - Tahoe and Truckee River Watershed
- SONAR - School of Natural Resources
- SPAWN Salmon & Creek Monitoring
- Stream Team & Creek Stewards
- Sunol-Ohlone Wilderness Bird Nesting & Rare Plant Projects
- Surfrider Water Sample Collection
- Sword Ferns in the Redwood Ecosystem
- The Stream Team - Big Chico Creek Watershed Citizen Monitoring
- Thursday Birding: Raptor Baseline
- TraCkS - Traverse Creek Stewardship
- Trees to Seas Camp
- Tri-County Watchdogs Air Monitoring
- Tricolored Blackbird Colonies - Monitoring and Protecting in San Luis Obispo County
- Turtle Watchers - Marin Municipal Water District
- UC Davis SEEDS BioBlitz
- Urban Forest Map - San Francisco
- Urban Watch - Monterey Bay
- Waterbird Surveys - Richardson Bay
- Watershed Education Summit (WES) Conference
- Weed Watcher - Martin Griffin Preserve
- Weed Watchers - Marin Municipal Water District
- West Oakland Bucket Brigade
- Whales of Southern California
- What lives on Albany Hill, Cerrito Creek, and El Cerrito Hillside Natural Area?
- Youth Winter Bird Count
- Yuba River Water Quality Monitoring

