On your next walk in a forest, park, or community, you might notice some interesting trees and plants, perhaps even a few birds or squirrels scurrying around, but chances are you won’t think much about the vast amounts of water below your feet. This water, known as groundwater, resides between the cracks and crevices of [...]
Archive for September, 2024
Sharing Bird Data between NatureCounts and WildTrax
NatureCounts, a program of Birds Canada, is one of the world’s largest biodiversity data repositories. It collects and archives data from hundreds of citizen science and research projects, then makes that data available and accessible to anyone working towards the conservation of birds and their habitats. Currently, over 235 million records—mostly (but not entirely) of [...]