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The Cougar Network

Project Goal: 
Study cougars and understand their role in ecosystems. Specifically interested in exploring cougars expanding their range back into areas where they once lived.
Your Role: 
If you have solide evidence of a cougar in your area, especially the northeast U.S., report it via email through their website.
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Vermont Reptile & Amphibian Atlas

Project Goal: 
Collect and share data about the status of reptiles and amphibians living in Vermont to support their conservation. Data collected includes natural history, distribution and conservation efforts that are working.
Your Role: 
Review available information and contribute additional information about amphibians or reptiles that you've seen in your area.
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Website: 
Atlas main webpage

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)

Project Goal: 
"Collect and provide access to quality-controlled data about butterflies and moths for" North America.
Your Role: 
Find, photograph and submit your sightings of butterflies and moths where you live. If you have expertise, help with reviewing submissions and caterpillar identifications.
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Website: 
BAMONA main website

Mountain Birdwatch 2.0

Project Dates: 
2014-06-01 to 2014-06-30
Project Goal: 
Accurately measure the annual population of specific species of mountain birds unique to the montane forests of the northeastern U.S. Specifically, Bicknell's thrush and other birds found in high elevations.
Your Role: 
Adopt a route, conduct your survey in June and submit your data.
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Website: 
Visit the project website for further details and to sign up.

Vermont Loonwatch

Project Dates: 
2014-05-01 to 2014-08-31
Project Goal: 
Gain information on the distribution and abundance of loons, their nesting success and chick survival rates to improve conservation efforts and continue the comeback of this endangered species.
Your Role: 
Conduct surveys in a variety of different ways: casually observe and report loons when you see them; adopt a lake for the summer; or assist managers with maintaining nesting rafts.
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Website: 
Visit the project website for further details and to sign up.

Vermont Loon Recovery Project

Project Goal: 
Protect the future of loons, which had been down to just 7 breeding pairs in 1978.
Your Role: 
Contribute in a variety of ways: spend a day doing casual surveys; monitor a lake for an entire summer; become a rescuer; or build nesting rafts and warning signs.
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Website: 
Visit the website for details and to sign up.

Vermont Forest Bird Monitoring Program

Project Goal: 
Provide baseline data from which population changes can be compared and collect habitat specific data across a range of forest types.
Your Role: 
Be able to identify forest birds by sight and sound, hike to selected survey sites and gather data.
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Website: 
Visit the website for details and to sign up.

Vermont Vernal Pool Mapping Project

Project Goal: 
Learn where vernal pools occur to improve our knowledge of them and how best to protect these critical habitats.
Your Role: 
Use the interactive map to find candidate vernal pools, sign up, visit the pool to conduct some field work and submit your data.
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Website: 
Visit the website for details and to sign up.

Vermont Atlas of Life

Project Goal: 
Improve and update knowledge and of biodiversity in Vermont; provide open access to biodiversity data; foster discovery, conservation, and education; and build a community of those interested in natural heritage.
Your Role: 
Look for species and share your sightings via eBird, iNaturalist, eButterfly or Odonata Central.
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Website: 
Visit their website for further details.

Vermont Bumblebee Survey

Project Goal: 
Document the relative abundance and distribution of bumblebees (Bombus) and the eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) across Vermont
Your Role: 
Select a site and monitor it for bee activity, collect some specimens as required and report your findings.
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Website: 
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