Conference Schedule

9:00—Welcome and orientation/housekeeping

9:05—Keynote Ellen Candler: Offal Wildlife Watching From a Distance

10:00—Coffee break

10:10—Themed Presentations: Adapting Existing Programs to Virtual Platforms

(10:10) Teton Science Schools’ AmeriCorps Program and Virtual Community Science—Kendall

Peacock and Naomi Heindel

(10:25) City Nature Challenge—Matt Wallace

(10:40) Girl Scouts: Conservation, Wildlife, and Leadership Go Virtual!—Kendall Peacock and

Naomi Heindel

10:55—Rant: Project Graphics

11:05—Themed Presentations: Community Science Fundamentals and Inclusivity

(11:05) Science Learning: Evaluating Science Literacy in Citizen Science Projects—Nichole

Lumadue

(11:20) Using the STEM Teaching Tools to Support Community Science—Shannon Wachowski

11:35—Rant: Participants Don’t Submit Data

11:45--Lunch break

12:15—Themed Presentations: Incorporating Community Science into Online Education

(12:15) Neighbors to Nature: Cache Creek Study of Human Recreation and Wildlife Co-

Existence —Trevor Bloom and Kate Gersh

(12:30) Place-Based Education and Community Science—Amy Lorenz and Leslie Cook

12:45—Rant: Forest Regeneration Study

12:55—Poster Session

(12:55) Greater Yellowstone Amphibian and Reptile iNaturalist Project—Charles Peterson

(1:00) A Naturalist Program for Wyoming—Dorothy Tuthill and Jacelyn Downey

(1:05) All of Us Program—Mel Lopez

(1:10) Bat Walk—Mason Lee

(1:15) Bison of the Bighorn Basin—Amy Phillips

1:20--Break

1:30—Themed Presentation: Community Science Programs In the Era of Social Distancing

(1:30) Bird Monitoring in the Time of COVID-19—Keith Bruno

(1:45) Wyoming Bioblitz goes Virtual: Increasing access, outcomes, and future

Opportunities —Amy Lorenz, Mason Lee, Jacelyn Downey

(2:00) A community science approach to eDNA monitoring of biodiversity in an era of

social distancing—Melanie Murphy

2:15—Rant: Engagement

2:25—Plenary presentation: Jason Baldes: Tribal Bison Restoration

3:10—End, wrap-up, Virtual “Cocktail” Hour/Networking/