Field Notes: Conservation Impact Stories

The Reality of Conservation Fieldwork: A Day in the Pacific Northwest Forest Biodiversity Project

by Chrissy Very | July 23, 2026 | Audio, biodiversity, citizen science, pacific northwest | 0 Comments

What happens when the data needed to protect forests, wildlife, and public lands lives in places most people will never see? When longtime Adventure Scientists volunteer Ryan read the project description, she laughed. "Bushwhacking into the woods after a 20-mile bike...

How Communities Across Latin America Are Building One of the Largest Coral Reef Monitoring Networks in the World

by Chrissy Very | July 15, 2026 | coral | 0 Comments

With Adventure Scientists, local communities in Latin America are building one of the largest coordinated coral reef monitoring networks in the world. With more than 2,300 reef censuses completed across Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico, this effort is...

Why the US Forest Service Turns To Adventure Scientists for Trusted Field Data at Scale

by Chrissy Very | May 14, 2026 | adventurers and scientists for conservation, biodiversity, conservation, research, Wildlife | 0 Comments

A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and Adventure Scientists is bringing statistically rigorous, large‑scale biodiversity monitoring to some of the most remote forests in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California.Deep in the forests of the Pacific...

Coral Reef Application

by Adventure Scientists | September 11, 2025 | Applications, coral | 0 Comments

Project Update: Ground Truth Coral Bleaching

by Ricky Jones | November 27, 2023 | adventure scientists, biodiversity, climate change, coral, Scuba Diving | 0 Comments

Coral reef bleaching is undoubtedly one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. Reefs are the most biodiverse of all marine ecosystems, harboring an estimated 25% of all marine species despite covering less than 1% of the ocean floor. They are among the...

Citizen Science: Net Positive Impact

by Adventure Scientists | September 15, 2023 | adventure scientists, climbing, conservation, oceans, Scuba Diving | 0 Comments

As a climber, I have always been proud to be part of a culture that celebrates minimizing our collective impact on wilderness. We strive to be good stewards of the playgrounds we recreate in, whether it be sea cliffs, lowly boulders, limestone caves or the hallowed big mountains. Hopefully, we take the time to stay on trail, pick up a wrapper or two and, when in a pinch, pack our poop out. Pun intended. Alas, it is a humbling truth that no matter how hard we try to tiptoe our way through the backcountry we will inevitably leave some sort of impact.