California Biodiversity Project
Collect Data On Your Next Adventure
One of the world’s 36 most biodiverse regions, California is a treasure trove of wildlife, plants, and ecosystems in need of protection. To address this, the state has set an ambitious goal with the 30×30 Plan—to conserve 30% of its lands and coastal waters by 2030.
Do you like to mountain bike, hike, backpack, trail run, or go on other adventures in California’s wild places?
Join Adventure Scientists and the California Institute of Biodiversity to collect an all-taxa biodiversity inventory for the state of California. Help California determine the most important areas to protect. You can collect data while doing the outdoor activities you love and help catalog the amazing biodiversity of California.
No science background needed; we’ll provide the training, tools, and support you need to make a difference.
Combine Science and Adventure
Researchers are working to understand California’s biodiversity, but they can’t cover all the ground you can.
Photo: Louise Johns
Your outdoor adventures—whether mountain biking, trail running, or backpacking—can help protect the places you love. You can contribute valuable data to conservation efforts through the California Biodiversity Project. No science background needed; we’ll provide the training, tools, and support you need to make a difference.
What you provide:
- Adventurous spirit
- Your go-to adventure kit (e.g. mountain bike, backpack, running shoes, four legged friends)
What Adventure Scientists provide:
- Online training
- Sampling gear (total gear weight is about 1-2 pounds)
- Support before, during, and after your adventure(s)
Photo: Louise Johns
Join the California Biodiversity Project Today
Together, we can collect data that will unlock discoveries and opportunities for conservation across California.
Photo: Louise Johns
Step 1: Apply
Step 2: Complete Training
Step 3: Plan Your Adventure
Are you already headed to a National Forest in California? Or maybe you are looking for a new place to adventure; take a look at some of the National Forests included in the California Biodiversity Project.
- Shasta Trinity
- Six Rivers
- Plumas
- Angeles
- Lassen
- Los Padres
- Humbolt-Toiyabe
- Eldorado
- Tahoe
Other areas are also available to complete the project, check out the project map once you sign up to explore further.
Photo: Anya Starovoytov
Apply for this project!
Combine science and adventure, join our elite team of Adventure Scientist volunteers to protect California’s biodiversity.
Adventure Scientists recruits, trains and manages volunteers to gather high-quality data at scale for scientific partners (NGOs, government agencies, researchers and more) who are focused on solving critical environmental challenges.