Adventure for Conservation:
Volunteer Field Day in San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary
On Monday, April 21, 2025, from 1-4pm, join Adventure Scientists and Sierra Club Military Outdoors for a Volunteer Field Day at San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary.
The goal of Sierra Club‘s Military Outdoors is to improve the lives of military members, veterans and their families through connections with the outdoors and inspire members of this community to become outspoken champions for environmental conservation and justice.
Adventure Scientists ensures the availability of critical field data that accelerates conservation and climate solutions. We achieve our mission by mobilizing and training outdoor enthusiasts and local communities to collect high-quality scientific data that are difficult to access, require too large a scale, or are too costly to obtain with traditional methods.
The Challenge:
The state of California is part of the 30 x 30 initiative — a goal to protect 30% of the land and sea area of the state by 2030. To do this, conservation priority areas need to be identified. A biodiversity survey of the state will help with this effort.
The Solution:
You can make a difference! Join our field day to help collect soil samples that will be analyzed for eDNA – environmental DNA that will reveal which organisms are present in the soil. The soil samples we collect will be processed at the University of California Santa Cruz to possibly discover new species in the soil.
Event Details:
When: Monday, April 21, 2025, 1-4 PM
Where: Once you sign up, logistics details will be provided.
Please sign up for the project in advance and complete the online training! The form below serves as the RSVP and project sign up.
What You’ll Learn and Do:
- How field research projects are designed and implemented.
- How to collect soil eDNA samples.
- How to contribute to awesome science.
- Contribute to critical conservation efforts.
- Connect with like-minded nature enthusiasts and adventurers.
No prior experience or collection skills are required!
Refreshments will be provided.
Who Can Join:
This event is open to volunteers of all skill levels and ages. Data collection requires participants to be age 18 and over. All participants over the age of 18 must register.
Sign up now to reserve your spot and receive event details!