Citizen scientists' 'glass eel' data helps protect Hudson River
March 12, 2024
March 12, 2024
ITHACA, New York, March 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
The Hudson River Eel Project - which has netted, counted and released roughly 2 million juvenile eels since its inception in 2008 - owes its success to a cadre of nearly 1,000 high school, college and adult citizen scientists donating time and effort each spring along the Hudson River.
This year, for the first time, the project's citizen science data will be treated as official data to be entere . . .
The Hudson River Eel Project - which has netted, counted and released roughly 2 million juvenile eels since its inception in 2008 - owes its success to a cadre of nearly 1,000 high school, college and adult citizen scientists donating time and effort each spring along the Hudson River.
This year, for the first time, the project's citizen science data will be treated as official data to be entere . . .