Diario del proyecto California Fire Followers 2020

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martes, 03 de agosto de 2021

Dog Days of August


Dates | August 2, 2021-August 31, 2021

Details:
The Ancient Romans used to associate the hottest and most humid days of the year with the star Sirius, known as the “dog star”. As July comes to an end along with blistering heat waves throughout CA which set record temperatures, we continue to brace for more heat in August. With CA’s wildfire season continuing, we hope that everyone participating in our community science project does so safely.

This month of August, we want to continue to encourage everyone to help identify some of the observations that need ID’s. Show your dogged determination, make sure these identifications aren’t barking up the wrong tree, and keep our project from going to the dogs! Starting today, participants will have the entire month of August to make as many identifications as possible!

The Fire Followers Project has approximately +51,000 observations! Out of those observations, approximately 14,000 observations still need ID:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&project_id=california-fire-followers-2020&quality_grade=needs_id&subview=table&verifiable=any&iconic_taxa=Plantae
Click the link above and help us get these observations to RG.

The top identifier for the month of August will receive a Fire Followers Shirt!

Geophyte Club Challenge, we have managed to get observations that Need ID from ~18,000 to ~14,000! This is with the additional 6,000+ observations that have been added to the project since early July! Thank you to everyone who has participated so far!

1) As a reminder, even if you do not know the species, you can help by identifying the observation to a finer level such as identifying the family, which is extremely helpful for others. Also, feel free to use the comment section to let others know what you're thinking!
2) You can help by confirming IDs that have already been made, refining IDs from general to more specific and correcting mis-identifications. The Suggestions tab will offer similar plants seen in the area--make sure you check it’s a good match.
3) To find likely mis-identifications, look at the Species tab of one of the fire areas you know pretty well. Scroll down to the bottom and look at the plants that only have one or two observations. Check on any out of range observations or plants you know are ornamental.

You are tagged in this post because you are among some of the top most recent identifiers in the project and we hope you take part in helping identify some of the observations made so far! Feel free to share this with other Naturalists who you think would like to participate and don't forget to join our Fire Followers Project. Thanks for your help!
@boschniakia @silversea_starsong @ronvanderhoff @sedgequeen @arboretum_amy @grnleaf @catchang @tmessick @morganstickrod @danieldas @aigner @jellyfishww @jmillsand @poa @lexibug @alexandre164 @sekihiker @apatten @polemoniaceae @thehyphaemovement @helianthelsa @dagowen @randomtruth @velodrome @keirmorse

Publicado el martes, 03 de agosto de 2021 a las 06:42 PM por jaesparza11 jaesparza11 | 2 comentarios | Deja un comentario

martes, 24 de agosto de 2021

AI: Andrea vs Identotron - Getting the most out of computer-aided plant ID

Thursday August 26, 2021 5pm - 6pm https://bit.ly/cnps0826

Free · Online Webinar

DATES: THURSDAY AT 5 PM PDT – 6 PM PDT

EVENT DETAILS
Please note this program is being offered virtually via Zoom:
Register to join live on Zoom at bit.ly/cnps0826

One thing movies tell us is that artificial intelligence can’t be trusted, and what better way to celebrate that trope than with an event that celebrates a healthy suspicion of AI? A lot of us simply accept without question the computer-aided suggestions in iNaturalist, but check again! Is the plant suggested even found in that region? Does it match the description in a flora? Join us as we present you with all the tips and tricks to get the best ID suggestion to your ability. Join us and learn how to identify plants on iNaturalist and how you can participate in our Fire Followers Campaign.

Join Andrea Williams, a botanist who can help you get the most out of iNaturalist’s suggestions! Andrea is the director of Biodiversity Initiatives for the California Native Plant Society. Starting off wanting to know what everything was and doing “spot the difference” puzzles as a child led easily to today’s leisure activity of identifying plants on iNaturalist and Calflora. Andrea has two decades of botany experience in public lands management in California, adding over 100 taxa to five local plant lists through observation and community science.

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Skynet Challenge

Feeling inspired to put your new knowledge to the test? After our webinar, we will begin our Skynet Challenge, where you will have the opportunity to apply what you learned and help us identify some of the thousands of observations that still need to reach Research Grade.

We encourage you to help others identify their observations, however, starting on Friday, 8/27, our challenge will focus on the most overall improvements and leading identifications. Feel free to check out this list of observations that still need to be ID’d and test your knowledge! The winners will be announced on 9/8. Help identify for a chance to win a Fire Followers shirt!

Here is the link to the identification page for our project: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?iconic_taxa=Plantae&project_id=california-fire-followers-2020

As of now, there are a total of 14,035 observations that still need to reach RG. Best of luck!

Publicado el martes, 24 de agosto de 2021 a las 08:55 PM por jaesparza11 jaesparza11 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario