Projects from Minnesota

2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Mississippi River Coldwater BioBlitz icon

2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Mississippi River Coldwater BioBlitz

This BioBlitz is part of a larger effort coordinated by the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate the NP...
2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Pipestone icon

2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Pipestone

This BioBlitz is part of a larger effort coordinated by the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate the NP...
2016 National Parks BioBlitz - St. Croix icon

2016 National Parks BioBlitz - St. Croix

This BioBlitz is part of a larger effort coordinated by the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate the NP...
2018 USA Northeast Freshwater Mussel Spotting icon

2018 USA Northeast Freshwater Mussel Spotting

Observations of Freshwater Mussels in the Northeast in US around Ontario.
2022_Minnesota Great Lakes BioBlitz-CGLL state level project icon

2022_Minnesota Great Lakes BioBlitz-CGLL state level project

Welcome Minnesota educators and families! What's blooming, flying, hopping, or maybe just growing around yo...
Amphibian and Reptile Survey of Minnesota icon

Amphibian and Reptile Survey of Minnesota

Support citizen science by participating in the amphibian and reptile survey of Minnesota.
Backyard Phenology icon

Backyard Phenology

"Backyard Phenology: Tracking natures cycles in a changing climate" demonstrates how art, science, and plac...
Bee pollen load colors of Minnesota (and surrounding areas) icon

Bee pollen load colors of Minnesota (and surrounding areas)

This project is to help researchers narrow down the possible pollen types that they find collected by bees ...
Big Willow Park Minnetonka Minnesota icon

Big Willow Park Minnetonka Minnesota

The project goal is to engage citizens and document the biodiversity at Big Willow Park so the data can be ...
Biodiversity at Pipestone National Monument icon

Biodiversity at Pipestone National Monument

This project is a repository of iNaturalist sightings of the biodiversity found at Pipestone National Monum...
Biodiversity of Minnesota. icon

Biodiversity of Minnesota.

This project shows the biodiversity of Minnesota. It is also part of the umbrella project Biodiversity of t...
Birds and Buckthorn icon

Birds and Buckthorn

This project will document bird species and their activities on the invasive European Buckthorn tree (Rhamn...
Bogs and Forests of MN Road Trip icon

Bogs and Forests of MN Road Trip

This project is for the Minnesota Master Naturalist Program's Bogs and Forests of MN Road Trip, held Septem...
Cannabis sativa USA icon

Cannabis sativa USA

The goal of this project is to track the impact that growing Cannabis sativa L. (industrial hemp) in agricu...
Carrion and Burying Beetles (Silphidae) of Minnesota icon

Carrion and Burying Beetles (Silphidae) of Minnesota

Help document carrion and burying beetle species presence and distribution within Minnesota.
Caterpillars of Eastern North America icon

Caterpillars of Eastern North America

The goal of this project is to collect observations of caterpillars from Eastern North America. Please help...
Cedar Creek Wildlife Survey icon

Cedar Creek Wildlife Survey

The Cedar Creek Wildlife Survey is a joint venture between the Minnesota Wildlife Tracking Project and the ...
CSA 2017 Conference Bioblitz - St. Paul icon

CSA 2017 Conference Bioblitz - St. Paul

Citizen Science Association Conference attendees! Engage in some citizen science and thank the beautiful ci...
Eastern Spotted Skunk icon

Eastern Spotted Skunk

The eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius; a.k.a. "civet cat" or "polecat") was once common across the ...
Host Genus Data for Galls, Burls and Brooms of the North Woods icon

Host Genus Data for Galls, Burls and Brooms of the North Woods

This project compiles the host data for Galls, Burls and Brooms of The North Woods.
Lake County Invasive Species icon

Lake County Invasive Species

Utilize iNaturalist to track native and invasive species populations for later reports into GLEDN and/or as...
Love of the Search (Minnesota) icon

Love of the Search (Minnesota)

Have you been searching for a specific species? Once you find it please share your story! This project is s...
Mahtomedi Catalog of Life icon

Mahtomedi Catalog of Life

The goal of this project is to identify and classify the living organisms in and around Mahtomedi, Minnesot...
MCAD Artist-Naturalists icon

MCAD Artist-Naturalists

Alpha test: 11/21/2016 Beta test: TBD
Milkweed Flower Photo Project icon

Milkweed Flower Photo Project

Researchers at Augustana University in Sioux Falls are studying what happens to floral morphology when the ...
Minnesota Bee Atlas icon

Minnesota Bee Atlas

The Minnesota Bee Atlas, a citizen science project, relies on volunteer observations to learn more about th...
Minnesota Butterflies icon

Minnesota Butterflies

Minnesota is comprised of four biomes each containing diverse plant communities that support many butterfly...
Minnesota Dragonflies and Damselflies icon

Minnesota Dragonflies and Damselflies

This project documents the dragonfly and damselfly observations by naturalists in Minnesota. Please visit t...
Minnesota Moths icon

Minnesota Moths

There are many more moth than butterfly species in Minnesota and this project aims to illustrate the amazin...
Minnesota Species icon

Minnesota Species

Please be aware that this is an outdated project. See https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-...
Minnesota Species icon

Minnesota Species

Please be aware that this is an outdated project. See https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-...
Minnesota Syrphid Flies icon

Minnesota Syrphid Flies

Masters of mimicry, syrphid (flower or hover) flies are abundant and diverse in flower-rich landscapes. Lar...
MN Wasp Watchers icon

MN Wasp Watchers

The Minnesota Wasp Watchers program engages citizen scientists in early detection of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB...
MNL Observations icon

MNL Observations

Field Observations and Identifications
National Moth Week 2018: Minnesota icon

National Moth Week 2018: Minnesota

National Moth Week celebrates the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of moths. National Moth Week 2018 is be...
PlantBlitz at Blanket Flower Prairie SNA icon

PlantBlitz at Blanket Flower Prairie SNA

The Scientific and Natural Areas program needs your help to document the plant species found at Blanket Flo...
Prairie Bush Clover SNA Data icon

Prairie Bush Clover SNA Data

This project is tracking data collected at the Prairie Bush Clover Scientific & Natural Area in Southwe...
Prairie Lichens of Southeast Minnesota icon

Prairie Lichens of Southeast Minnesota

All species of lichens and allied fungi living in prairies and savannas in the Minnesota Driftless. To a...
Site Stewards 2019, Great River Greening icon

Site Stewards 2019, Great River Greening

Record species observed on Great River Greening restoration sites during the 2019 growing season.
Snails and Slugs in Minnesota icon

Snails and Slugs in Minnesota

Help document the snails and slugs found in Minnesota. Both native and non-native observations are welcome,...
Species of Otter Tail County, Minnesota icon

Species of Otter Tail County, Minnesota

To provide information of all species located in Ottertail County, Minnesota.
Spiders of Minnesota icon

Spiders of Minnesota

Help fill in the gaps in our knowledge of Minnesota spiders and their distribution by submitting quality ph...
The Life of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area icon

The Life of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

This project will help define the variety of plants and animals that exist in the Mississippi National Rive...
Tiger Beetles of Minnesota icon

Tiger Beetles of Minnesota

Help document tiger beetles across the state of Minnesota. Nearly half of all tiger beetle species in Minne...
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