Nature & Science

This program is for people to experience wildlife, fish, and flowers in their natural settings; to promote recreational viewing opportunities; facilitate learning about the environment; and to promote conservation efforts and wise use of natural resources.

The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service to promote the importance of conservation and management of native plants and plant habitats and emphasizing the aesthetic, recreational, biological, medicinal, and economic values of wildflowers.

As a land management agency, the US Forest Service has a unique responsibility to address questions about climate change mitigation and adaptation involving the many issues that challenge forest and rangeland owners, managers, and users.

More than 200,000 people contribute to the Cornell Lab’s citizen-science projects each year, gathering data on a vast scale once unimaginable. Scientists use these data to determine how birds are affected by habitat loss, pollution, and disease. They trace bird migration and document long-term changes in bird numbers across the continent.