Discover Life -- working together to teach science, monitor species,
answer ecological questions, and enjoy nature.

Dr. Pickering will speak about Discover Life (www.discoverlife.org)
and its efforts to integrate research and education.  He is
recruiting naturalists, teachers, scientists, and others to
inventory and monitor sites using digital photography and new web
technology to identify species and study nature.  In October
Discover Life celebrated a billion hits and launched a
community-based natural history survey.  The survey's goals
are to (1) teach science and quantitative methods through
inquiry-based learning, (2) collect data to address the
impacts of weather, invasive species, pollution and other
large-scale factors on species and their interactions; and
(3) provide timely information to gardeners, farmers, and
land managers.  His talk will focus on moths, wildflowers,
bees, and lichens.  To learn more, see www.discoverlife.org/gnhs
or contact Outreach Coordinator Nancy Lowe at nancy@discoverlife.org
or 404-272-4526.

Pickering's CV and contact info are at
www.discoverlife.org/who/Pickering,_John.html