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Community Science

December 8

Virtual Event

Project Overview

 Once the snow flies, the University of Minnesota Bugs Below Zero team would like you to join us in a community science project that expands our understanding of winter active aquatic insects. Participants identify and submit information and photographs of aquatic insects on the snow, often near stream banks. Your help can grow our understanding of how the unique Minnesota climate reveals valuable insights about interactions between weather, water, insects, and food webs for researchers across the globe. Visit the Bugs Below Zero project on the Ancedata app or website (https://www.anecdata.org/projects/view/949) or download the form below to participate.

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Field Safety Tips

Bugs Below Zero is supported by an interdisciplinary team of experts from the agricultural and environmental sciences, science communication, entomology, fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology disciplines. Our work combines classroom resources, educational events, digital tools, and a participatory science effort. We focus on winter aquatic insects in trout streams around Minnesota. These bugs are vitally important to the health of trout ecosystems. Partial funding for this project was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).

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