[CANUFNET] Western redcedar decline in the Pacific Northwest

[Jeremy Gye]

This looks like a useful study—we’ll get signed up!

 

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Subject: [CANUFNET] Western redcedar decline in the Pacific Northwest

 

Dr. Joey Hulbert at Washington State University has launched a citizen science project on iNaturalist to enlist help gathering data about the decline and death of Western redcedar.  

Go to https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/western-redcedar-dieback-map

1. Create a login for iNaturalist.org <https://inaturalist.org/> 

2. Join the Western Redcedar Dieback Map <https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/western-redcedar-dieback-map>  project

3. Add an observation (share a picture) of a healthy or unhealthy redcedar tree by using the iNaturalist Mobile App or your through an internet browser

4. Tag the Western Redcedar Dieback Map project in the observation

5. Answer questions related to project about the health of the tree (questions only show up once project is tagged)

6. Share the observation

 

I think this is a very worthy project and I encourage anyone on the west coast who sees dead or dying redcedars to contribute data. The decline has been obvious in the Lower Mainland for well over a decade. It is very pronounced on Vancouver Island along with the death of Grand fir and Douglas-fir trees. The intent is to show the extent of the problem as a first step, and then work on options for replanting perhaps with different species. This first step hopes to show the extent of the problem.

 

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