
Upcoming Projects Near You


Polk County Parks and Natural Resources Eagle Watch
Polk County Parks and Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to participate in Eagle Watch. These surveys are critical to supporting the local Eagle Population in Central Florida. Please consider becoming a volunteer!

Soldiers2Scientists EcoRecon Internship Program
Click here to learn more about an internship with Soldiers2Scientists. The project page will provide you with a google form to fill out with your information!
S2S Consultation
If you are new to citizen science, and you are looking for help in finding projects or learning more about this important work, please consider asking us for a consultation!

The Great American Kestrel Nestbox Project
Manassas Battlefield Park in Virginia is home to a unique network of over a dozen American kestrel and barn owl nest boxes. S2S has received funding from the Hawkwatch Jerry Liguori Scholarship to revive this nest box network and expand it to the Shenandoah Raptor Study Area in Virginia. Over the next months, S2S will be building and installing these nest boxes in collaboration with master banders and kestrel scientists. Once the project is complete, S2S will ensure the new network will be monitored throughout the breeding season during the Spring and Summer of 2025.

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve Emergent Bat Surveys
Click here to learn more about the Emergent Bat Surveys taking place at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. These surveys start about 30 minutes prior to sunset and run from April to November of 2025. Click here to learn more about this exciting opportunity!

Polk County Sand Skink Monitoring
Polk County Parks and Resources will be conducting Sank Skink Monitoring to better understand the population trends of this unique species. Click here to learn more about his volunteer opportunity!

Saw-Whet Owl Banding
S2S will be arranging trips for interested veteran participants to visit Ben Spory and his team at their Saw-Whet Owl banding station in Bergton, Virginia. Click here to learn more about this fun and educational opportunity.

Braddock Bay Raptor Research Banding Station Tour
Click here to learn more about an educational opportunity to tour Raptor Banding Stations in the Braddock Bay Wildlife Management Area near Hilton, New York!

Polk County Florida Gopher Tortoise Protection Project
Collect information on the socializing, mating, and general habitats of the Gopher Tortoise, a threatened species in Florida

Bat Emergence Survey at New River Gorge National Park in Beaver, West Virginia
New River Gorge National Park is looking for volunteers for its Emergent Bat Surveys starting in May and continuing until October 2024. The surveys take place in the evening and are an excellent opportunity to get involved with the parks developing citizen science projects!