| Description | This is a Volunteer opportunity to help with Dragonfly Day, Fairbanks, June 29, 2013
Volunteer will learn to collect and identify dragonflies and damselflies increasing knowledge about their diversity and distribution in Alaska.
Background: Few insects capture people's imagination more than dragonflies. These beautiful insects are an outstanding, but rarely utilized, opportunity to connect people with nature. As larvae and adults, dragonflies play an important role as both predator and prey in aquatic and terrestrial systems, making them ideal subjects for introducing the concept of ecological relationships. The goals of this project are to increase public awareness of dragonfly diversity, biology, and ecology and to expand upon the small body of information on dragonfly species diversity and distribution in Alaska.
Dragonfly expert John Hudson, co-author of the book Dragonflies of Alaska, will be traveling from Juneau to work at this event.
Housing for 4 may be available, but other volunteers are needed who can provide own http://www.freplicas.com housing by camping or staying with friends. |