Additional Opportunities

There are also broader, regional and national platforms where community members can contribute to biomonitoring and community science:

• BC Nature (https://www.bcinat.com/): A provincial umbrella organization for naturalist clubs; members can participate in surveys, field trips, and species at risk monitoring across the Sunshine Coast.
• eBird – Sunshine Coast (https://ebird.org/region/CA-BC-SC): A global bird observation platform that allows users to submit bird sightings specific to the Sunshine Coast region, contributing to long-term population and distribution data.
• iNaturalist – Sunshine Coast (https://www.inaturalist.org/places/sunshine-coast): A community science platform where users can upload photos of plants, animals, and fungi observed on the Sunshine Coast; observations help document local biodiversity and are often used by researchers and conservation groups.
• Birds Canada (https://www.birdscanada.org/you-can-help/citizen-science): Birds Canada offers diverse volunteer community science opportunities. These range from monitoring nest success and counting birds in winter to surveying nocturnal species and mapping breeding populations.