Opportunities

Add to our knowledge of Minnesota’s Lichens! The Minnesota Lichen Map is a citizen-scientist project that is open to all participants who love lichens. It is curated by Minnesota Master Naturalists to indicate distribution of lichens in urban and open areas of Minnesota, bring awareness to lichens and eventually create a series of ‘Lichen Trails’ for the citizens of Minnesota.


Join the Zooniverse: Mapping Change Project! Transcribe data from hand-written museum specimen labels to map biodiversity in Minnesota. The data you transcribe will become part of the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas, the permanent digital record of the Bell Museum of Natural History’s collections.