“TREES ‘R US” Citizen Science Activity
April 7, 2012
Help CanopyMeg document North Carolina trees by participating in this survey. Loading… Any questions about this survey? Contact Meg at meg.lowman@ncdenr.gov
Help CanopyMeg document North Carolina trees by participating in this survey. Loading… Any questions about this survey? Contact Meg at meg.lowman@ncdenr.gov
Clothing the Daily Planet with Continents at the Nature Research Center. Great photos by friend, Pam Hopkins:
From Winston-Salem Journal: As a child, I loved the natural world. Maybe it had something to do with growing up in a small town where there were no distractions of big-city lights. Maybe the change of seasons with its foliage colors seduced me. Maybe it was because nature had so many secrets and I was […]
From newsobserver.com: Margaret Lowman’s office is the top of a tree. It’s not her only one – she also has a office with a desk at the Nature Research Center, where she serves as director. But her job is different from most museum-director positions, in that she’ll do a lot of it out in the […]
From PLoS Blogs: RALEIGH, NC – Although it’s personal day job news, I’m certain this announcement will be of interest to all of our PLoS readers and others in the science communications community. Brian Malow, Earth’s Premier Science Comedian, has been named Curator of the SECU Daily Planet at the new Nature Research Center (NRC) of the North Carolina Museum of […]
From NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences’ Nature Research Center will bring science, and NC State expertise, to the public in some exciting new ways. Read the full article
From Winston Salem-Journal: Meg Lowman has found that one way to stir interest in the new wing at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences is to hang out up in the trees. Lowman was doing just that Wednesday on the campus of Salem College, dangling in a harness affixed to a stately maple tree. The […]
From Sun Journal: Meg Lowman, director of the Nature Resource Center — the new wing of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, is traveling across the state this week, meeting with different school groups to raise awareness about the 24-hour opening of the new wing April 20-21. Earlier this week, she was at Tryon […]
Visit Raleigh, the official blog of the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau, interviewed Dr. Lowman asking her 24 questions. Read it here.
In Scientific American’s “A Blog Around The Clock”, Meg Lowman talks about the new Nature Research Center (NRC), her recent work in Ethiopia, and more. Welcome to A Blog Around The Clock. What is taking up the most of your time and passion these days? What are your goals? The new Nature Research Center (NRC), […]