Workshop 4 recap: Cooperative Extension and community science

This workshop was co-organized by Andony Melathopoulos of Oregon State University, Rufus Isaacs of Michigan State University, Elaine Evans of the University of Minnesota, Margarita López-Uribe of Penn State University, and Sarina Jepsen of The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and focused on the roles of Cooperative Extension and community science in national scale native bee monitoring. Speakers shared projects, initiatives, and infrastructure within Cooperative Extension and community science supporting native bees and described their needs for future monitoring efforts.

The workshop report can be found here.

The speakers were (links go to recorded presentations on our YouTube channel):

• Andony Melathopoulos, Oregon State University

• Gail Langellotto, Oregon State University

• Denise Ellsworth, The Ohio State University

• Margarita López-Uribe, Penn State University

• Elaine Evans, University of Minnesota

• Gretchen LeBuhn, San Francisco State University