The Ameal Moore Nature Center was proud to host the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing for Riverside Citizen Science Wednesday morning, January 28, 2015. Alexander Friend (Station Director, USDA, Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station), Kim Wilcox (Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside), Roy Takeno (Vice-President of the Riverside-Corona Reserouce Conservation District), and Riverside’s Mayor Rusty Bailey were all in attendance to sign at this exciting event. Even Smokey the Bear came out to take pictures and celebrate the day for Citizen Science!
- Parks employees and Smokey the Bear (left to right) Alisa Sramala (PRCSD), Jacab Schwerdt (PCRSD Maintenance Supervisor), Darren Ramsey (PRCSD Landscape Inspector), and George Monsisvais (PCRSD CSD)
- MaLisa Martin (National Park Service- River, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program), center staff, Smokey the Bear, and Teresa Woodard (Riverside Metropolitan Museum)
- (From left to right) Alisa Sramala (Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department/PRCSD), Colleen Nicol (City of Riverside city Clerk), Lara mario (Deputy Director PRCSD), Smokey the Bear, Andy Emery (Parks Superintendant, PRCSD), and Adolfo Cruz (Director, PRCSD)
- Smokey the Bear watches as Roy Takeno, Mayor Rusty Bailey, Kim Wilcox, and Alexander Friend sign the MOU
- (Front right) Roy Takeno, (back from left to right) Mayor Rusty Bailey, Smokey the Bear, Danny (UCR Science Ambassador) Kim Wilcox, and Alexander Friend pose before planting a tree
- Smokey the Bear, Mayor Rusty Bailey, Danny (UCR Science Ambassador), Kim Wilcox, and Alexander Friend plant a tree
Riverside Citizen Science is supported by the dedicated men and women in Riverside who work to ensure that science, through community participation and collaboration, becomes a permanent part of Riverside’s culture and identity. Riverside Citizen Science’s mission is to engage the community in observing and documenting Riverside’s natural environment. The program fosters appreciation and stewardship by staging and supporting nature-centered activities. The nature center is proud to help promote the sciences to visitors and to encourage everyone to step outdoors and enjoy nature’s wonders. By participating in Citizen Science visitors can help scientists document what can be found in the park.