Bill Tweit was first exposed to citizen Science through ENSBC as a preteen growing up in Wilmette, when he met Joel Greenberg, Bob Russell and Kim Eckert, who introduced him to birding on a bigger scale. After graduating from high school, he moved to the Pacific Northwest where pelagic birding and mountains have kept him enthralled ever since. He is now responsible for managing the salmon fisheries in the Columbia River and representing Washington on the Council that oversees the groundfish harvest in the rich waters off Alaska. Birding has remained a constant in his life, both as a relief valve and as a way to contribute to conservation. He is a regular contributor to a broad range of citizen science projects: Christmas Bird Counts, Breeding Bird Surveys, eBird, COASST (monitoring beached birds), Westport Seabirds (counting birds offshore since the 1970s), and he was one of three authors (including our Septemher speaker, Steven Mlodinow) of Birds of Washington, published in 2005. Bill will compare three very different approaches to citizen science, providing an instructive overview of the benefits that it provides for conservation.
Come at 7 for refreshments provided by the family of Bob Russell, our April speaker, in his memory. Bob passed away this summer.
Fifth in a series of special programs celebrating ENSBC's 100th anniversary year.
