LiMPETS Monitoring

🌊 Attention High School Teachers! 🦀
Want to involve your students in Community Science!? ✏️📋

📢 We're hosting 2 Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Teacher Training Workshops:
》Sat, Jan 11th, 10:30a- 4:30p on the Sonoma Coast
》Sat, Feb 8th, 9:00a- 4:00p in Pacific Grove

🤩 Register Here >> https://linktr.ee/limpetsnews 😎

Happy New Year!! 🥳
The Marine Science Education Fellowship at the Greater Farallones Association in SF is now hiring a paid, part-time, entry level intern for the LiMPETS program. This position is open for currently enrolled college students. 🤩
Other open positions at GFA include Marine Science Educator and Administrative Assistant.
https://farallones.org/education-fellow-2025/

Job Openings - Greater Farallones Association Conserving the wildlife and habitats of Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary through scientific research, environmental education, and community-based conservation.

📢 This Fall, we're hosting 2 Sandy Beach Monitoring Teacher Training Workshops:
》Sat, Aug 31st, 10a- 4:30p in San Francisco
》Sat, Sept 14th, 8:30a- 3p in Pacific Grove
Register here 》》linktr.ee/limpetsnews

📣 Before school let out, we said Goodbye & Good Luck to Hannah Sarver, the previous LiMPETS Manager for the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. In her 6 yrs with LiMPETS, she engaged over 10,000 students 😲 in marine science and spent countless hours supporting teachers. Hannah's dedication and passion have kept LiMPETS thriving on California’s Central Coast. We will miss you, Hannah! 🐙🐚

🌊 We’re Back!! 🌊
… from our much-needed summer hiatus! 😎 We know y’all missed us, so here are some exciting updates:

🌅 Over the summer, LiMPETS staff took advantage of the EXTREMELY low tides, participating in the California Academy of Sciences' Solstice Sea Star Search and Snapshot Cal Coast. iNaturalist.org🦭🪸🐟

🌟 The LiMPETS team also woke up EXTREMELY EARLY to help MARINe Scientists collect Long Term Monitoring data on the Northern California Coast, from Bodega Bay to Shelter Cove. 🦀🌿

🎉 During the 2023-24 school year, the LiMPETS network served 3,980 students from across California! One teacher shared, “LiMPETS provides the best combination of a fun, active outdoor field trip with a real science-based purpose. The prep materials educate and engage the students. It is always so fun to watch them have time together on the beach or at the tidepools.” 📋📊

🤩 We have some new faces across all our regions! Check our newsletter and website for their detailed bios. “Meet the Team” posts are coming soon!

📆 The 2024-25 School Year program registrations will be ready by the end of August. If you have any questions, please contact your regional coordinator.

Greater Farallones Association, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA's Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, NOAA's Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Starting June 1: Help protect California’s coastal ecosystems using only a smartphone! To participate: Create a free @inaturalistorg account & join the #SnapshotCalCoast project. Check out the link in our bio to learn more + find in-person bioblitz events in your area! 🦀 Every summer, @calacademy — with support from @opc_california, @californiadfw, @mpacollaborativenetwork, and many other partners— mobilizes communities from Del Norte to San Diego to make and share observations of plants, animals, and seaweeds along the California coast using @inaturalistorg. By creating a real-time, statewide snapshot of current species ranges, you can help provide valuable data for scientists at local, regional, and state levels, and answer targeted research questions in support of the California Coast.

✨Another great opportunity to join our team✨

We are looking for a Development Director to oversee our fundraising efforts — from major gifts to foundation and government grants.

Deadline to apply is April 12th.

Learn more: https://farallones.org/development-director/

Come join our team as we hire for some fantastic positions!

See brief descriptions below and full descriptions and application instructions at the link or in our bio, and feel free to send questions to [email protected].

Field Science Coordinator: Full time, non-exempt, benefits eligible, responsible for LiMPETS and Watershed Guardians field programs, compensation: $22.66-25.44/hour

Public Programs Coordinator: Full time, benefits eligible, responsible for public programming for aspects within and without the Musuem with a special focus on family programming and Nature Exchange, compensation $19.05-22.66/hour

Summer Camp Assistant: Full time, temporary, non-benefits eligible, compensation $16.00-18.00/hour, assists the summer camp team with leading weeks of camps for kids grades K-5, possibility of leading your own camp.

🥧 Happy Pi Day from the radial symmetrical echinoderms! 🥧

🏵 Echinoderm means "spiny skin." Phylum Echinodermata includes animals such as sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, brittle stars, and crinoids.

How many individuals of the following species do you count in this photo!?
❤️ Red Urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
💜 Purple Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
🤎 Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

Do you see anything not listed!? 👀

The Central Region of the LiMPETS Network is hiring a new Coordinator!!!

The LiMPETS Central Region Coordinator will be based at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. This new role will be the Field Program Coordinator and will be responsible for managing both the LiMPETS Program and Watershed Guardians Project in the Monterey Bay Area.

Lead Community Science Data Collection with 6th-College Students in the following habitats:
>> Sandy Beach
>> Rocky Intertidal
>> Riparian/Streams

Program Management Responsibilities include:
>> Schedule Field Trips
>> Teach Curriculum
>> Facilitate Data Entry
>> Manage Program Budgets
>> Administer Evaluations
>> Lead Teacher Training Workshops
>> Participates in Statewide Network

Compensation:
Full-time, Non-Exempt, Eligible for Benefits
Pay Range: $22.66-$25.24/hr

To see the full job description, please see it on the PG Museum website: https://www.pgmuseum.org/employment

If you have questions about the new role's responsibilities, compensation, or to apply please contact Liese Murphree, ([email protected]).