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Citizen Science Work at State, Tribal, and Local Environmental Agencies

This series of documents, prepared for EPA by the Environmental Law Institute, describes citizen science work at state, tribal and local environmental agencies. These documents include a set of 15 case studies of how citizen science approaches are used in environmental agencies, a summary of best practices for operating citizen science programs, and strategic steps that can be taken to better support the use of citizen science for environmental decision-making.

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