Mission

To interpret the natural world through research, education and exhibits; to promote understanding of the evolution and diversity of southern and the peninsula of Baja California; and to inspire in all a respect for nature and the environment.

BACKYARD SCIENTISTS

A photo that was taken by an amateur photographer in Malaysia and posted on Flickr was seen by an office-bound entomologist on the other side of the world, who suspected ethic are fostering a resurgence of dialogue between it was an undocumented creature. A new species—dubbed trained scientist and passionate amateur, creating new IT’S NOT JUST RESEARCHERS WHO ARE Semachrysa jade—was identified. opportunities for today’s citizen naturalists to show ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO SCIENCE. scientists things they may never have seen before. Earlier this year, UC Riverside invited southern California IT’S AVERAGE, EVERYDAY PEOPLE. residents to collect brown widow from their As we look to the future, the Museum is working on backyards and ship the critters to campus, where the several major projects that involve and pay homage to the school’s researchers were studying distribution of the citizen scientist. invasive and how to control the pest in urban environments. In 2015, the Natural History Museum will open a brand new exhibition that will celebrate the The Sunflower Project, now in its sixth year, has a corps citizen naturalist’s contribution to the larger body of of more than 100,000 volunteers that observe bees and scientific knowledge. Occupying 2,400 square feet other pollinators in all kinds of settings—from backyards in the Museum’s 7,300-square-foot Research Library, to nature trails—to help scientists learn about the lives of Extraordinary Ideas from Ordinary People: A History pollinating . of Citizen Science will feature a rotating selection of approximately 75 objects and images drawn from the These are just a few examples of citizen science in action, Library’s exceptional collection of rare books, works and they show how everyday people can contribute to of art, photographs, maps, and historical documents extraordinary ideas. Citizen science allows professional alongside new interactive media. On view to the public, scientists to accomplish work that would not otherwise be these objects will challenge the myth of the isolated, lab- possible while promoting public involvement in science coated scientist possessing the keys to nature’s secrets. and engaging volunteers to perform or manage tasks such Extraordinary Ideas will communicate an inspiring as collection, observation, measurement, or computation— alternative message: that science is a conversation the very labors of the earliest “natural philosophers” carried forward by curiosity, art, language, imagination, who lacked formal training, but whose painstaking work and the drive to look closely and ask questions. And underpins our collective knowledge. anyone with these tools can contribute.

The concept of citizen scientists is not a new one, as Thanks to digital media, Extraordinary Ideas will be one everyday people have actively contributed to science more place where Museum visitors can create, share, for thousands of years. These passionate and talented connect, and contribute. Digitization of the Research amateurs, often with little or no formal scientific training, Library’s holdings will allow visitors to engage with have made fundamental contributions to our understanding selected works in an online format, but it will also allow of the natural world. Collector or diarist, artist or the Museum to go a step further by creating social photographer, the citizen naturalist has performed the or participatory experiences using digital content. necessary legwork of scientific study, rigorously observing This technological component, NatureSpace, is being and documenting nature’s minutiae for sheer love of the developed through collaboration between the Museum pursuit. and our partner, the Online Collaborative. NatureSpace will serve as the digital chat room where As science evolved over the 20th century into highly individuals can access research collection information, structured disciplines, the reliance on self-directed study create a personalized field guide, contribute data, and of the natural world waned while our modern concept of participate in the conversation. science as a professional discipline became commonplace, practiced by individuals with specialized training and In a way, these initiatives celebrate and remind us of pursued through a standardized method. the founding fathers of the San Diego Society of Natural History, the citizen scientists who came together 140 But the idea of amateur naturalists making contributions years ago to establish what is now the second oldest never really went away, and today, the emergence of scientific institution in California and the third oldest the Internet, social media, and the “citizen science” west of the Mississippi. Just imagine what this group of enthusiastic naturalists could have done with a smartphone and Wi-Fi! Photograph from the San Diego Natural History Museum archives

6 7 Phil Unitt covers 527 species in 645 pages, and has and management questions as conservation needs are CITIZEN SCIENCE AND THE RESEARCH CENTER OF THE : garnered accolades from professional ornithologists. prioritized. It takes a Village Following on this success, the Museum initiated the Plant The Herpetology Atlas has partnered with the Natural History Atlas, the Atlas, and the Herpetology Atlas. The Museum of Los Angeles County and launched a citizen If you Google the term “citizen science” today, you will get trends worked to separate the average person from Plant Atlas, under the direction of Jon Rebman, Ph.D., science project called Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern an overwhelming number of hits. Citizen science, crowd- understanding and participating in other kinds of research curator of botany, has utilized more than 600 trained California (RASCals) using iNaturalist as the platform. sourced science, and citizen naturalists are all current as well. This represented not only a loss to science, but volunteers since 2003. These volunteers are known as There are 681 records covering 120 taxa observed, with “buzz terms” that have penetrated our culture, whether a personal loss, since it is in interaction with their local parabotanists after being taught how to collect, press, participants currently at 88. Providing collections data online from the pages of Scientific American, the academic environment that most people come to love and value and identify plants from different parts of our county. is part of the Atlas; 11 volunteers are helping with digital halls of universities, or online sites too numerous to list. conserving their own personal place. The project represents a very time-intensive commitment photography of the herpetology collections. But what does citizen science really mean? An essential for them; the top contributor has submitted 5,685 plant element is the concept of scientific research conducted, Now we have come full-circle. Here in the Biodiversity specimens. Plant Atlas collections now number 61,705, From a broad perspective, we can see how citizen scientists in whole or in part, by amateur or avocational scientists. Research Center of the Californias, it is not a surprise and within these collections are over 300 new county have played a vital role in the growth of a voluminous body This research might take the form of data collection, data that our first citizen scientist project was the enormously records, 10 new state records, and two taxa completely of data on our geographical area. The density of information analysis, observations, or other activities. People who successful San Diego County Bird Atlas. Ornithology is one new to science! Data like this show the importance of our we have gathered, and continue to gather, regarding the participate include retired teachers, 20-something gamers, discipline wherein “amateurs” always have held a strong biodiverse region. plants, birds, , insects, , fossils, reptiles, and children. All that is required is an interest, an ability to role; the famous Christmas Bird Counts, which depend on and amphibians for this immensely biologically diverse follow directions, and access to the project itself, whether in an army of avocational birders accumulating huge amounts Since 2001, the Mammal Atlas has compiled and place we call home, is truly staggering. It started back in person or through an electronic gadget such as a computer, of data, started in 1900. Our Bird Atlas started in 1997 and georeferenced more than 30,000 occurrence records the 1800s. But it is progressing by leaps and bounds today smartphone, or tablet. was completed in 2002, with the final number of records in our area based on museum specimens, field data, as we embrace the use of digital technology to connect our at a whopping 389,574 observations. Over 400 citizen focused surveys, and reporting of citizen scientists. These museum collections and curators with local citizens, bringing Here at the San Diego Natural History Museum, our scientists were absolutely critical for this project, and 211 locations are available through an interactive map on the them together in an ongoing labor of love to fully investigate foundation rests squarely on the premise of citizen of these volunteers contributed more than 100 hours each Museum’s website. When complete, the Atlas will provide what exists here and must be protected here, for generations science. Our founding members from the 1870s believed to the Atlas. The San Diego County Bird Atlas by Curator an invaluable tool for addressing a wide range of research to come. passionately in contributing to science, whether they might be lawyers such as Daniel Cleveland, railroad surveyors like Oliver Sanford, or publishers like Charles Orcutt. None of these people were educated as biologists and yet their names are prominent among the 7.4 million specimens in our research collections. Cleveland collected scores of native plants, and his specimens from the 1800s are some of the earliest records in our herbarium. Sanford, surveyor by day, studied beetles by night. Orcutt, also known as the “Cactus Man,” collected plants, fossils, and shells in California and Baja California, as well as the oldest specimen in our herpetology collection. Women were active citizen scientists during our history as well. Rosa Smith Eigenmann, early librarian and recording secretary for the San Diego Society of Natural History, discovered a new species of fish in the Point Loma tide pools. Kate Stephens, with her husband Frank, traveled throughout San Diego and Baja California, collecting mammal and bird specimens to bring back to the Museum. Anyone who really loved the outdoors and learning about the plants and critters who share our unique environment was free to explore, discover, and add to the body of knowledge that was rapidly growing.

Later, the study of plants, , and fossils became much more specialized, until gradually the public assumed that one could not make a real contribution to natural history without a formal science education. The very word “scientist” conjured up a cerebral and isolated individual, often possessing a Ph.D., working in a laboratory at a museum or academic institution, with little or no contact with ordinary people. Sadly, the so-called Ivory Tower, the development of an arcane vocabulary, and other Longtime volunteer Annette Winner mounts a plant specimen in the Herpetology volunteer Sylvester Martinez photographing a lizard for iNaturalist, as a part of the citizen scientist project “RASCals.” Museum’s Botany Department.

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Revealing an endemic 2013. is a peccary, not a dispersal events in the Holarctic. Molecular herbivore-palm interaction in remote desert Birds and Mammals Departmental Associates heloyid (Mammalia, Artiodactyla). Journal of Phylogenetics and Evolution American Journal of Paleontology 87:930-933. 66:303-315. oases of Baja California. Ms. Suzanne Bond Herpetology Departmental Associates Plant Sciences 4 (2A): 470-478. doi: 10.4236/ Mr. Kevin Clark Mr. Clark Mahrdt Simpson, M.G. and J.P. Rebman. 2013. A new ajps.2013.42A060. Prothero, D.R. 2013. Magnetic myths: why Cryptantha Ms. Samantha Marcum Mr. Richard Schwenkmeyer magnets and magnetic fields attract New Age species of (Boraginaceae) from flimflam and flapdoodle. Skeptic 18(2):10-11. the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Wehncke, E.V., J. Rebman, X. López-Medellín, Mr. Angelo Soto-Centeno Mexico. Madroño 60(1):35-45. and E. Ezcurra. 2012. 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Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially important. Sorting insects, numbering bones, preparing simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language fossils, tagging specimens, or shelving books make a comprehensible to everyone. — Albert Einstein difference in maintaining the Museum’s collections. These volunteers know their help is critical for the research There are many reasons why a person volunteers, and for departments. volunteers at the San Diego Natural History Museum, a passion for nature and science is at the top of the list. Not A love of nature and learning is what brings volunteers to only do they want to learn about nature but they also want the Museum, but feeling they are part of something bigger to take that knowledge and distill it into tasty nuggets for is what keeps them coming back. others. Watch one of the Museum’s outreach volunteers in action and you can’t help but want to learn more about their area of interest. Their enthusiasm is infectious and together they reach over 37,000 people every year who go on to share their experiences with friends and families.

Outreach volunteers include Museum Whalers, trained VOLUNTEERS BY THE NUMBERS naturalists who provide interpretation on whale-watching cruises; Canyoneers who lead free public nature walks; and Docents, trained teaching guides who work in the TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS Museum with live animals and interpretative carts as well 51,451 as delivering programs to school groups in the community. Each group provides unique opportunities to connect TOTAL VOLUNTEERS people with nature while at the same time expanding the 754 volunteers’ knowledge of natural history.

Training is tailored for each group, and an integral part of DOLLAR VALUE OF VOLUNTEER HOURS the process is hearing directly from scientists and other $1,273,412 local experts. This contact with the scientists adds depth to the training not gained by just reading or researching on RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS VOLUNTEER HOURS their own. And the scientists view this as an opportunity 21,020 to spread their knowledge, looking for a multiplier effect when the volunteer takes what they have learned and shares with others. BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOURS 1,218 In the volunteers’ efforts, stories play a critical role and so do props. Every Canyoneer guide has a bag of tricks: CANYONEERS LED 96 HIKES FOR 1,910 PEOPLE, pictures, owl pellets, acorns, magnets, and even horehound INCLUDING 14 HIKES FOR 366 CHILDREN candy and it’s not enough for them to point out mistletoe; it’s important to talk about the connection with the birds AND CHAPERONES. that spread its seeds. Docents use interpretative carts and mounted specimens with items a child or visitor DOCENTS REACHED 4,549 STUDENTS AND A LOVE OF NATURE AND can touch and feel and they often choose topics such as CHAPERONES IN 108 CLASSES. metamorphosis to explore the wonders of nature. Museum LEARNING IS WHAT BRINGS Whalers use whale vertebrae and baleen to illustrate the MUSEUM WHALERS REACHED 31,154 PASSENGERS size and feeding behavior of the whales they love. All the VOLUNTEERS TO THE MUSEUM volunteers have the same motivation—to see the light in ON 295 CRUISES THROUGH HORNBLOWER CRUISES a child’s eye or the “wow” on an adult’s face when they AND EVENTS, AND H&M LANDING. connect with the subject matter.

Many of the outreach volunteers seek opportunities within the research departments to do even more. They find satisfaction in contributing to a scientific body of knowledge. Science is in the details, and these citizen scientists know that even the most mundane tasks are

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Robert Proulx Richard Kiy BOARD20th Anniversary OF DIRECTORS CelebrationChief Commercial Officer and GM, U.S. President & CEO, International Community FULFILLING THE VISION Operations, Silicon Biosystems Foundation Officers Twenty-two years ago the Museum came under the Virginia Crockett, Chair Jessica Dee Rohm Sergio Knaebel Special Projects Campaign Donors Senior Director, Strategic University President and CEO, Rohm Global Grant Director, Sandler Family Supporting leadership of a new executive director, Michael Hager, and As of October 9, 2013 Relations, QUALCOMM Foundation engaged in a comprehensive strategic planning process Bryce Rhodes which brought the institution back to its core strengths: Partners Jeff Block, Vice Chair Investment Manager Laura Martínez Ríos General Manager, KGTV Channel 10 Director, ProEsteros a focus on the natural history and evolution of southern Joan and Irwin Jacobs Carol Wilson California and Baja California. This region is defined by Lusardi Construction Walter J. Davis, Secretary Community Volunteer, Teacher (Retired) Tim Means its geography and the resulting biodiversity, and is now Price Charities Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired) Owner and Founder, Baja Expeditions Mary Yang, Ph.D. recognized as one of just 25 global biodiversity hot spots. Terry Moore, Treasurer Scientist Jerome Navarra $1,000,000 and above Principal, Director, Small Business & President, Jerome’s Furniture To better tell this story, the Museum initiated an ambitious California State Department of Parks and Program Divisions, Barney & Barney LLC Ellen Zinn Recreation fundraising campaign to renovate and expand the existing Community Volunteer Rodolfo Ogarrio Ms. Dale Hollis Clark in memory of Mary and Directors Executive President, Fuundea (Fundación building. The resulting Full Circle Campaign added 90,000 Dallas Clark Austin Blue Trustees Emeritus Mexicana para la Educación Ambiental square feet to the facility and created galleries and halls AC) Jerome and Eleanor Navarra Co-Founder & President, Spectrum Pamela M. Bruder designed to hold exhibitions focused on this unique region. Aeronautical and SciFly Dale Clark Nita and Henk van der Werff in memory of Mary Mary H. Clark* Rudolph Rehm and Dallas Clark Anita Busquets James Clements* Finance Partner, DCM-DOLL Capital The goal has always been to give visitors a true sense of Dennis and Carol Wilson Management President and COO, NCE Pharmaceuticals, Norman C. Roberts*, DVM place: from the geologic and paleontological past to the Inc. Harley Sefton $100,000-999,999 Thomas W. Sefton* Jaime Roberts Vildosola biological present and how they both inform the future. Mary Dawe Christy Walton Director, IAMSA Development Group Another successful campaign was completed in 2006 Legler Benbough Foundation Attorney – California Court of Appeal Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation Carolina Shepard Espinosa that allowed the Museum to tell the first half of the story, Honorary Trustees The Dunham Family in memory of Jeanne Dunham Paul Dayton, Ph.D. Founder and Director, Bahía De Los through the Fossil Mysteries exhibition. This exhibition Charmaine* and Maurice* Kaplan Ángeles Museum Carol & Henry F. Hunte Fund at the San Diego Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Philip M. Klauber showcases the rich fossil history of our region and invites Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Foundation Donna K. Sefton Laura Silvan visitors to explore the prehistory of southern California and The Walton Family Foundation Nita and Henk van der Werff John Downing Executive Director, Fundación La Puerta Baja California, Mexico. Downing Family Vineyards *deceased Tom Sparrow $10,000-$99,999 Now, launched by a grant through California State Parks Steven and Carolyn Conner Susan Evanco Principal, Eclipse Automotive Properties Community Volunteer BINATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD as part of the Proposition 84 Water Bond of 2006, and Hans and Margaret Doe Charitable Trust Roberto Valdés supplemented by generous private support, the Museum The Favrot Fund Enrique Hambleton, Co-Chair Land and Planning Development Tom Fleming Pronatura Noroeste is poised to complete the biological complement to Fossil The Barbara and David Groce Fund at The SAIC Christy Walton Mysteries. Coast to Cactus in Southern California will take San Diego Foundation Steven McDonald, Co-Chair Walton Family Foundation Philip R. and Pamela F. Palisoul and Family Tom Hazard Attorney & Counselor at Law visitors on a journey of our rare and diverse habitats from Partner, R.E. Hazard Contracting Company the ocean shore to the deserts, just 90 miles away. Coast Foundation Jim Waring Takahashi Family Fund at the San Diego Roberto Arjona Chairman, CleanTECH San Diego to Cactus will premier as the Museum’s centerpiece to the Allison Henderson Director & General Manager, Foundation Community Volunteer Rancho La Puerta Balboa Park 2015 Centennial celebration and, together with Emily Young Fossil Mysteries, will truly position the Museum as a visitor’s Georganne Hoctor Sr. Director, Environmental Analysis & Up to $9,999 Austin Blue Strategy, The San Diego Foundation center for our region. Community Volunteer, Teacher (Retired) Co-Founder & President, Spectrum Mr. and Mrs. Austin Blue Aeronautical and SciFly Virginia and Doug Crockett Matt Hom, M.D. VOLUNTEER OFFICERS In addition, plans are underway to renovate the Research Ms. Kathy Cusick and Mr. C. Dennis Morgan Founder and Medical Director, Rejuve Richard Cudney Canyoneers Library with a new exhibition, Extraordinary Ideas from Vice Admiral and Mrs. Walter J. Davis, Jr. Medspa and Wellness Conservation and Science Associate John Hopper, President Ordinary People: A History of Citizen Science. This space Dr. and Mrs. Paul K. Dayton Program Officer, Packard Foundation Rochelle Gaudette, Vice President Jeffrey Kent will be accessible to all visitors and a rotating exhibition of Mr. and Mrs. James Dawe Kent’s Bromeliads Gustavo Danemann our most precious natural history paintings, manuscripts, Mr. and Mrs. Craig Evanco Executive Director, Pronatura Noroeste, Covey Mr. Tom Fleming Peter Kovacs Pamela Hartwell, President and books will be on display. Weaving together these A.C. Michele Gerus and Jeff Block Kovacs Advisory Group exquisite collections is the story of the citizen scientists Denise and Michael Hager Iris Engstrand, Ph.D. Docents who were passionate about the natural world and spent their Diana Lindsay Professor of History, University of San Rosemary Kelley, President Ms. Allison Henderson and Dr. Jay Miles Sunbelt Publications Diego Jill Crane, Vice President life’s work documenting their observations. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hoctor Carol Sebastian-Neely, Vice President Steven McDonald Dr. and Mrs. Matt Hom Martin Goebel The Board of the Museum approved the 30-month Special Attorney & Counselor at Law Executive Director, Sustainable Northwest Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kent Whalers Projects Campaign in December 2012, with a goal of $14.9 Diana and Lowell Lindsay Doris Allsup, President Dennis Morgan Alan Harper, Ph.D. million with $9.6 million already in hand. The Campaign Mr. and Mrs. Robert Proulx Attorney Karen Marshall, President Terra Peninsular, AC includes planning and implementation funds for both Mr. and Mrs. Eberhard H. Rohm Ms. Jeanne M. Shupala Jerome Navarra Davida Herzl exhibitions as well as bridge funding to sustain operational Jerome’s Furniture Co-Founder & CEO, Aclima Inc. support. Campaign policies allow for multi-year pledges and Mr. Michael J. Smith Managing Partner, NextEarth Group, LLC Dr. Mary M. Yang Pam Palisoul permanent recognition opportunities are available to donors The Palisoul Company at the $10,000 level and above.

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Michael W. Hager, Ph.D. Art Direction and Design President and CEO Mary Lou Morreal

Susan M. Loveall Editorial Committee Vice President, CFO and COO Eowyn Bates Margaret Dykens Ann M. Laddon Rebecca Handelsman Vice President, Institutional Advancement Hallie Johnson Ann M. Laddon Michael Wall, Ph.D. Donna Raub Curator of Entomology Michael Wall, Ph.D. Vice President, Research and Public Programs Photography: Michael Jackson, Lee Passmore, Jon P. Tom Deméré, Ph.D. Rebman, Ph.D., Bob Ross, Laura Williams Curator of Paleontology Cover photo: Citizen scientist F.E. Beck, a San Diegan Bradford Hollingsworth, Ph.D. who in the 1920s found his first trapdoor spider Curator of Herpetology in Balboa Park and later became a trapdoor spider enthusiast. He even kept a homemade nursery for his Jon P. Rebman, Ph.D. spiders in his backyard! This photo was taken by another Curator of Botany San Diego citizen scientist, Lee Passmore. The image Mary and Dallas Clark Endowed Chair of Botany accompanied an article by Mr. Passmore, California Trapdoor Spider Performs Engineering Marvels, in the Philip Unitt August 1933 issue of National Geographic. Many of Lee Curator of Birds and Mammals Passmore’s photos, such as this one, were donated to the Dennis and Carol Wilson Endowed Chair of Ornithology San Diego Natural History Museum.

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