Scottish American naturalist John Muir once said that “between every two pines, there is a doorway to a new world.”
The University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute is looking to expand that doorway beyond just the pines -- to other trees, wildflowers, cacti and other vegetation worldwide with its Global Vegetation Project.
The mission of the Global Vegetation Project is to inspire and empower people of all ages to learn about the diversity of vegetation on Earth and to provide educators with a resource for teaching online. The goal is to bring the field into the classroom in a way that was previously impossible, enabling visual and interactive experiences that link vegetation and climate at the global scale.
“Our focus is global in scope. We are getting lots of photos from South America, which is exciting,” says Daniel Laughlin, project director for the Global Vegetation Project. “But, naturally, many of our first photos are from North America, and we have plans to make sure that the Rocky Mountain and High Plains ecoregions are well represented in the database for use in Wyoming schools.”
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Image via John Dwyer.