“It matters to people that there are birds in their city, that they can hear the sounds of nature, that they can see green places right in their backyard.” 🐦🌳
Urban ecology research funded by the National Science Foundation helped make that possible—before funding cuts to federal conservation science went into effect.
Without this interdisciplinary research, American cities and towns lose out on information we need to protect clean air, balanced ecosystems, and healthy communities. That’s why we’re standing up for #S
cienceThatServes 🔬