Biodiversity and climate participatory research, co-creative citizen science, community engagement–Read about EwA from its partners and the local media.

□ Civic Science Media Lab
Engaging Naturalists, Nature Lovers, and Scientists in New Ways
Earthwise Aware in Boston is creating a space for dialogue and collaboration between scientists, naturalists, and nature-lovers. Founder Claire O’Neill explains.
March, 2025 | By Emma Sobieski ( Civic Science Media Lab )
□ WBZ NewsRadio (aired on Local News)
Rogue Trails At Middlesex Fells Reservation Give Root To Invasive Plants.
The state park north of Boston has seen an explosion of invasive plant species in recent years, says naturalist Claire O’Neill, president of conservationist non-profit Earthwise Aware.
May 28, 2024 | By Chaiel Schaffel ( WBZ NewsRadio )
□ WBUR (aired on Local News, and Science Friday)
New disease continues to spread in beech trees across Mass.
“We can really alert very early when there is an issue,” said Claire O’Neill, director of the nonprofit’s biodiversity and climate participatory science program. She said that because they look at the ecosystem as a whole, they can spot what is unusual.
October 24, 2023 | By Paula Moura ( WBUR Local News | Science Friday )
□ The Boston Globe
A joyous discovery: Rare salamanders are making a comeback in the Middlesex Fells
Mid-February, EwA’s fieldwork yielded an important discovery before spring even arrived, with the documentation of a marbled salamander larva at one of our winter forest explorations. This larva is the first evidence of a reproductive adult in the fells since the species was last seen in in this area in the 1930s.
April 20, 2023 | By Don Lyman Globe Correspondent
□ The Boston Globe
A century before the first Earth Day, there was the Forest Festival in the Middlesex Fells
The spirit of the Forest Festival is alive again today. People streamed to the woods during the pandemic, strengthening interest in protecting these public spaces (…). Earthwise Aware encourages volunteers to collect data on the changing cycles of trees, insects, and amphibians, the better to track biodiversity (…)
April 10, 2022 | By Dan McKanan
□ Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation
Highlights from EwA’s 2020 Conservation Work
Partnering with the Friends of the Fells, Earthwise Aware (EwA) naturalists and citizen scientists have just completed their second full year of field work in the Fells. The result is summarized in several wonderful digital reports now available online (…)
March 2, 2021
□ Caterpillars Count! (University of North Carolina)
Arthropod Count Site’s Spotlight: Earthwise Aware
EwA has been one of the consistent leaders in conducting and submitting Caterpillars Count! surveys (…)
Sept 2020 Caterpillars Count! Newsletter
□ USA National Phenology Network
USA-NPN PhenoChampion Winners: Earthwise Aware
PhenoChampions are Local Phenology Programs that go above & beyond to engage their volunteers in long-term phenology programs. The 2019 winner is EwA, a conservation npo (…)
Apr-May 2020 USA-NPN Newsletter
□ Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation
Partner’s Profile–Citizen Science with Earthwise Aware
The Friends of the Fells is excited that EwA chose the Fells as one of its key research locations, engaging our community in research about this unique oasis in an urban environment.
May 17, 2020
□ Cambridge Community Television
Fresh Pond Insect Study Helps Cambridge Understand the Importance of Biodiversity
Earthwise Aware, a local organization is putting science in the hands of the public but what is Cambridge willing to do with what it learns?
Jul 15, 2019
□ Friends of the Middlesex Fells Reservation
Local Citizen Scientists in the International ‘City Nature Challenge’ Report Great Success in the Fells
Friends of the Fells Board Member and Earthwise Aware President/Founder, Claire O’Neill (front row below, 2nd from right), reports that the recent CNC project (April 2019) supplied about 5% of all the Boston-area observations!
May 21, 2019
□ Scout Somerville
‘No Ph.D. Needed’: How Regular Citizens Can Help Prevent Biodiversity Loss
Only about 12 percent of Americans are literate in ecological issues, according to Claire O’Neill, founder of Somerville-based Earthwise Aware. The environmental advocacy organization’s goal is not to throw money at big beautification projects or to find a miracle solution for climate change and habitat loss, but to make gradual change through learning.
Mar 29, 2019
□ Harvard Magazine
Exploring the Middlesex Fells
A new Friends partnership with Earthwise Aware, a nonprofit ecological … Ponds and Bear Hill Trail, explains Earthwise Aware president Claire O’Neill, and the …
Aug 16, 2018
Print Friendly, PDF & Email