Figure 1
A timeline of phases in the evolution of the Utah Fox Squirrel Citizen Science Project. UDWR = Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; NHMU = Natural History Museum of Utah.
Figure 2
Digital image of the 2022 Squirrel Fest art piece given to participants. The drawing was commissioned from a local Diné (Navajo) artist, Michael Haswood. The Museum printed the art on magnets that were then mailed to the first 250 participants (Copyright Natural History Museum of Utah).
Figure 3
A photograph of the Museum’s very popular squirrel yard sign, which can be used year-round, to encourage participation in the Fox Squirrel Citizen Science Project.
Figure 4
A graph showing cumulative number of observations of fox squirrels in Utah from iNaturalist and Survey123 platforms, 2013–2025. Crowd-sourced survey submissions have steadily increased over the course of the Fox Squirrel Citizen Science Project.