Clearing the Path: Citizen Science and Public Decision Making in the United States
Author
James McElfish, John Pendergrass, Talia Fox
Date Released
April 2016

This report was prepared by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) with the Commons Lab at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. It examines laws and policies that affect public decision makers’ ability to use and rely on information generated by citizen science projects. The report addresses how citizen science programs can be organized, conducted, and communicated to improve public decisions.