Has anyone noticed how much media coverage citizen science is getting? Bird counts, tree monitoring, bee cataloguing, water testing, ocean analyses, air sampling and star gazing – the list goes on and on…The Rutgers Cooperative and Research Extension, for example, has formed a partnership with Duke Farms, the Atlantic County Utilities Authority and others to create a statewide Environmental Stewardship certification program which produces science-literate graduates, but it does not train enrollees to actually collect data. The program trains graduates in the basic processes of earth, air, water and biological systems…Explaining the emphasis, Bruce Barbour the program director said, “If there’s one focus I personally try to communicate, it’s to try to kindle an enthusiasm in the science process and a greater awareness of the role that participants should be playing, whether or not they have an educational background in science.”