Posts Tagged ‘Bioblitz’

David, Toni, Martha, and Brad

Attorney David Hiestand, with his wife, Martha, and friends, attended the National Geographic BioBlitz at the Indiana Dunes on May 16, 2009.  From the BioBlitz website:

BioBlitz is a 24-hour event in which teams of scientists, volunteers, and community members join forces to find, identify, and learn about as many local plant and animal species as possible. National Geographic is helping conduct a BioBlitz in a different park each year throughout the decade leading up to the U.S. National Park Service Centennial in 2016.

Last year’s BioBlitz took place in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area May 30 and 31 in collaboration with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and California State Parks. The public found and identified more than 1,700 unique species in the park, plus several that have not yet been identified.

In 2007, National Geographic hosted the Rock Creek Park BioBlitz in Washington, D.C. Teams made up of biologists, families, school groups, youth groups, conservationists, and government leaders spent 24 hours combing the city’s urban park. They found and identified 661 unique species in the park, plus several that have not yet been identified.