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To protect biodiversity, think globally and act locally! For 24 hours, we count as many species as we can find in our nature park. We share what we find with “budding” and “expert” naturalists of all ages! more…
This annual event is co-hosted by the College Station Recreation & Parks and the Student Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology at TAMU.
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PROGRAM OF EVENTS- PUBLIC INVITED
Friday April 4, 2008 @ SPEAKERS TENT
6:00- 9:00 pm Stargazing & telescopes with Brazos Region Astronomy Service Society(sedentary)CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
7:30- 9:00 pm Insect Black Lighting with Insect Survey Team (sedentary)
7:00 pm Reptiles & amphibians with Herp Survey Team (moderately strenuous, some off-trail; bring flashlights)
7:30 pm Owl walk with Bird Survey Team (moderately strenuous, on rough trail; bring flashlights)
8:00 pm Reptiles & amphibians with Herp Survey Team (moderately strenuous, some off-trail; bring flashlights)
8:30 pm Owl walk with Bird Survey Team (moderately strenuous, on rough trail; bring flashlights)
Saturday April 5, 2008
@ TRAIL BETWEEN PARKING LOTS
10 am - 4 pm Survey team booths: displays, KidBlitz activities
RAINY DAY PLAN: Booths will be moved to main parking lot
@ SPEAKERS TENT IN MAIN PARKING LOT
10:00 am Fish Talk: Q&A with Fish Team
10:30 am Fish Walk (2 hr, strenuous, wet )
11:00 am Insect Talk: Q&A with Invertebrate Team
11:30 am Insect Walk ( 30 min. not strenuous)
12 noon Mammal Talk: Q&A with Mammal Team
12:30 pm Mammal Walk (1 hr, moderately strenuous, some off-trail)
1:00 pm Plant Talk: Q&A with Plant Team
1:30 pm Plant Walk (30 min, not strenuous, on trail)
2:00 pm Bird Talk: Q&A with Bird Team
2:30 pm Bird Walk (1 hour, moderately strenuous, on trail)
3:00 pm Herp Talk: Q&A with Herp Team
3:30 pm Grand Tally of All Species Counted in 24 hr
4:00 pm Closing ceremony
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BioBlitz is in the news! Check out these two articles:
http://wild-wonderings.blogspot.com/
http://www.theeagle.com/lifestyles/Researchers-need-help-of-volunteers
A door in the forest! Who can solve this mystery?
http://www.bio.tamu.edu/courses/biol301/door.html
P.S. while we were doing a map-making activity with the girl scouts at the trail head, two gals unloaded this door from a pick up, wheeled it into Lick Creek on a dollie. They said it was for an art project!
This blog is an excellent way to check out BioBlitz in advance, my compliments to the creators. I am looking forward to attending.
The previous event map did not have the names of the survey teams assigned to each booth. Those have been added. Please check out the new & revised
version! If any of the teams have problems with the location assigned to them, feel free to swap tent locations with another team.
—Jane
Q: This blog is wonderful! I’m impressed at how thorough it is. I’m embarrassed to say I can’t find the map, though~!
A: The link to the event map is in blue on the ABOUT page. Thanks for exploring!
Q: According to the event map, the Bird tent will be set up by SCB on Saturday morning, is that correct?
A: That is our current plan! Check in for any last minute fine-tuning or changes, with the people at the registration tent, or with Kristen.
NEWS FLASH:
Thanks to the efforts of all our partners, BioBlitz 2008 was a tremendous success! Over 400 members of our community participated. Survey teams documented over 330 species: 50 birds, 13 fish, 13 herps, 89 invert families, 10 mammals, 156 plants.
Survey coordinators reminded us the count is a conservative estimate of biodiversity, since the invertebrates were counted at the family level,due to the difficulty of identifying all specimens at the species level. Many species we know live in the park were not documented in this 24 hour period.
Above all, the smiles on kids faces made it all worthwhile. Our teams demonstrated the value of caring and sharing nature in our Brazos Valley! We hope you will join us again next year and bring a friend!
Great information, Thank You for sharing……….
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