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BioBlitz

Published May 27th, 2007 in Uncategorized.

According to the National Geographic Society, under the auspices of their Conservation Trust, a “BioBlitz”Bioblitzing with the National Geographic Society a 24-hour event in which a team of scientists, volunteers, and community members join forces to find, identify, and learn about as many local species as possible. The 2007 BioBlitz was in Rock Creek Park and was the first of 10 Bioblizes to be conducted in conjunction with the U.S. National Park Service. The next Bioblitz will be in 2008 in the Santa Monica Mountains. Check out more about BIOBLITZ!

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  1. 1 jorgesalazar May 30th, 2007 at 2:10 pm

    This is pretty cool, I need to try this at home some time. Let’s see, there’s some St. Augustine grass, a hackberry, a sparrow, …

    Some of the best times I’ve had hiking have been with a naturalist (my wife) who really knows about the flora and fauna. Kudos to BioBlitz!

  2. 2 beth Jun 5th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    Yeah, this is very cool! my roomie’s an avid gardener, so she’s had lots of concern about this issue…the bees are the bees knees.

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Writer, editor, photojournalist, cartoonist, Beverly Spicer is the E-Bits columnst at The Digital Journalist, a video and photojournalism webzine at http://digitaljournalist. org. She is a diarist and author of two books. Her undergraduate degree is in physiological psychology and biological sciences, and she has a interdisciplinary Master of Science in architectural studies combining architecture, neuroscience, and Middle Eastern studies. .

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