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Bioblitz
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BioBlitz is both an educational event for on-lookers and a fun and exciting opportunity for biologists with taxonomic skills or specialties of any sort to get together and have 24 hours to ID every species living in an ~700 acre area. It's been happening on the east coast since 1996 and has become something of a competition, kind of like an olympics for biologists. The record so far was near Waldon Pond where they recorded over 1900 spp from 3pm to 3pm the following day. Xerces is a sponsor for the first Western BioBlitz, providing some taxonomic expertise and advertising the event to the community of invertebrate fans and scientists. The event will begin at 3:pm on Friday, June 16 and end at 3:pm on Saturday, June 17th, and will be held at Champoeg State Heritage Area just south of Portland, Oregon. Camping is available and an interpretive center will serve as headquarters for the event.
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Participants: Anyone from buggers to birders, rodent lovers to fungi fans and flower folks are welcome. Surely we can find 2000 species. For more info check out the flyer at this website. Please feel free to print the flyer and post it at your institution. Please tell others who might get a kick out this event about this website or pass on get them in contact with Jeff at jadams@xerces.org. Hope to see some of you there!
On-lookers: If you're going to be in the area, please take the opportunity to enjoy and experience the true diversity of the Northwest and have a chance to meet local scientists who study the life that surrounds us.
For more information on BioBlitz you might start with an entertaining story written about one of the eastern BioBlitzes in Smithsonian Magazine. You might also check out some of the following websites:
BioBlitz: a tool for biodiversity exploration, education, and investigation
BioBlitzes around the world
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