RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 11Th.
The Nature Museum Summer Bioblitz
Sunday, August 11th from 10AM - 1PM, at The Nature Museum
No Registration needed, please read of the information below to arrive prepare to add to the count!
Great for kids ages 12 and up.
We need your help! Join us for the Nature Museum’s first ever bioblitz! So, what is a bioblitz? It is a coordinated communal effort to observe and document as many species in a defined area as possible within a short period of time. Given continued restoration and conservation efforts in the Chapman Meadow, having more data on species during the peak summer will be important data to help the museum discover existing biodiversity now and in the future. Additionally, we’ll be submitting our findings via iNaturalist to further contribute citizen science data to local, regional, national, and global biodiversity repositories.
Whether you’re a casual observer of the world around you or an expert scientist, join us to discover and learn together. No technology required. We’ll have have a variety of ID guides, but staff will be able to show you the basics of iNaturalist using your smartphone or tablet!
What is iNaturalist?
iNaturalist is a lot of different things, but at its core, iNaturalist is an online social network of people sharing biodiversity information to help each other learn about nature. It's also a crowdsourced species identification system and an organism occurrence recording tool. You can use it to record your own observations, get help with identifications, collaborate with others to collect this kind of information for a common purpose, or access the observational data collected by iNaturalist users.
Contribute to Science!
Every observation can contribute to biodiversity science, from the rarest butterfly to the most common backyard weed. We share your findings with scientific data repositories like the Global Biodiversity Information Facility to help scientists find and use your data. All you have to do is observe.
Learn more about iNaturalist here: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/about
Read below for details and how to prepare:
Please meet us at the The Nature Museum, 186 Townshend Rd., Grafton, VT 05146. Please park in the parking lot directly across the street from the museum. Please be aware of no parking signs and tenant parking signs.
Plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early to give yourself time to check in and get settled before the program/event. Doors will open at 9:30AM.
Participants will have the option to explore any part of the Nature Museum ground! Areas you choose to explore may have uneven/unlevel terrain and variable ground conditions. Unless there is hazardous weather, this program will occur rain or shine.
Please come with proper footwear, clothing, a reusable water bottle, bug spray/sunscreen, and snacks to keep you safe and comfortable.
Bring your smartphone or tablet! Staff will be happy to show you the basics of the iNaturalist app. We strongly encourage you to download the app ahead of time from the Apple Store or Google Play Store. If you prefer books and paper, we will assit you with that as well.
Send any questions to Jay DeGregorio at jay@nature-museum.org, or you can reach us at 802-843-2111. Thank you for your interest and support. We look forward to seeing you for this important and fun citizen science program!