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Previous BioBlitzes

Over the last ten years, scientists and volunteers have catalogued thousands of species in BioBlitzes across the globe.

What's it like to be in the middle of a Blitz? As a Smithsonian magazine writer put it: "A BioBlitz is an event in which dozens of scientists fan out across some unlikely habitat, hell-bent on recording every species they can find, dead or alive, in a 24-hour period. ... They [are] prepared to dance like butterflies, sing like chickadees or do almost anything else this scavenger hunt required."

Read about a few past BioBlitzes:

Chattanooga, Tennessee (2007)

Potomac Gorge, Maryland (2006)

Boulder, Colorado (2004)

Central Park, New York (2003)

Hartford, Connecticut (1999)

POSTED BY NANCY GUPTON/BIOBLITZ TEAM AT 4:14 AM

 

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To celebrate biodiversity and America’s parks, National Geographic is sponsoring and helping to host one BioBlitz each year through 2016, the centennial of the U.S. National Park Service. Join us in person if you can, or experience the events online and share your thoughts on our living chronicle, the BioBlitz blog.

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