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May 19, 2007
8:00 am-5:30 pm
Anna Page Park (map)

What’s part contest, part festival, part educational event, part scientific endeavor?

It’s the Four Rivers Environmental Coalition and the Rockford Park District’s BioBlitz:

This great day is provided to you … ALL FREE !!! This event is a first in the area and you can be a part of it.

What is a BioBlitz? A BioBlitz is a scientific race against time, measuring the diversity of life to be found in a defined area. The more diverse the living organisms, the greater the quality of the habitat.

Participate all-day or for part of this exciting program as we send scientist and citizen assistants out in the field to identify and count as many different life forms as we can. They have only one day to complete this assignment of the site’s biodiversity, and you can help!

The BioBlitz fieldwork sessions begin at 8:00 am and continue throughout the day. Session topics include: Aquatic Critters, Birds, Fungi, Insects, Plants, and Trees/ Shrubs. There will also be nature activities throughout the day, separate from the fieldwork sessions.

Field team workers must be at least 8 years old and must register in order to participate in one or more of these sessions. An adult must accompany children under the age of 14. While helpful, no prior experience or scientific knowledge is required; just a good curiosity is all that is needed. The day will conclude with a report of the day’s findings at 5:00 pm.