The 2009 Indiana Dunes BioBlitz has completed! See pictures and details on the Blog! The current tally for species found is 1,200. Download this preliminary list (PDF)!
Please check back soon for information on the 2010 BioBlitz in Biscayne National Park, FL.
About the Project
BioBlitz is a 24-hour event in which teams of scientists, volunteers, and community members join forces to find, identify, and learn about as many local plant and animal species as possible. National Geographic is helping conduct a BioBlitz in a different park each year throughout the decade leading up to the U.S. National Park Service Centennial in 2016.
Read all about it on our blog!
Last year's BioBlitz took place in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area May 30 and 31 in collaboration with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and California State Parks. The public found and identified more than 1,700 unique species in the park, plus several that have not yet been identified.
In 2007, National Geographic hosted the Rock Creek Park BioBlitz in Washington, D.C. Teams made up of biologists, families, school groups, youth groups, conservationists, and government leaders spent 24 hours combing the city's urban park. They found and identified 661 unique species in the park, plus several that have not yet been identified.
Project Goals
Project founders organized BioBlitz as a way for communities to learn about the biological diversity of local parks and to better understand how to protect them. BioBlitz events give adults, kids, and teens the opportunity to join biologists in the field, participate in bona fide research expeditions, and learn from the experts about biodiversity—both around the planet and in our own backyards.
The Indiana Dunes National Geographic-National Park Service BioBlitz is made possible in part by the generous support of:
- Olympus
- Southwest Airlines
- The Verizon Foundation
- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
- Indiana American Water
- The Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation
