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SUMMARY:Nature of Acton and Boxborough 2024 BioBlitz
DESCRIPTION:Help protect and promote healthy\, resilient ecosystems! \nCelebrate and document biodiversity in Acton and Boxborough. Contribute to the iNaturalist database as a citizen scientist. How to participate? Download the “iNaturalist” app\, /www.inaturalist.org\, on your smartphone\, search for projects and click on our “Nature of Acton and Boxborough April 2024” project. To participate\, you must Join the project. For more info\, visit BioBlitz 2024. \nThere are over 2\,000 acres of conservation areas in Acton and Boxborough with a variety of habitats\, such as cattail marshes\, ponds\, open fields and dense forests. These habitats host snapping turtles\, reptiles\, frogs\, insects\, birds\, mammals\, and many plant species. Another 3\,000 acres of private lands provide habitat for wildlife\, including two steps outside your door! What kind of wildlife lives here? Let’s find out this April! \nIf you participated last year\, your account is still active and you are already a member of the Nature of Acton and Boxborough April 2024 project. When ready\, snap away at any plant\, animal or fungus you see and get it on our list. Can we break 500 species this year? Who can ID the most? Taking observations of wildlife helps advance science too! According to National Geographic\, “High quality data uploaded to iNaturalist become part of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility\, an open source database used by scientists and policy makers around the world.”  \n\nThe Boston Area City Nature Challenge will count all observations from April 26 to 29. For more information about the Boston Area CNC\, visit: https://www.bostoncnc.org/ \nThe 2023 BioBlitz was a collaboration of people from Acton Conservation Trust\, Green Acton\, Acton PIP Stem\, Acton Men’s Outdoor Club\, Energize Acton\, Acton Discovery Museum and Boxborough Conservation Trust. \nThere were two articles published about the Bioblitz: \nhttps://actonconservationtrust.org/nature-of-acton-and-boxborough-june-2023/ \nhttps://www.actonexchange.org/acton-boxborough-bioblitz-identified-514-species-of-plants-and-animals/ \nEnergizeActon.org is a joint project of the Acton Climate Coalition and the Town of Acton Sustainability Office.  \nWe meet the first and third Wednesdays of each month at noon. If you would like to volunteer in any capacity\, please email us at energizeacton.org@gmail.com.
URL:https://energizeacton.org/event/nature-of-acton-and-boxborough-2024-bioblitz/
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