BioBlitz 2009
Groundwork Hudson Valley and the Saw Mill River Coalition are excited to have received a grant from the Westchester Community Foundation to organize a BioBlitz along the Saw Mill River! The Saw Mill River BioBlitz was held Friday and Saturday September 25th and 26th, 2009.
The BioBlitz brought together over fifty scientists and naturalists to survey the watershed over a 24 hour period, compiling a biodiversity inventory that can now be used to nurture, preserve, and protect the existing species in our urban watershed. The scientists identified over 650 different species and counting!
The second goal of the BioBlitz is to reach out to watershed communities to acquaint them with the biodiversity in their own back yards. To this end we hosted a Junior BioBlitz, a lecture series, a nature walk, and roundtable discussions that were made free to the public.
Please visit our BioBlitz site for more information and updates.
Read Articles About the Event:
The Journal News: BioBlitz to inventory parkway’s species
By Greg Clary, September 25, 2009
The Journal News: BioBlitz sends scientists up and down Saw Mill River collecting data
By Ernie Garcia, September 26, 2009
The Junior BioBlitz
By Deborah Maier
The Rivertowns Enterprise: Saw Mill blitz catalogs life in all it’s forms (Page 1)
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By Dina Sciortino, October 2, 2009
