Throughout National Wildlife Week (April 21 - 29), which intersects Earth Day, about 30 bloggers (signed up in a mere three days since the announcement) will be spending the week conducting bioblitzes across the world - the US, Panama, Canada, etc. - compiling the information gained into tallies and grand totals of species, then georeferencing the whole bit on an interactive world map, showing our results spatially.
The event has evolved quite a bit in the few days. The main discussion takes place at a Google Group; anyone can join as a participant or just a spectator. For a full explanation of the event, please see the original announcement (links below). It's not meant to be a contest, nor is meant to be a hard source of taxonomic data. It is meant to be a fun little excursion to highlight little pockets of biodiversity across the world. Even if you are not a blogger, there have been several bloggers that have volunteered to post their reader's submitted results. You can read more about the Bioblitz here (cut and paste link into browser): http://scienceblogs.com/voltagegate/2007/03/blogger_bioblitz_updates_ii.php and at the official Google Group (cut and paste link into browser): http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-bioblitz Please join us! You can contact me directly at thevoltagegate [at] gmail.com if you have any questions or suggestions. We'd appreciate your help in spreading the word. Jeremy Bruno http://scienceblogs.com/voltagegate
