---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bennett, Susan <susie_benn...@nps.gov> Date: Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 3:55 PM Subject: GGNRA Bioblitz--March 28 and 29 To: kipw...@berkeley.edu
Greetings Dr. Kipling, Daniel George and Darren Fong suggested I contact you about an exciting event currently being planned. The National Geographic Society (NGS) and the National Park Service (NPS) are teaming up to conduct a BioBlitz in the Golden Gate National Parks (including the 460 acre Giacomini Wetlands on Tomales Bay) on March 28–29, 2014. BioBlitz is an all-taxa species inventory in which teams of volunteers, each led by an expert scientist, find and identify as many species as possible within a 24-hour period. We are currently recruiting field biologists and naturalists to participate in the Golden Gate BioBlitz, and we invite you to join us! Researchers may survey on their own or lead a group of amateur naturalists (preferred) that we will recruit and match with a leader. We are excited to request your help in documenting the Parks’ biodiversity and in sharing your knowledge about and enthusiasm for nature with the public. If you are interested, please register at http://ggnpc.convio.net/bioblitz -scientist as soon as possible (ideally before January 31) to ensure your preferred inventory locations are still available and so that we can best match you with specific field sites and inventory programs. We will be in touch with you again in the coming weeks to confirm your participation and inventory details. If you have colleagues interested in participating, please share the registration link or have them contact me for further details. You can find more info online at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/projects/bioblitz /golden-gate-california-2014/. Susie Bennett San Mateo County Natural Resource Management Specialist Golden Gate National Recreation Area cell: 415 265-1540 email: susie_benn...@nps.gov -- -- Contact info: Kipling W. Will Associate Professor/Insect Systematist Director, Essig Museum of Entomology send specimens to: Essig Museum of Entomology 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, #4780 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-4780 letter mail to: 130 Mulford Hall ESPM Dept.- Organisms & Environment Div. University of California Berkeley, California 94720 fax 510-643-5438
