Bring your friends and join the nation by participating in Indiana’s 2016 BioBlitz!

This webinar will detail the process for collecting data on flora and fauna in your geographic area. This can happen in a national/state/local park, school yard or library grounds, back yard or neighborhood, or around an office building. A BioBlitz provides an opportunity for anyone to become a citizen scientist by gathering flora and fauna information about a place. Around the country, people are engaging in a national BioBlitz May 20-21. Data can be collected any time in May. We will all contribute to the national collection of data commemorating the 100^th anniversary of the National Park Service.

Using the iNaturalist webpage and app, you can easily contribute to the efforts to gather information about Indiana’s flora and fauna: urban, suburban, & rural. Every place matters!

Librarians and teachers can learn about BioBlitz events taking part across the country here:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/projects/bioblitz/national-parks-2016/

This webinar is eligible for 1 TLEU which you will receive via email from your presenter within 30 days.

 REGISTER AT http://webinar.isl.in.gov/bioblitz2016/event/registration.html

Test your computer to make sure you have all the required Adobe add-ins to participate in the webinar before the webinar begins.  See http://www.in.gov/library/files/Adobe_Diagnostic.pdf for instructions.

 LOG IN on the scheduled day and time at http://webinar.isl.in.gov/bioblitz2016/event/login.html

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