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2016 National Parks BioBlitz - Gateway: Jamaica Bay BioBlitz

The 2016 BioBlitz at Gateway National Recreation Area will explore organisms in all taxonomic groups and engage new audiences to expand park participation to more fully reflect the diversity of communities in NYC.

Project URL: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/biodiversity/national-parks-bioblitz.htm

Geographic Scope: Gateway National Recreation Area

Project Status: Complete - not recruiting volunteers

Participation Tasks: Classification or tagging, Data analysis, Data entry, Finding entities, Identification, Learning, Observation, Site selection and/or description, Specimen/sample collection,

Start Date: 2016-06-10

Project Contact: patricia_Rafferty@nps.gov

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Fields of Science: Biology, Education, Nature and outdoors

Intended Outcomes: Programmatic, Research development, Civic and community, Individual learning, Conservation,