Asilomar PG Museum Citizen Science Day

On April 14th The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History will celebrate Citizen Science Day by kicking off a BioBlitz at two locations: Garland Ranch Regional Park and Asilomar State Beach. To celebrate crowd-sourced science and our local ecosystems these BioBlitzes will remain open through the week leading up to Earth Day. People of all ages and skill levels are welcome! Bring your curiosity, a mobile device or digital camera, and tons of enthusiasm. Please remember that the terrain in tide pools can be slippery and sharp: Closed toes shoes and long pants are strongly encouraged!

A BioBlitz is a public study of local biodiversity powered by the iNaturalist mobile device application developed by the California Academy of Sciences. For this event we will be observing and identifying freshwater aquatic insect larva and other macroinvertebrates at Garland Ranch as well as Pacific mole crabs and a variety of organisms common to our local tide pools at Asilomar Beach.

Information and instructions on how to participate in a BioBlitz will be available April 14th from 10 AM to 3 PM in the Museum Bird Room. On April 14th Museum docents be on site at Asilomar Beach from 10 AM to 12:15 PM to count Pacific mole crabs and at Asilomar Tide Pools from 12:30 to 3 PM to identify a wide variety of tide pool organisms.

Directions to Asilomar Beach: http://limpets.org/site/asilomar-main-beach/
Directions to Asilomar Tide Pools: http://limpets.org/site/asilomar-state-beach/

You can come out on the 14th and learn how to observe and catalog local species, then return to either sampling site throughout the week and continue to explore on your own or share what you have learned with a friend! menos ↑