Become a citizen scientist!

Discover unexpected animal and plant species hiding in our woodlands, prairies and wetlands.

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What will you discover in a BioBlitz?

Indian Creek Nature Center is hosting our first ever BioBlitz June 25 – July 1 as part of our yearlong celebration of our 50th anniversary.

Bring your family and friends and join the Nature Center and scientific professionals as a citizen scientist in recording biodiversity across Indian Creek Nature Center’s grounds and trails.

Help us to observe as many species as possible during the final week of June. This information will be extremely beneficial to the Nature Center as it will support education and land management decisions.

This event is free and open to all. How to ID Sessions will be available for people looking to have a more in-depth experience discovering, identifying and observing different species. These sessions are free but since space is limited, attendees are asked to pre-register.

Amazing Space, the Indian Creek Nature Center headquarters, will be open and staffed for extended hours from 8AM – 8PM every day of the BioBlitz. As visitors explore they will find staff and volunteers available to help navigate the trail system, track observations with the free iNaturalist app and identify the species that you find. In addition, a trained Master Naturalist will be available on the trails from 4PM – 6PM every day of the event to help you identify your discoveries!

If citizen scientists wish to search for biodiversity off trail, please dress appropriately and, as much as possible, not disrupt the environment.

What’s a BioBlitz?

A BioBlitz is a survey involving the community in efforts to document as many living things as possible in a certain area.

We are asking you to use the iNaturalist app to log all of your observations if possible. The iNaturalist app can be found, free of charge, in the Apple App Store and in the Google Play Store. There will also be a paper form available for tracking observations.