Here comes the Portage Valley BioBlitz!

Image via Wikipedia The Portage Valley BioBlitz is part of a network of BioBlitzes happening all over the world. A blend of science and celebration, citizen scientists (you!) team up with the pros to catalog plants & animals in Portage Valley in the heart of the Chugach Children’s Forest. 24 hours of fun and discovery. Findings are catalogued and displayed for the whole world to see and to use for further research.

When, where & what

The Portage Valley BioBlitz takes place from noon to noon (12PM-12PM) July 23 - July 24. Our Valley will ring out with the sounds of explorers marking down and writing up the local flora and fauna. Any pure science you take part in can be augmented with various other equally fun non-scientific outdoor activities, and you can also, if you wish, do some crafty stuff or hang out with very knowledgeable scientists.
Portage Valley BioBlitz is the first of its kind in southcentral AK and is sponsored by the Chugach National Forest, the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center, and the Alaska Department of Fish & Game Wildlife Diversity program. There's going to be a herd of naturalists and swarms of nature enthusiasts from across the area turning out to inventory all the animals, plants, fungi, terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates, and the millions of micro-organisms. Come ready to find out what all that stuff growing in Southcentral's backyard really is, and what it's doing there.

For more information contact:

Chugach National Forest
3301 C St., Anchorage, AK
907-743-9500