Volunteers will join in this biodiversity survey, a focus on plants, including invasive and rare species, in semi-improved and improved pastures, wetlands, dry prairie, upland scrub, and flatwoods habitats.
Specifically seeking volunteers with plant identification experience and using smartphones, volunteers will take pictures, upload them into iNaturalist, and identify species.
The DeLuca Preserve is 27,000 acres near Yeehaw Junction, Fl., donated by the widow of Fred DeLuca one of the founders of Subway restaurants. DeLuca was 17 when he founded the company which eventually made him a fortune. He partnered with a South Florida developer to purchase the Florida land in 2004 at $5,000 an acre with hopes to build a new city there.
But years later was stymied by the Florida Department of Community Affairs which objected to the plan. After years of legal issues and DeLuca suing his partner the project was abandoned.
Where: The DeLuca Preserve, 6900 S. Kenansville Road, Okeechobee (approximate address - further details will be provided prior to the BioBlitz).
Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022. Check-in and instructions at 8am, return to the check-in site by 3pm.
Bring water, lunch, and proper attire for your selected habitat. Bring your smartphone with the iNaturalist app installed (instructions will be sent prior to the BioBlitz). Arrive in a 4-wheel-drive vehicle if you have access to one.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/261881092397
The DeLuca Preserve and UF/IFAS Extension BioBlitz
A BioBlitz is an intensive biodiversity survey. Register here:
www.eventbrite.com
Note: We cannot accommodate youth under 18.
Can't come to the BioBlitz but want to get involved? If you have expertise in plant identification and/or iNaturalist, you can volunteer to be a Real-Time Identifier, on the day of the event, or a Post-Event Identifier. E-mail Shirley for details.
Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022. Check-in and instructions at 8am, return to the check-in site by 3pm.
Bring water, lunch, and proper attire for your selected habitat. Bring your smartphone with the iNaturalist app installed (instructions will be sent prior to the BioBlitz). Arrive in a 4-wheel-drive vehicle if you have access to one.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/261881092397
The DeLuca Preserve and UF/IFAS Extension BioBlitz
A BioBlitz is an intensive biodiversity survey. Register here:
www.eventbrite.com
Note: We cannot accommodate youth under 18.
Can't come to the BioBlitz but want to get involved? If you have expertise in plant identification and/or iNaturalist, you can volunteer to be a Real-Time Identifier, on the day of the event, or a Post-Event Identifier. E-mail Shirley for details.
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