Swampscott Biodiversity's Journal

The Swampcott Citizen Science Teens are organizing a town-wide bioblitz as part of the 2018 City Nature Challenge: Boston Area! Do you want to help us learn more by collecting data about the species that call town home? Do you want to support the Town of Swampscott's Conservation Commission and Open Space Committee learn more about our local biodiversity to better manage our conservation lands and open spaces? Then join us to learn more!

iNaturalist Training - 4/23
7 pm, Swampscott Public Library
Join in a hands-on training led by the CitSci Teen Leaders on how to use iNaturalist.org to explore and document nature and prepare for a town-wide BioBiitz. Learn how to document our town's nature simply by taking pictures

Swampscott Bioblitz - 4/28
Help document the species that live in Swampscott by joining in a town-wide BioBlitz.

Community Bioblitz Locations: Details to be announced. CitSci Teens will be present at 3 locations to help the community learn more about local species and to collect data together. Bring a digital camera or smart phone (with iNaturalist installed)

Note: Swampscott Citizen Science Teens is a joint effort of Girl Scouts of Ocean Bay, Big Blue Crew, & the Swampscott Public Library. Funding for this program is supported in part by a grant from the Swampscott Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

We look forward seeing everyone at the iNaturalist Training tonight. If you plan on attending the Bioblitz on 4/28 please sign up using the link here: https://goo.gl/forms/MN6vnWVWI0Gtv8ND3

The Swampscott Citizen Science Teens will be at the SHS STEM night on Thursday (5 - 7 ) to share the news about the upcoming bioblitz and help people get set up on iNaturalist. Stop by and say hi if you are a new or a returning user. You can sign up for this Saturday's bioblitz here: https://goo.gl/forms/MN6vnWVWI0Gtv8ND3

Here we go! Time to join in with the City Nature Challenge: Boston Area! Representing the north shore. The Swampscott Citizen Science Teens will be at 3 locations throughout the afternoon - Harold King Town Forest (1 NIchols Street), Eiseman's/New Ocean House Beach, and the Swampscott Middle School Recreation Area. Please come with iNaturalist already downloaded on your phone and the teens will be there to help you make observations! Be sure to join our Swampscott project so you can help in the future and we can share what is going on locally. All of our Swampscott data will be automatically entered in the CNC: Boston Area. At this writing Boston is 5th in the international leaderboard. We are going to have to get busy to compete with those tropical warm weather locations!

Wonderful effort by everyone who turned out today! We have over 1,000 observations today! Over 300 species recorded in the Swampscott project. Keep with it, together we can make a different and help to document our town's biodiversity!