BioBlitz! 2011

Hello BioBlitzers and Friends of the Oklahoma Biological Survey…

Now is the time to register for BioBlitz! 2011 at the Chickasaw  National Recreation Area on Octobter 14-15.

www.biosurvey.ou.edu/bioblitz/BioBlitz.html

ALL REGISTRATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE OCTOBER 13^th.

There will be NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION.  National Park Service rules do  not allow the exchange of money on federal property by outside  parties.  Therefore all registration must be done prior to arriving at  BioBlitz!

Please note there are few changes for this year’s event…

In appreciation of the dedication and hard work of our volunteer  expert biologists, we will be waiving the registration fee for all  taxa team leaders and activity leaders!  If you fall into this  category – don’t register online, instead I will contact you.

There will be *NO MEAL* provided on Friday night.  The facilities at  the park make it difficult for us to provide a full meal to a large  group, but we will have s’mores around the campfire Friday evening.   The park is near to the town of Sulphur, so if you don’t want eat your  camp food, there are plenty of options close by.

Things that will be the same as recent years:

• A full schedule of activities for citizen scientists
• Camping for two nights
• Event t-shirt depicting an organism from the area (no, we haven’t  decided yet!)
• Light breakfast on Saturday morning
• Celebration with cake at the conclusion of the inventory
• BioBlitz! 2011 patch, for $2.00
• 24 hours of Biodiversity!

Checkout the website for additional information about how BioBlitz!  works.

I am excited about this year’s event and look forward to seeing you in  a few months!