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Bioblitz Final Report

An update from your editor, Kathie Hodge Classes have just ended here and it is the time of final reports, term papers, assignments. For my part, I’d like to tell you about our bioblitz results. We had about 46 participants (a handful of them kids). I asked each person to estimate how many species we […]

The Ithaca Bioblitz

An update from Kathie Hodge, your editor and organizer We held our first ever Bioblitz on April 28 and it was a lot of fun. You can check out our photos, posted at my Flickr site. We found lots of different things–so many that we’re still tabulating. I’ll get back to you soon with the […]

Getting ready for the Bioblitz

An update from Kathie Tomorrow’s the big day. I’m hosting a Bioblitz on a 5 acre patch of land near Ithaca. A pack of roving naturalists, taxonomists, mycologists, and ilk will join me to inventory all the life forms we can find. I’m excited. And to think that just eleven days ago I was despairing […]

First Annual Blogger Bioblitz in Ithaca

An invitation from Kathie Despite the snowy weekend to come, Spring has come to Ithaca, and Ithacans are itching to get outside. In that spirit, the Cornell Mushroom Blog announces our participation in the First Annual Blogger Bioblitz. Jeremy Bruno of The Voltage Gate conceived the idea, and he challenges science and natural history bloggers […]