During last year’s BioBlitz at the University of Iowa’s eight-acre prairie restoration project — the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory (APLL) — 52 volunteers observed 238 different species of plants, fungi, insects, arachnids and birds, as well as one frog (an American bullfrog), which brought the observed species total to 239. All 239 were spotted in […]
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Touchscreens and touching grass go hand in hand for the City Nature Challenge, a crowdsourced survey of local wildlife
Event: Johnson County’s City Nature Challenge, April 25-28 What do you see when you walk out your door? This isn’t a mindfulness exercise; scientists want to know. Johnson County residents will join folks in more than 600 cities and counties in the worldwide City Nature Challenge this April. It will be the community’s third time […]
