Please join us for the 2nd Annual Yerba Buena Island Bioblitz!
Come explore Yerba Buena Island and help collect data on its living species using iNaturalist. This will be a great way to learn about the island's biodiversity and become a confident naturalist of the 21st century!
Excellent local naturalists will lead you around Yerba Buena Island to observe and identify the flora, fauna and fungi, a learning opportunity any environmentalist will not want to miss!
The iNat project page is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/yerba-buena-island-bioblitz-2018
AND learn more about Bio-blitzes on the California Academy of Sciences's website.
This event is sponsored by SF Environment, Treasure Island Development Authority, the California Academy of Sciences, Nature in the City, Golden Gate Audubon Society, and the California Native Plant Society!
Sites
Clipper Cove Beach
Southern Bluffs
Western Bluffs
Northern Bluffs
Tideline
The Great Whites
Treasure Island Shoreline (pending number of people)
DETAILS
Meet at Treasure Island Administration Building (just inside the TI gate and make a right).
BRING
A charged smartphone for collecting observations on iNat. Please download the iNaturalist application to your phone before the Bioblitz (for Android, click here; for Apple, click here).
Sunscreen and a hat
Water
Snacks (we will also be providing some)
** PLEASE NOTE: Individuals without smartphones can still participate in this event, as we will team you up with other participant(s) who have a smartphone.
DIRECTIONS
By car:
For directions from SF Civic Center. Directions here.
For directions from Oakland, CA. Directions here
By public transit:
From San Francisco, take the 25 bus, which picks you up from Beale and Folsom Street. Directions here.
There is no public transit to Treasure Island from the East Bay. You will need to take BART to Embarcadero Station (SF) and catch the 25 bus on the corner of Beale and Folsom Street. Directions here.
Due to construction, the first stop on the Island is now California at Avenue D, so MUNI 25 riders coming from the City disembark there and travel 1.5 blocks west along California Ave to reach the back door of Building 1.
By Bicycle:
There is a bike path on the east span of the Bay Bridge, that you can take all the way to Yerba Buena and then Treasure Island.
From SF, you will need to take your bike onto the Transbay Bus 25. There is no bike path available on the west side of the Bay Bridge.
ARRIVAL TIME
We’ll start the Bioblitz at 9AM, but come earlier at 8 or 8:30 to mingle with your colleagues.
You are welcome to contact Peter, the event coordinator at [email protected],
In preparation for the event, get to know iNaturalist, and check out information about the islands.
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Come explore Yerba Buena Island and help collect data on its living species using iNaturalist. This will be a great way to learn about the island's biodiversity and become a confident naturalist of the 21st century!
Excellent local naturalists will lead you around Yerba Buena Island to observe and identify the flora, fauna and fungi, a learning opportunity any environmentalist will not want to miss!
The iNat project page is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/yerba-buena-island-bioblitz-2018
AND learn more about Bio-blitzes on the California Academy of Sciences's website.
This event is sponsored by SF Environment, Treasure Island Development Authority, the California Academy of Sciences, Nature in the City, Golden Gate Audubon Society, and the California Native Plant Society!
Sites
Clipper Cove Beach
Southern Bluffs
Western Bluffs
Northern Bluffs
Tideline
The Great Whites
Treasure Island Shoreline (pending number of people)
DETAILS
Meet at Treasure Island Administration Building (just inside the TI gate and make a right).
BRING
A charged smartphone for collecting observations on iNat. Please download the iNaturalist application to your phone before the Bioblitz (for Android, click here; for Apple, click here).
Sunscreen and a hat
Water
Snacks (we will also be providing some)
** PLEASE NOTE: Individuals without smartphones can still participate in this event, as we will team you up with other participant(s) who have a smartphone.
DIRECTIONS
By car:
For directions from SF Civic Center. Directions here.
For directions from Oakland, CA. Directions here
By public transit:
From San Francisco, take the 25 bus, which picks you up from Beale and Folsom Street. Directions here.
There is no public transit to Treasure Island from the East Bay. You will need to take BART to Embarcadero Station (SF) and catch the 25 bus on the corner of Beale and Folsom Street. Directions here.
Due to construction, the first stop on the Island is now California at Avenue D, so MUNI 25 riders coming from the City disembark there and travel 1.5 blocks west along California Ave to reach the back door of Building 1.
By Bicycle:
There is a bike path on the east span of the Bay Bridge, that you can take all the way to Yerba Buena and then Treasure Island.
From SF, you will need to take your bike onto the Transbay Bus 25. There is no bike path available on the west side of the Bay Bridge.
ARRIVAL TIME
We’ll start the Bioblitz at 9AM, but come earlier at 8 or 8:30 to mingle with your colleagues.
You are welcome to contact Peter, the event coordinator at [email protected],
In preparation for the event, get to know iNaturalist, and check out information about the islands.
Please join us for the 2nd Annual Yerba Buena Island Bioblitz!
Come explore Yerba Buena Island and help collect data on its living species using iNaturalist. This will be a great way to learn about the island's biodiversity and become a confident naturalist of the 21st century!
Excellent local naturalists will lead you around Yerba Buena Island to observe and identify the flora, fauna and fungi, a learning opportunity any environmentalist will not want to miss!
The iNat project page is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/yerba-buena-island-bioblitz-2018
AND learn more about Bio-blitzes on the California Academy of Sciences's website.
This event is sponsored by SF Environment, Treasure Island Development Authority, the California Academy of Sciences, Nature in the City, Golden Gate Audubon Society, and the California Native Plant Society!
Sites
Clipper Cove Beach
Southern Bluffs
Western Bluffs
Northern Bluffs
Tideline
The Great Whites
Treasure Island Shoreline (pending number of people)
DETAILS
Meet at Treasure Island Administration Building (just inside the TI gate and make a right).
BRING
A charged smartphone for collecting observations on iNat. Please download the iNaturalist application to your phone before the Bioblitz (for Android, click here; for Apple, click here).
Sunscreen and a hat
Water
Snacks (we will also be providing some)
** PLEASE NOTE: Individuals without smartphones can still participate in this event, as we will team you up with other participant(s) who have a smartphone.
DIRECTIONS
By car:
For directions from SF Civic Center. Directions here.
For directions from Oakland, CA. Directions here
By public transit:
From San Francisco, take the 25 bus, which picks you up from Beale and Folsom Street. Directions here.
There is no public transit to Treasure Island from the East Bay. You will need to take BART to Embarcadero Station (SF) and catch the 25 bus on the corner of Beale and Folsom Street. Directions here.
Due to construction, the first stop on the Island is now California at Avenue D, so MUNI 25 riders coming from the City disembark there and travel 1.5 blocks west along California Ave to reach the back door of Building 1.
By Bicycle:
There is a bike path on the east span of the Bay Bridge, that you can take all the way to Yerba Buena and then Treasure Island.
From SF, you will need to take your bike onto the Transbay Bus 25. There is no bike path available on the west side of the Bay Bridge.
ARRIVAL TIME
We’ll start the Bioblitz at 9AM, but come earlier at 8 or 8:30 to mingle with your colleagues.
You are welcome to contact Peter, the event coordinator at [email protected],
In preparation for the event, get to know iNaturalist, and check out information about the islands.
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Come explore Yerba Buena Island and help collect data on its living species using iNaturalist. This will be a great way to learn about the island's biodiversity and become a confident naturalist of the 21st century!
Excellent local naturalists will lead you around Yerba Buena Island to observe and identify the flora, fauna and fungi, a learning opportunity any environmentalist will not want to miss!
The iNat project page is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/yerba-buena-island-bioblitz-2018
AND learn more about Bio-blitzes on the California Academy of Sciences's website.
This event is sponsored by SF Environment, Treasure Island Development Authority, the California Academy of Sciences, Nature in the City, Golden Gate Audubon Society, and the California Native Plant Society!
Sites
Clipper Cove Beach
Southern Bluffs
Western Bluffs
Northern Bluffs
Tideline
The Great Whites
Treasure Island Shoreline (pending number of people)
DETAILS
Meet at Treasure Island Administration Building (just inside the TI gate and make a right).
BRING
A charged smartphone for collecting observations on iNat. Please download the iNaturalist application to your phone before the Bioblitz (for Android, click here; for Apple, click here).
Sunscreen and a hat
Water
Snacks (we will also be providing some)
** PLEASE NOTE: Individuals without smartphones can still participate in this event, as we will team you up with other participant(s) who have a smartphone.
DIRECTIONS
By car:
For directions from SF Civic Center. Directions here.
For directions from Oakland, CA. Directions here
By public transit:
From San Francisco, take the 25 bus, which picks you up from Beale and Folsom Street. Directions here.
There is no public transit to Treasure Island from the East Bay. You will need to take BART to Embarcadero Station (SF) and catch the 25 bus on the corner of Beale and Folsom Street. Directions here.
Due to construction, the first stop on the Island is now California at Avenue D, so MUNI 25 riders coming from the City disembark there and travel 1.5 blocks west along California Ave to reach the back door of Building 1.
By Bicycle:
There is a bike path on the east span of the Bay Bridge, that you can take all the way to Yerba Buena and then Treasure Island.
From SF, you will need to take your bike onto the Transbay Bus 25. There is no bike path available on the west side of the Bay Bridge.
ARRIVAL TIME
We’ll start the Bioblitz at 9AM, but come earlier at 8 or 8:30 to mingle with your colleagues.
You are welcome to contact Peter, the event coordinator at [email protected],
In preparation for the event, get to know iNaturalist, and check out information about the islands.
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