There were 19 local citizen scientists who joined the Great Southern BioBlitz over the four day event.
The theme of the Greater Hume BioBlitz was “Love your Creek” and we also asked people to join the longer term ‘Refreshing Rivers Upper Billabong” iNaturalist project so we can share our observations in the catchment and build a great database of the plants, animals and other organisms that live here.
We blitzed the Ten Mile Creek at the Ian Geddes Bush reserve with the local schools – we even found a squirrel glider in one of the nest boxes!
The St Pats kids pulled a carp gudgeon out of the creek on Friday – great to see this small native fish still surviving.
You can view the results here https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2023-greater-hume
Watch this space for more citizen science activities with Refreshing Rivers, and join our iNaturalist groups to start recording today!
Looking for a ways to educate and entertain the kids these school holidays?
LEARN MORELEARN MOREDavid Carr from 'Warralong' near Gundagai is one landholder who has signed up for a free Natural Capital Profile service. In this video he shares his insights in what he has learnt from this experience in working with our Natural Capital Team.
LEARN MORELEARN MORELooking for ways to entertain and educate the kids this school holidays? In this two-hour practical workshop they will learn how to: collect, sort and identify waterbugs: enter the data using the Waterbug App and compare their score with other creeks on the Waterbug Data Portal
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