Under the warm afternoon sun Friday, a community of scientists and volunteers came together to celebrate nature as Heritage Conservancy kicked off its first BioBlitz.
The event took place at the Bristol Marsh off Basins Park in Bristol.
BioBlitz is a 24-hour event consisting of teams of scientists, naturalists, students, teachers and community members who work together discovering and identifying as many species of plant and animal life as possible, according to Robin Folkerts, vice-president of Heritage Conservancy Development and Community Engagements.
“It wasn’t until a few years ago that I realized what a treasure we have here in this marsh,” said Robyn Trunell, vice president of Bristol Borough Council.
“Planet Earth is so important and without volunteerism this would not be possible and we would not know what we have here,” said Trunell.
About 30 volunteers were there to start off the event.
Heritage Conservancy is a nonprofit conservation organization specializing in open space preservation, sustaining communities, protecting natural resources, property stewardship and historic preservation, adaptive reuse of existing structures and wildlife habitat restoration, according to staff.
The organization began the event with a 3D goal set in place. Discover, Document and Decide.
Scientists were there to help discover the natural resources at the Bristol Marsh and help volunteers document the findings.
Once those goals are achieved, deciding what needs to be done to conserve those resources and developing a management plan for the habitat takes place, according to Folkerts.
Tables were set up for each discovery: mammals, plants, fish, birds, insects and amphibians.
The Bristol Marsh Nature Preserve is 33 acres at Basins Park in Bristol.
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