[Ccbseeds] LA River Bioblitz July 15 - Four Locations!

[Annika Rose-Person]

Hi all,

Check out this cool opportunity to get involved in the CALeDNA project! I
did it a couple of years ago and it was a fun and educational experience.

Hope you're all having a great summer so far!

Best,
Annika

On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 1:03 PM Wendy Bussiere <wbussier at ucsc.edu> wrote:

> Hello LA River Advocates and Enthusiasts,
>
> CALeDNA <https://ucedna.com/> researchers are continuing their study of
> the LA River- what's in the water and soil?
>
> Levi Simons is a postdoc working with UC Santa Cruz on a number of
> research projects involving environmental DNA.  One of the projects
> involves long-term monitoring of biodiversity in the Los Angeles watershed.
> Levi and CALeDNA are collecting, preserving and sequencing DNA extracted
> from soil and water samples to map out biodiversity across California.
>
> *Join us for a community science project on July 15th*. We're looking for
> volunteers to help collect soil and water samples with our team, at four
> locations along the LA River and Arroyo Seco. We're also looking for
> folks to take photos of species, as we are going to be comparing
> environmental DNA with iNaturalist <https://www.inaturalist.org/> results.
> Gather your friends and family for a fun day along the river!
>
> Sites and Times:
> Sepulveda Basin: 10am - 12pm
> Arroyo Seco: 10am - 12pm
> Bowtie Parcel: 2pm - 4pm
> Long Beach: 2pm - 4pm
>
> Check out the flyer
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSfWs9v-wRnunqrPIaFpL5XfWhBVrjytXPj7-rU8V_MgCFDn7ObUiMHxb5OQpK2TkJe9V7DE-Q4WJO6/pub?urp=gmail_link>
> for details! To register, please contact Levi Simons, alsimons at ucsc.edu.
>
> Wendy Bussiere
> CALeDNA Event Coordinator
> Program Assistant
> Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
> University of California at Santa Cruz
> 831-239-1803
>
> Please contact Wendy, wbussier at ucsc.edu if you do not wish to receive
> emails about LA River bioblitzes.
>
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