VSP: Texas Pollinator Bioblitz – COVID Green Alert

The Texas Master Naturalist Coastal Prairie Chapter (TMN CPC) will host the Texas Pollinator Bioblitz. This Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) event will be conducted from Friday, 10/7/2022 – Sunday, 10/23/2022, at Seabourne Creek Nature Park (SCNP).

On Saturday, 10/15/2022, 9:00 AM – Noon, the TMN CPC will have a table set up in SCNP parking lot area to welcome and encourage park visitors to participate in this event. The goal is to increase participation in the Texas Pollinator Bioblitz and to discover the diversity of SCNP’s pollinator species. The TMN CPC will interact with park guests to share the significance of the Texas Pollinator Bioblitz and citizen science, and to introduce iNaturalist/iSeek.

To join iNaturalist project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-texas-pollinator-bioblitz.

To join the SCNP iNaturalist project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/seabourne-plants-and-wildlife.

All participants, including TMN CPC members, who have joined the above two iNaturalist projects will be eligible to win prizes for the most pollinator observations and most pollinator species observed. The TMN CPC volunteers do not need to be experts – just friendly and encouraging to the public.

Spread the word with the TMN CPC’s hashtag: #seabournebioblitz.

Questions: contact Shari Lewis at 918-949-1624

[VSP hours to be recorded in VMS under: “iNaturalist, eBird, and Other Citizen Science: TMN Report Hours”]

TMN COVID-19 Precautions: “For any indoor or outdoor activities that do occur in-person, masks and social distancing considerations are encouraged.”

Fort Bend County COVID-19 Green Advisement: “Resume normal contact with others unless sick. Resume attending public and private gatherings freely. Resume visiting vulnerable populations while practicing good hygiene and social distancing.” The Green risk description follows: “Minimum and controlled level of COVID-19 in Fort Bend County. New chains of transmission are rare.”