msquebanh, 22 days ago to nature Roughly 1,000 #volunteers armed with the #iNaturalist app on their smartphones are #documenting as many #nature species as possible along the #USMexico border in May. Uploading photos to the app helps #identify #plants & #animals & records the coordinates of the location. The hope is the information could lead to more protections for the region's natural richness, which is overshadowed by news of drug trafficking & migrant smuggling. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/botanists-scouring-us-mexico-border-document-forgotten-ecosystem-110371018 #Naturalists #BioBlitz
Roughly 1,000 #volunteers armed with the #iNaturalist app on their smartphones are #documenting as many #nature species as possible along the #USMexico border in May. Uploading photos to the app helps #identify #plants & #animals & records the coordinates of the location.
The hope is the information could lead to more protections for the region's natural richness, which is overshadowed by news of drug trafficking & migrant smuggling.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/botanists-scouring-us-mexico-border-document-forgotten-ecosystem-110371018
#Naturalists #BioBlitz