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Basin and Range National Monument BioBlitz to Benefit Future Planning Efforts
More than 50 volunteers, and agency and organization representatives in early June fanned out across eastern Nevada’s 704,000-acre Basin and Range National Monument to observe and record plants, insects, small mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians using the iNaturalist application. So far, 470 observations and 183 species have been recorded.
Monument Manager Alicia Styles said data collected in the BioBlitz will benefit future planning efforts. “It will help to focus inventory and monitoring efforts, refine habitat models, and ensure proper care and management of the plant and animal species listed in the 2015 proclamation,” Styles said.
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