'BioBlitz' Scientists to Survey California Desert Valley

KOB4 ^ | 4/6

[nickcarraway]

Scientists will fan out across a California desert valley this weekend to take an inventory of everything there that flies, hops, runs, swims or grows in the dirt.

It's been 45 years since researchers last scoured Amargosa Valley near the northern edge of the Mojave Desert. That accounting of species led to federal protections within the remote region and new scientific understanding of its biodiversity.

Over three days, experts in a variety of fields will once again tally birds, bats, toads, crickets, coyotes, lichen and native plants, said Sophie Parker, a senior scientist with the Nature Conservancy.

[SpaceBar]

A push by the left to file zillions of ‘endangered species’ claims and further tie up any human development.

[dfwgator]

And the man in the back said, ‘Everyone attack’
And it turned into a Bio-Blitz

[antidemoncrat]

And to prove climate change is decimating the planet and we need to surrender to Aljerza Gore and friends.

[Flycatcher]

And the man in the back said, ‘Everyone attack’ And it turned into a Bio-Blitz

I participated in a Bio-Blitz last year at a national park as a birdwatching guided-tour leader.

That song -- and those exact creative lyrics -- were stuck in my head the whole time.

[jazusamo]

Just read this and was thinking of you, Fly. ;-)

[Flycatcher]

Now let’s hope we both don’t get that song stuck in our heads! Haha!

[Noob1999]

Who’s picking up the tab?

[Wuli]

And they picked this year because??

Because they want to use this ABNORMALLY WET SPRING in the Mojave - a relative living there tells me the desert is covered in floors this year like they’ve never seen it before - as if it is “the norm”, then as this California wet season does not return every year they’ll blame the difference between this year and then on “global warming”.

http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/mnp.html

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/10/californias-desert-has-become-a-super-bloom/21879468/

[nickcarraway]

Sweet

[TigersEye]

You are probably right since the #FakeScience of Climate Change wackos will use anything and blame everything on GlowbullWorming/ClimateChange. But the initial results won't be that helpful since they will find an abundance of life due to the rains.

When they do try to turn this around by showing drought conditions/fewer plants-animals in subsequently drier years then they can be shown evidence of more long range indicators.

King Clone

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old. Lucerne Valley, California

Gee, I wonder how long desert/drought conditions have existed in California?

[Scrambler Bob]

All the extra flowers result in a lot of extra bugs, and some not seen for a while.

This happened nearby in the Owens Valley and Indian Wells Valley the Fall of 2015

http://www.news-ridgecrest.com/news/story.pl?id=0000004335

And extra birds to eat the bugs, extra rodents to eat the plants, ... Dang that Global Warming. Raising the total population to unsustainable levels.

[SuperLuminal]

"...everything there that flies, hops, runs, swims or grows in the dirt. "

More importantly: "slithers"...Lots more slithering than swimming or hopping...