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Heading Out On A BioBlitz
JP Anderson, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Park Ranger, at the start of National Geographic and the National Park Service's 2009 BioBlitz at The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. (Photo by Enrique Pulido)
The National Park Service has a slightly embarrassing problem. It manages some of the nation's most environmentally valuable land - but it doesn't have a full account of plant and animal species that live in the parks. One remedy is the BioBlitz. A BioBlitz is a kind of whirlwind count of all the species in a specific place. The Park Service has been co-sponsoring BioBlitzes with National Geographic. We sent Shawn Allee to their latest:
Information from National Geographic
Information from the National Park Service
Producer: Shawn Allee
Release Date: May 25, 2009
Running Time: 3:34