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IAWP BioBlitz 2024

plants 2 group.jpgWelcome to the third annual BioBlitz at the Indreland Audubon Wetland Preserve! 

By participating in this event, you will be contributing to a citizen science effort and helping your local wetland right in downtown Bozeman. 

You can join as many teams as you like. Each team will conduct a survey lasting approximately 2 hours over the course of July 19, 20, and 21. 

The Indreland Audubon Wetland Preserve is an urban wetland restoration site managed by the Sacajawea Audubon Society. As the site is returned to an approximation of its historical state, we will use the annual BioBlitz along with other survey efforts to get yearly snapshots of which species are living in and benefitting from this wetland. 

A BioBlitz is an event in which community members find and identify as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. Participants do not need any prior experience! Each team will be led by an expert who will focus on educating the group as much as surveying species. All observations will be uploaded to iNaturalist where they can be collected, reviewed, and compared with previous years.

 

This year's team leaders will include Matt Lavin of Montana State University, Hannah Cantu of Confluence Consulting, Matt Bell of Montana Land Reliance, and Ken Sinay of Sacajawea Audubon Society and Yellowstone Safari Company, with more TBA!

 

The schedule has not yet been finalized and will be subject to change. Indicate which teams you are interested in, even if you're not certain you'll be available at the times listed. We will contact you to finalize the teams when we have the final schedule. 

Participant Information


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You must be at least 8 by 7/19/2024 to participate in the BioBlitz. If you are under 8, have a parent email wetlands@sacajaweaaudubon.org and we will let you know of other opportunities and events you can attend at the IAWP.

(must be born before 7/19/2016 to participate in the BioBlitz)
We use the iNaturalist app to input BioBlitz observations in the field. If you don't have a smartphone or tablet, you can also use a camera and the iNaturalist website to upload your observations when you get home, but you will need to take notes about the time and location.
This preliminary schedule is subject to change and we will email you closer to the event to finalize the teams. You can join as many teams as you like. Each team is led by an expert who will help you find and identify species, so no experience is required! You will receive email updates about the teams you select here, including specific times & meeting places and any changes to the survey schedule.
We will have a small post-Blitz party and present the preliminary data gathered over the weekend. Details to follow in email updates.


If you are an expert in birds, mammals, plants, aquatics, insects, or any other species found in Montana wetlands, let us know if you're interested in helping lead one of the survey teams. (Professors, master naturalists, or anyone confident enough in their ID skills to be an assistant leader or backup leader for one of the survey teams).
Volunteer Agreement & Instructions for Youth Volunteers (under 18)

Please download the SAS Participant Service Agreement 2023 in the link below. Read the agreement before signing for individuals under the age of 18. All participants under 18 are required to submit this agreement signed by a parent or legal guardian before attending any Busy Beaver activities or events.

SAS Participant Service Agreement 2024

* FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER AGE 18, THIS DOCUMENT MUST BE SIGNED AND INITIALED AT ALL INDICATED LOCATIONS BY A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN.

The signed document can be sent to wetlands@sacajaweaaudubon.org as a PDF, mailed to Sacajawea Audubon Society (ATTN: Participant Agreement) at PO Box 1711, Bozeman, MT, 59771, or a parent/guardian can bring a hard copy to the event. 

 

Volunteer Agreement

View the full SAS Volunteer/Participant Service Agreement, Release and Acknowledgement of Risk and respond to the questions below.

The activities the volunteer/participant engages in with SAS are inherently risky and may cause harm to the volunteer/participant including injury, illness or even death. Recognizing this, volunteer/participant and guardian do hereby release, to the fullest extent allowed by law, and forever discharge and hold harmless SAS, its staff and board, its successors, and assigns from any and all liability, claims and demands of whatever kind or nature, either in law or in equity, which arise or may hereafter arise from the volunteer/participant’s work with SAS. Volunteer/Participant and guardian understand that this release discharges SAS from any liability or claim that the volunteer/participant and guardian may have against SAS with respect to any bodily injury, personal injury, illness, death or property damage that may result from volunteer/participant’s work for SAS. Volunteer/Participant and guardian also understand that SAS does not assume any responsibility for or obligation to provide financial assistance or other assistance, including but not limited to medical, health, or disability insurance, in the event of injury or illness.
Volunteer/Participant and guardian are aware that there are inherent risks in the activities associated with SAS programs. Knowing this, Volunteer/Participant and guardian do hereby release and forever discharge SAS from any claim whatsoever that arises or may hereafter arise on account of any first aid treatment, or service rendered in connection with the volunteer/participant’s work for SAS or with the decision by any representative of SAS to exercise the power of consent to medication or dental treatment, as such power is granted and authorized by the volunteer/participant signature and/or parent or guardian signature below for treatment of a minor. Volunteer/Participant and/or guarding represent and verify that Volunteer/Participant has no past or current physical condition that might affect his/her participation in the SAS programs or activities, other than as separately provided in writing to SAS. In the event that Volunteer/Participant is in need of emergency medical treatment, and guardian and/or the emergency contact listed above cannot be contacted Volunteer/Participant and guardian hereby authorize SAS and its instructors, volunteers/participants or staff to obtain or provide emergency hospitalization, surgical or other medical care for Volunteer/Participant. Volunteer/Participant and guardian specifically indemnify and hold harmless SAS, its instructors, volunteers/participants or staff from any negligence and all costs arising out of the decision to obtain and provide such care, treatment and/or procedure for such emergency,
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