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Article: COUNTING ON NATURE; FOR 24 HOURS, GROUP WILL TRY TO CATALOG BEAVER LAKE'S SPECIES.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- May 14, 2004
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Byline: Mark Weiner Staff writer
Scientists, students and volunteers will descend upon one of Onondaga County's most popular nature preserves today in a 24-hour effort to catalog every living species they can find.
Organizers from the State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry say they expect to find at least 1,100 distinct species during their "bioblitz" at Beaver Lake Nature Center in Lysander.
The idea of the survey, starting at noon today, is to draw attention to the biological diversity of the 650-acre park operated by Onondaga County, said Neil Ringler, one of the organizers and chair of ESF's faculty of environmental ...