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8 June 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm PDT
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FREE EVENT
It’s World Oceans Day and we’re celebrating by inviting everyone to explore the beaches of Stanley Park to survey our resident marine organisms! Join Stanley Park Ecology Society and the Vancouver Aquarium on the sand to get up-close and personal with the crabs, mussels, seaweeds, sea stars, and everyone else who calls the beach home. We will upload our observations to the app iNaturalist, a great community science resource where participants can get feedback from other app users about the identity of the species that get added to the BioBlitz project.
We recommend you download the app ahead of time, as you can get support if needed during the event about how to navigate iNaturalist and upload to the BioBlitz project, which can be found here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/stanley-park-beach-bioblitz-2024
PROGRAM DETAILS
This event will run from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm. This is a free event in collaboration with the Vancouver Aquarium! Please register through this event page so you can receive updates and reminders about the program.
Location: This event will take place along the Stanley Park Seawall near Lumbermen’s Arch and the Spray Park. See map location for exact details: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yzU4AVhBGrwgFyFbA
Accessibility notes: Accessing the beach may require going down a paved ramp from the seawall that can be a bit steep and slippery if wet. The sandy intertidal area exposed at low tide can have slippery rocks in some areas. If you have any questions about accessibility, please email Julia at publiced@stanleyparkecology.ca
We gratefully acknowledge that the land on which we gather and help steward is the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation. Since time immemorial, Coast Salish peoples have lived reciprocally with the land, harvesting and cultivating foods and medicines and practicing ceremony. The abundance of these lands and waters, which enables us to live, work, and play here today, is a result of the past and on-going stewardship and advocacy of the Coast Salish peoples.