The Metchosin Foundation has generously supported the work of the Metchosin Biodiversity Project over the last twelve years. In addition, the Foundation support multiple projects in Metchosin that align closely with the goals of the Metchosin Biodiversity Project.
The foundation has recently revived its annual newsletter. It tells about many of its current projects.
Many Metchosinites support the foundation and its work. For further information, please see their website.
Hakai Magazine recently published a piece on the bioblitz project on Galiano Island.
The work of Metchosin Biodiversity Project member James Miskelly on the DND Garry oak lands has been recognized in a recent profile from the Pacific Forestry Centre. Congratulation James! Click on image to read.
James regularly logs his Metchosin (and other places) natural history observations in iNaturalist. See some of his pictures and sightings here.
Welcome to the web site of the Metchosin BioBlitz and MycoBlitz. The team at the Metchosin Biodiversity Project sponsors the blitzes and publishes the results on these pages in order to:
We started our work in 2011 with BioBlitzes and (a bit later) MycoBlitzes. Our most up-to-date inventories of Metchosin species are available in the Metchosin Biodiversity project of iNaturalist. By the end of 2023 we had catalogued almost 3600 species, from almost 23,000 observations made 700 people. See the posts below for the latest totals. We encourage everyone interested in helping us to log their photographed Metchosin observations in iNaturalist. All of these observations will be automatically logged by our 2024 collection project. Curators will review these and move most of them into our iNaturalist database (Metchosin Biodiversity Project).
For more about the Metchosin Talk and Walk series, see the Talk and Walk pages.
The Metchosin Biodiversity Project acknowledges the regular support of the Metchosin Foundation. The project is a member of IMERSS.
Good article in Nature on the effort to get a world view of trees and biodiversity.
