“Help document California’s incredible coastal biodiversity!

Snapshot Cal Coast 2022 is June 13th-July 4th!

Snapshot Cal Coast is an annual California statewide community science effort that encourages people to make and share observations of plants, animals, and seaweeds along the California coast using the iNaturalist app. Led by the California Academy of Sciences with support from the California Ocean Protection Council, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, MPA (Marine Protected Area Collaborative Network), and an array of other partners, we are creating a valuable snapshot in time of where species are located along our coast.

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What is Snapshot Cal Coast?

For two weeks every year, we mobilize and organize our amazing partners from Del Norte to San Diego and everywhere in between to make and share observations of as many species as possible to build an annual snapshot of biodiversity along the California coast. By building a community of observers and recorders, we’re providing valuable data for scientists at local, regional, and state levels, and answering targeted research questions in support of California Marine Protected Areas.

Together, we are gathering the data needed to determine species ranges now against which we can measure and monitor changes in the future.”

https://www.calacademy.org/calcoast

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