BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.nemasternaturalist.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.3 0.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:3328820f-0885-4e78-ac20-8c2fdba03fdd X-WR-CALDESC:Crete Public Library will be hosting several events this sprin g and summer celebrating Nebraska pollinators.\n\nIn cooperation with Doan e University\, we are planning a BioBlitz\, and would like the help of a N ebraska Master Naturalist.\n\nDate: Saturday\, June 11\, 2022\n\nLocation: Doane University campus\, Crete\, NE\n\nTime: 9 am to 12 noon\n\nEvent: B ioBlitz\n\nParticipants: Families and individuals. (We are uncertain how m any people to expect at this time. It could be anywhere from three to 30 o r more). The event will be open to the public. It will take place during t he month of Summer Reading\, so we hope that children and families from th at program will attend.\n\nPublicity: The event will be listed on the Nebr aska Public Media webpage once their calendar is online (Celebrating Nebra ska Pollinators)\, as well as on the library’s Facebook page.\n\nWhat is a BioBlitz?\n\nA BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifyi ng as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of t ime. At a BioBlitz\, scientists\, families\, students\, teachers\, and oth er community members work together to get a snapshot of an area’s biodiver sity. These events can happen in most any geography—urban\, rural\, or sub urban—in areas as small as a backyard or as large as a country.\n\nSmartph one technologies and apps such as iNaturalist make collecting photographs and biological information about living things easy as part of a BioBlitz. High quality data uploaded to iNaturalist become part of the Global Biodi versity Information Facility\, an open source database used by scientists and policy makers around the world.\n\nEvent Plan:\n\nWe will meet in an a rea south of the parking lot next to Hansen Leadership Hall (possibly at t he Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom). This area is wooded\, has a small po nd and a few trails. Along the trails to the east is a wide-open\, tallgra ss area with scattered trees (it is also apparently part of the frisbee go lf course). [We have photos of what the area looks like currently\, as of 3-31-2022]\n\nStudent volunteers from Doane will be on hand to help guide small groups around areas of the campus that are likely to have plants and animals to observe and photograph. Volunteers will also be able to help p articipants use the iNaturalist app to take pictures on their phones and s ubmit them to the iNaturalist website.\n\nWe will have on hand equipment f rom Outdoor Nebraska’s BioBlitz Trunk (See link below. Items include field guides\, binoculars\, hand-lenses and sweep nets). \n\nWe are requesting the help of a Nebraska Master Naturalist to assist us with the event. The Master Naturalist could help with the following:\n\n• Short presentation ( 5 to 10 minutes) on urban wildlife (what participants might expect to see) \, and on the importance of pollinators. (Presentation aimed at grade scho ol and middle school kids and their parents). And if possible\, comment on how collecting observations can help scientists and other researchers.\n• Guidance/assistance on how to observe wildlife.\n• Help with the identifi cation of insects\, birds\, plants\, etc. that participants observe.\n• De pending on the number of attendees\, help lead the people through the area (with the assistance of Doane student volunteers)\, pointing out plants\, insects\, etc. that people might try photographing.\n\nThank you for cons idering helping out with our event. If you have any questions\, contact Cr ete Public Library (402-826-3809).\n\nTad Shubert \nCrete Public Library \n(402) 826-3809 \ntad.shubert@crete.ne.gov \n X-WR-RELCALID:968436aaecc3607bdf0fb9e40f4ad182 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20221106T020000 RDATE:20231105T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20230312T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c38b0c77-65fd-45d0-ab1a-8f414c8e5153 DTSTAMP:20260501T174415Z DESCRIPTION:Crete Public Library will be hosting several events this spring and summer celebrating Nebraska pollinators.\n\nIn cooperation with Doane University\, we are planning a BioBlitz\, and would like the help of a Ne braska Master Naturalist.\n\nDate: Saturday\, June 11\, 2022\n\nLocation: Doane University campus\, Crete\, NE\n\nTime: 9 am to 12 noon\n\nEvent: Bi oBlitz\n\nParticipants: Families and individuals. (We are uncertain how ma ny people to expect at this time. It could be anywhere from three to 30 or more). The event will be open to the public. It will take place during th e month of Summer Reading\, so we hope that children and families from tha t program will attend.\n\nPublicity: The event will be listed on the Nebra ska Public Media webpage once their calendar is online (Celebrating Nebras ka Pollinators)\, as well as on the library’s Facebook page.\n\nWhat is a BioBlitz?\n\nA BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifyin g as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of ti me. At a BioBlitz\, scientists\, families\, students\, teachers\, and othe r community members work together to get a snapshot of an area’s biodivers ity. These events can happen in most any geography—urban\, rural\, or subu rban—in areas as small as a backyard or as large as a country.\n\nSmartpho ne technologies and apps such as iNaturalist make collecting photographs a nd biological information about living things easy as part of a BioBlitz. High quality data uploaded to iNaturalist become part of the Global Biodiv ersity Information Facility\, an open source database used by scientists a nd policy makers around the world.\n\nEvent Plan:\n\nWe will meet in an ar ea south of the parking lot next to Hansen Leadership Hall (possibly at th e Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom). This area is wooded\, has a small pon d and a few trails. Along the trails to the east is a wide-open\, tallgras s area with scattered trees (it is also apparently part of the frisbee gol f course). [We have photos of what the area looks like currently\, as of 3 -31-2022]\n\nStudent volunteers from Doane will be on hand to help guide s mall groups around areas of the campus that are likely to have plants and animals to observe and photograph. Volunteers will also be able to help pa rticipants use the iNaturalist app to take pictures on their phones and su bmit them to the iNaturalist website.\n\nWe will have on hand equipment fr om Outdoor Nebraska’s BioBlitz Trunk (See link below. Items include field guides\, binoculars\, hand-lenses and sweep nets). \n\nWe are requesting t he help of a Nebraska Master Naturalist to assist us with the event. The M aster Naturalist could help with the following:\n\n• Short presentation (5 to 10 minutes) on urban wildlife (what participants might expect to see)\ , and on the importance of pollinators. (Presentation aimed at grade schoo l and middle school kids and their parents). And if possible\, comment on how collecting observations can help scientists and other researchers.\n• Guidance/assistance on how to observe wildlife.\n• Help with the identific ation of insects\, birds\, plants\, etc. that participants observe.\n• Dep ending on the number of attendees\, help lead the people through the area (with the assistance of Doane student volunteers)\, pointing out plants\, insects\, etc. that people might try photographing.\n\nThank you for consi dering helping out with our event. If you have any questions\, contact Cre te Public Library (402-826-3809).\n\nTad Shubert \nCrete Public Library \n (402) 826-3809 \ntad.shubert@crete.ne.gov \n DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220611T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220611T120000 LOCATION:Doane University campus\, Crete\, NE SUMMARY:VO: Doane & Crete Public Library Bio Blitz END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR