Please join the Nature of Acton and Boxborough 2025 Bioblitz this April.
We invite you to document and celebrate biodiversity in Acton and Boxborough. Last year 26 participants made almost 1000 observations and identified over 500 species in the Acton and Boxborough area.
To join, first create an account on iNaturalist on your phone or computer at www.iNaturalist.org. Then, join our Project. You can search for our Project on the Community tab on your computer, or on your phone. Search for Nature of Acton and Boxborough April 2025 or click here:
(Please make sure you are joining the 2025 project, not the 2024 project!)
We are opening the window on April 18 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Samuel Prescott’s ride (and Paul Revere’s Ride) to Acton. But the Boston Area City Nature Challenge will only count observations from April 25 to 28, so it’s important to make observations during that time period as well.
For more information about the Boston Area CNC, visit: https://www.bostoncnc.org/.
There are over 2,000 acres of conservation areas in Acton and Boxborough with a variety of habitats, such as cattail marshes, ponds, open fields and dense forests. These habitats host snapping turtles, reptiles, frogs, insects, birds, mammals, and many plant species. Another 3,000 acres of private land provides habitat for wildlife, including two steps outside your door! What kind of wildlife lives here? Let’s find out this April!
Then snap a photo of any plant, animal or fungus you see and get it on our list. Can we break 500 species this year? Who can ID the most? Taking observations of wildlife helps advance science, too! According to National Geographic, “High quality data uploaded to
iNaturalist becomes part of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, an open source database used by scientists and policy makers around the world.”
This is a fun activity for your family and to celebrate Earth Week.
This Bioblitz is a collaboration of people from Energize Acton, the Acton Conservation Trust, Green Acton, AB Steam Acton Men’s Outdoor Club, Acton Discovery Museum, the Boxborough Conservation Trust and the Town of Acton Sustainability office. If you have any questions about the activity or about how to join the project in iNaturalist, feel free to contact Matt Liebman at liebman.matt57@gmail.com.