Diario del proyecto Flora of Chugach State Park

miércoles, 30 de noviembre de 2022

Identifications needed!

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Flora of Chugach State Park Project thus far in 2022! Over the past few months we have received many new observations from this past summer and fall! This is very exciting! However, only about 51% of the observations in the Flora of Chugach State Park project are currently Research Grade. We are now in need of volunteers to provide high quality identifications to get as many of the observations ranked as "research grade" as possible. Thanks in advance for your help!

Publicado el miércoles, 30 de noviembre de 2022 a las 03:40 AM por aaronfwells aaronfwells | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

martes, 12 de abril de 2022

The Flora of Chugach State Park 2021 Progress Report is Complete!

The 2021 Progress Report is ready! To view and download the report go to the Alaska Native Plant Society (AKNPS) website here: https://aknps.org/projects/

The Flora of Chugach State Park project is a volunteer-led project organized by the Alaska Native Plant Society (AKNPS) in cooperation with CSP staff. Its objective is to inventory the flora and fungi of the Park, including vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, and fungi.

If you would like to contribute observations to this project . . . it’s possible you already have! The iNaturalist project is a “collection” project, which means that all observations that are recorded within the boundary of CSP and uploaded to iNaturalist are automatically included in the project. The Flora of CSP project will continue in 2022, and we need your help to make observations and provide identifications!

Please direct all questions to treasurer@aknps.org.

Publicado el martes, 12 de abril de 2022 a las 04:21 AM por aaronfwells aaronfwells | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

jueves, 24 de marzo de 2022

Flora of Chugach State Park Spring Status Update

Hi all, I'm currently in the process of compiling the data from last summer. Many thanks to all those who contributed observations and identifications in 2021! I'm preparing a progress report for Chugach State Park staff. I'll be sharing parts of the progress report publicly as well.

Publicado el jueves, 24 de marzo de 2022 a las 01:58 AM por aaronfwells aaronfwells | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

lunes, 18 de octubre de 2021

Identifications Needed!

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Flora of Chugach State Park Project thus far in 2021! Over the past few months we have received many new observations from this past summer and fall! This is very exciting! However, only about 48% of the observations in the Flora of Chugach State Park project are currently Research Grade. We are now in need of folks to provide high quality identifications to get as many of the observations ranked as "research grade" as possible.

Publicado el lunes, 18 de octubre de 2021 a las 05:20 AM por aaronfwells aaronfwells | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

sábado, 25 de septiembre de 2021

Calling all Mycologists!

We have seen an uptick in mushroom observations this year in the Flora of Chugach State Park project! This is most excellent! Are there any mycologists out there who would be willing to provide some identifications of mushroom observations? If so, we need your help!

Publicado el sábado, 25 de septiembre de 2021 a las 04:25 AM por aaronfwells aaronfwells | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

viernes, 24 de septiembre de 2021

Please post your observations from Chugach State Park

With summer a distant memory (what's all this white stuff on the ground! ha ha!) I wanted to reach out to everyone who is participating in this project to ask that, if you haven't already, you begin posting your observations to iNaturalist. Also, we need experienced botanists to get into the Flora of Chugach State Park iNaturalist project and complete some identifications for observations posted in there. We need as many observations as possible to become research grade. If you have questions about making identifications in iNaturalist please message me through iNaturalist. Thanks all!

Publicado el viernes, 24 de septiembre de 2021 a las 01:40 PM por aaronfwells aaronfwells | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

martes, 04 de mayo de 2021

Flora of Chugach State Park Progress Report

The 2020 Progress Report is ready! The report describes progress completed to date, including preliminary data summaries, photos, a species list, and a discussion of data gaps. To view and download the report go to the Alaska Native Plant Society (AKNPS) website here: https://aknps.org/#flora_of_csp_2020report

If you would like to contribute observations to this project . . . it’s possible you already have! The iNaturalist project is a “collection” project, which means that all observations that are recorded within the boundary of CSP and uploaded to iNaturalist are automatically included in the project.

The Flora of CSP project will continue in 2021, and we need your help to make observations and provide identifications! To learn more please go to the iNaturalist link above. Please direct all questions to treasurer@aknps.org.

Publicado el martes, 04 de mayo de 2021 a las 01:00 AM por aaronfwells aaronfwells | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

domingo, 28 de marzo de 2021

Flora of Chugach State Park: An Update

Introduction
Chugach State Park (CSP) in Southcentral Alaska contains approximately 495,000 acres of land, and is one of the four largest state parks in the United States (Figure 1). The Flora of CSP project is a volunteer led project organized by the Alaska Native Plant Society (AKNPS) in cooperation with CSP staff. The objective is to document the flora of the Park, including vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, and fungi.

Methods
We are relying on crowdsourced observations through iNaturalist, existing herbarium records, and new voucher specimens to document the flora of CSP. The project was initiated in the spring of 2020 with the creation of the Flora of Chugach State Park iNaturalist project (www.inaturalist.org/projects/flora-of-chugach-state-park). Next, we applied for a permit from CSP, which was granted, to collect voucher specimens during the summer and fall of 2020. During the summer, volunteers recorded hundreds of observations of the flora of CSP and submitted those to iNaturalist. Additionally, we collected 99 voucher specimens. In the fall and early winter, volunteers provided identifications on iNaturalist, and experts verified voucher specimens. The voucher specimens have been sent to the herbarium at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAAH) for curation.

In February 2021, we compiled over 3,000 existing herbarium records and research grade iNaturalist observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (www.gbif.org) into a PostgreSQL database (Figure 1). We are currently in the process of performing data quality assurance and control review, beginning with a review of the location for each record (e.g, latitude/longitude). Observations with high quality location data have an accuracy of 11 m or better, and were recorded after the year 2000 when the U.S. government stopped intentionally degrading public GPS signals (known as “selective availability”). Records with low quality location data have an accuracy of >11 m and/or were recorded in 2000 or earlier when GPS technology was either 1) unavailable and observations were marked by hand on topographic maps, or 2) GPS signals were scrambled through selective availability.

We will soon prepare a progress report which we will submit to CSP and share on the ANPS website (www.aknps.org). The report will provide an overview of the project, data summaries, a species list, and recommendations for data collection in 2021. Many thanks to all those who contributed observations and assisted with identifications in 2020!

How You Can Help
If you would like to contribute observations to this project....it’s possible that you already have! The iNaturalist project is a “collection” project, which means that all observations that are recorded within the boundary of CSP and uploaded to iNaturalist are automatically included in the project. The Flora of CSP project will continue in 2021, and we need your help to make observations and provide identifications! To learn more please go to the iNaturalist link above. Please direct all questions to treasurer@aknps.org.

Publicado el domingo, 28 de marzo de 2021 a las 12:52 AM por aaronfwells aaronfwells | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

sábado, 06 de marzo de 2021

Status Update

Hi all, I'm currently in the process compiling the data from last summer. Many thanks to all those who contributed observations and identifications, and to those who have volunteered to help with the data compilation...you know who you are! I'm preparing a progress report for Chugach State Park staff. I'll be sharing parts of the progress report publicly as well.

Publicado el sábado, 06 de marzo de 2021 a las 02:16 AM por aaronfwells aaronfwells | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

martes, 15 de diciembre de 2020

Identifications needed!

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the Flora of Chugach State Park Project! Over the past few months we have received a good number of new observations from this past summer. We are now in need of people to provide identifications to get as many of the observations ranked as "research grade" as possible.

Publicado el martes, 15 de diciembre de 2020 a las 05:00 AM por aaronfwells aaronfwells | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario