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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T163000
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URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/new-date-tale-of-two-brooks-chee
 secake-brook-bioblitz/
SUMMARY:new date!  Tale of Two Brooks:  Cheesecake Brook BioBlitz
DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled from July 29!\n\nIn 2025\, Charles River Watershed 
 Association (CRWA) is organizing a community science environmental survey 
 to understand baseline conditions along Cheesecake Brook\, and to compare 
 it to the restored Fuller Brook in Wellesley.\n\nJoin CRWA staff and Newto
 n Conservators for a guided walk along Albemarle Rd by Cheesecake Brook. 
  You'll learn how to use iNaturalist to catalog flora and fauna\, collect
 ing vital community science data for our "Bioblitz" biological survey.  E
 xplore the impact of river restoration projects on the ecosystem and its b
 iodiversity!  Don't miss out on this fun\, family-friendly event.\n\nThis
  child-friendly event is appropriate for adults and children accompanied b
 y an adult.   Our BioBlitz events are part of a larger effort by the Newt
 on Conservators to document\, and raise awareness about the great diversit
 y of plants and animals that inhabit Newton’s open spaces.  At the begi
 nning of the event\, we will give a brief tutorial on the iNaturalist app\
 , which we use to document species and as an identification aid.\n\nLearn 
 how to use the iNaturalist app to take pictures for documenting what lives
  in and around Cheesecake Brook.  Download this free and useful identific
 ation app to your phone or tablet beforehand from the Apple App Store for 
 iOS or the Google Play Store for Android.  HERE is an interesting article
  on iNaturalist from our Fall 2019 Newton Conservators Newsletter\, anothe
 r article HERE from our Summer 2025 newsletter\, and HERE is a webinar vid
 eo primer on its usage by Jon Regosin.\n\nThe co-sponsors of the event are
  Newton Conservators and the Charles River Watershed Association.  For qu
 estions\, please email trip leader Jonathan Regosin: jonathan.regosin@gmai
 l.com.  The event will start at the Gath Pool at 256 Albemarle Rd Newton 
 MA 02460.  You can find parking along Albemarle Rd near the Gath Pool.\nR
 egistration:  Registration is required and is being done on CRWA's websit
 e.  Click HERE for the link to the CRWA registration page\, or copy the f
 ollowing URL:\nhttps://www.crwa.org/events/tale-of-two-brooks-cheesecake-b
 rook-bioblitz
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CATEGORIES:BioBlitz,Guided Walks -- Other Organizations
LOCATION:Gath Pool\, 256 Albemarle Rd\, Newton\, MA\, 02460\, United States
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