Alaska Soles • Entered by Loren Karro on September 6, 2023
Bioblitz for alpine flowers
July 21, 2023
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 5 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 10 |
Key Issue: Doesn’t apply
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Alaska Alpine Plant Society
Short Description of Activity
Kathy and Loren spent 5 hours hiking and photographing all alpine wildflowers (also some other plants and fungi) for entry into the Alpine Wild Plant Society bioblitz whereby they identify what flowers and plants are found where throughout the state at a certain time period.
Reflection/Evaluation
As expected we had a great deal of fun doing this, it was out second year. We didn’t find any rare or unexpected plants but we always marvel on the beauty and wide range of growth found in “protected” alpine regions. We also discussed possible dates for what must now be a late fall informal meeting to get some new members interested, perhaps holding it in Palmer this time.