Lakeside Trail Bioblitz

4/28/2018 | Cuivre River State Park | Troy, MO

Cuivre River State Park will be joining the 2018 St. Louis City Nature Challenge. The City Nature Challenge is a worldwide event sponsored by the citizen science team at iNaturalist. This is an international competition to document plant and animal life in your area. This year, more than 60 different metropolitan regions around the world will compete between April 27 and April 30, 2018.  If you live in the St. Louis region (and the counties surrounding in the bi-state area) you can participate in scheduled events or from your own backyard. To participate, download the free iNaturalist app for your phone.

The park will host a daytime and nighttime event during the challenge. The daytime event will be a bioblitz along Lakeside Trail. Lakeside Trail is one of Cuivre's most diverse trails, with woodland, glade and pockets of prairie-like habitat. Participants will join the naturalist and use the iNaturalist app to record what they discover along the trail. Lakeside trail is a 3.5 mile loop around beautiful Lake Lincoln.   The pace will be leisurely, with many stops to record data. Join us to become citizen scientists and help us win the City Nature Challenge!

Visitors should meet at the Lakeside Trail trailhead, located at the beach parking lot. Please download the iNautralist app before you arrive, and have your phone battery fully charged. Participants should wear sturdy shoes and bring plenty of water, bug spray and sunscreen.  As always, this program is free and open to the public. Program will be held weather permitting; check the park's Facebook page for updates or contact the park office at 636-528-7247.    

Event times: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
678 State Route 147, Troy, MO | 636-528-7247