To help celebrate Point Pelee National Park's 100th anniversary, the public is invited to take part in the park's first ever "BioBlitz".
Visitors can team up with scientists to help record the park's plant and animal species. Park officials hope to document as many different species as possible and maybe find new ones. During the summer, many plants and animals are visible.
Conservation staff will work with nature experts and naturalists to conduct a 24-hour all-park search starting at noon on July 21.
Participants can join the experts for talks and hikes through the park, and conduct their own species survey using the iNaturalist app on their cellphone.
Over the past three years, BioBlitz participants across Canada have counted approximately 42 species at risk including monarch butterflies and caterpillars.
