Get out, explore the park and join the Citizen Science revolution on National Public Lands Day at Westmoreland State Park. 

We will celebrate our local biodiversity by cataloging as many species within the park as we can on September 22, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to noon. All you need to do to participate is to take identifiable photos of living things in the park and add them to our iNaturalist project. 

Eagles abound at Westmoreland State Park. Not much help needed to ID this one at the BioBlitz

Grab your smartphone and install the iNaturalist app., create a free profile, and join the Westmoreland State Park BioBlitz project! You may also bring your camera and upload the photos to the website later. 

Join the project, learn about iNaturalist, and track our progress at the Westmoreland State Park iNaturalist page. 

Some species are easier to find than others

iNaturalist has been called the Instagram of Biology. It packs the power of a whole team of naturalists and field guides into an easy to use mobile app. Whether you are participating in our BioBlitz or wondering what bug just flew into your car, snap a photo, upload it, and within seconds, the app uses photo recognition to identify the subject of your photo. Choose a likely ID, and the iNaturalist community will join in to confirm or correct the identification, at which point the data becomes “research grade” and is added to the observations available to researchers, classrooms, government agencies, and others who use the crowdsourced biology data to inform science, education, policy, and management.

Honey bees and other pollinators are crucial to healthy ecosystems

A Westmoreland State Park fawn

Healthy, biodiverse ecosystems are better able to provide for the needs of each living organism within the system--including us, and the rest of life as we know it. So, come on out, and get more familiar with what’s living right here, supporting you.

Directions and more information about Westmoreland State Park can be found here. For overnight accommodation, visit the park's lodging page here or call 800-933-7275 for assistance.