Events

2024 MVAL Year in Review

2024 was a great year for the Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life, with a range of successful events, important research projects, growing use of the iNaturalist platform, and a wealth of important plant and animal discoveries.

2024 Correllus State Forest Bioblitz

Held July 19-20, 2024, our second bioblitz of Correllus State Forest tallied more than 300 species across this incredible, 5,300-acre property owned and managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Correllus State Forest Moth Night

More than 40 moth enthusiasts joined BiodiversityWorks for our traditional blacklighting event at Correllus State Forest on July 2, 2024.

2024 Bioblitz at Long Point

At this year’s Long Point Wildlife Refuge bioblitz, held June 28-29, 2024, observers compiled more than 600 iNaturalist observations and tallied about 340 species.

MVAL in iNaturalist: 2022 Year in Review

2022 was a great year for the Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life! A big part of our success has been the growing use of iNaturalist by naturalists on the Vineyard. Here’s a summary of our 2022 iNat activity.

Hoft Farm Bioblitz

Held July 15-16 at The Nature Conservancy’s Hoft Farm Preserve, this event enlisted about 20 observers who tallied more than 300 species.

Sky Pirates!

Pyrgota undata, a boldly marked, largely nocturnal fly, is a parasite of May beetles, usually attacking its host in mid-air.

Long Point Bioblitz, June 17-18, 2022

BiodiversityWorks, the Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life, and The Trustees of Reservations team up for an intensive survey – a “bioblitz” – of Long Point Wildlife Refuge.