Getting Started
Select your track and role below to discover relevant information and resources.
🎒 High School Student Pathway
Learn about nature in your area, join a student conservation community, and work toward local or state BHOF induction.
- Download iNaturalist and create an account. Ask your teacher or parent if you need help with setup.
- Join your school's Biodiversity Club or active class project.
- Explore nearby parks or school grounds to submit observations. Remember to only document wild species.
- Strive for 100 unique Research-Grade observations across taxonomic groups (Plants, Birds, Bugs, etc.) to qualify for induction.
🔍 For Researchers
Leverage student-generated, research-grade datasets to support biodiversity studies.
- Collaborate with the BHOF team to request access to obscured or private observation coordinates on a case-by-case basis.
🌲 For Organizers
Coordinate district, ecoregional, or statewide bioblitz events to engage school systems.
- Design and register cooperative bioblitz events on iNaturalist.
- Establish Baseline projects for ecoregion-level tracking.
- Create regional leaderboards that align with BHOF tiers and jurisdictions.
🤝 For Others
Not a student or educator, but want to know how you can help BHOF? Join us to support school outreach and build out our program infrastructure.
- Help build out local BHOF web and database infrastructure.
- Coordinate outreach and promote the program to regional schools.
- Provide mentorship, resources, or support to student biodiversity clubs.
BHOF Network Map
Discover participating high schools, colleges, and universities across the region. Click on markers to view active projects and see who is involved!
This map and participating institutions list currently display placeholder data. The Biodiversity Hall of Fame has not officially piloted yet, and live schools and projects will populate once pilot programs begin.
Participating Institutions
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