(ALL RIGHTS) May 2016. Soil sampling a wetland in First State National Park. On May 20 and 21, 2016, The Nature Conservancy and The National Parks Service partnered with National Geographic to execute the First State National Park’s first Bioblitz outside of Wilmington, Delaware. Over the course of the two-day event, over 800 observations were recording and more than 300 species were identified. More than 30 volunteers, 200 middle and high school students, and 100 community members participated in nature walks, species inventories and educational science experiments. Photo credit: © The Nature Conservancy (Devan King)