[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ background_blend=”multiply” custom_padding=”0px|0px|3px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIn19@” subhead=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9leGNlcnB0Iiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJ3b3JkcyI6IiIsInJlYWRfbW9yZV9sYWJlbCI6IiJ9fQ==@” _builder_version=”4.14.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”title,subhead” title_font=”|||||on|||” title_line_height=”1.3em” content_font=”||||||||” content_text_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.8)” content_font_size=”16px” subhead_font=”||on||||||” subhead_text_color=”#ffffff” subhead_font_size=”16px” background_color=”rgba(168,211,103,0)” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_start=”#000000″ background_color_gradient_end=”#003254″ background_color_gradient_end_position=”70%” background_image=”https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/v4.boldsystems.org_7125_animalia.png” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” title_letter_spacing_tablet=”0px” title_letter_spacing_phone=”” title_letter_spacing_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=”https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SiliconValleyBOL-volunteers-scaled.jpg” alt=”Stylized Diptera graphic.” title_text=”SiliconValleyBOL-volunteers” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ max_width=”95%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”-20px||20px” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22.3″ custom_padding=”0|0px|7px|0px|false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”3.25″ width=”89%” width_tablet=”80%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”89%” max_width_tablet=”80%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0|0px|27px|0px|false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#646564″ text_font_size=”15px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
\u00a0Volunteers at DNA Barcoding Bioblitz, Hidden Villa Farm and Wilderness Center, June 2018. PHOTO CREDIT: Dan Quinn<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ specialty=”on” _builder_version=”4.4.7″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ specialty_columns=”3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”3.29.3″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”3.29.3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ text_font=”||||||||” custom_padding=”||0px|||” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”18px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n H<\/span>uman destabilization of climate with its current and future costs and suffering make headlines daily<\/a>. Related yet to some extent independent, the most current mass extinction<\/a>\u2014the seventh1<\/sup> event of its kind in the nearly four billion years since life appeared on Earth\u2014with potentially greater adverse impacts2<\/sup> receives severalfold less attention3<\/sup>. We began the Silicon Valley Barcode of Life<\/a> to further iBOL<\/a>\u2019s work to address this imbalance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”||40px|||”]<\/p>\n We grew up in Palo Alto, exploring nature in our yard, on the nearby 8,800 acre Stanford University campus, and in regional open space spanning San Francisco Bay marshes, Coast Range grassland, chaparral, and redwood forests, and Pacific Coast beaches. From an early age we participated in, and more recently we\u2019ve led others in habitat stewardship fieldwork.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.9″ custom_css_main_element=”margin:auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_testimonial portrait_url=”data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNTAwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjUwMCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDUwMCA1MDAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+CiAgICA8ZyBmaWxsPSJub25lIiBmaWxsLXJ1bGU9ImV2ZW5vZGQiPgogICAgICAgIDxwYXRoIGZpbGw9IiNFQkVCRUIiIGQ9Ik0wIDBoNTAwdjUwMEgweiIvPgogICAgICAgIDxyZWN0IGZpbGwtb3BhY2l0eT0iLjEiIGZpbGw9IiMwMDAiIHg9IjY4IiB5PSIzMDUiIHdpZHRoPSIzNjQiIGhlaWdodD0iNTY4IiByeD0iMTgyIi8+CiAgICAgICAgPGNpcmNsZSBmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk9Ii4xIiBmaWxsPSIjMDAwIiBjeD0iMjQ5IiBjeT0iMTcyIiByPSIxMDAiLz4KICAgIDwvZz4KPC9zdmc+Cg==” portrait_width=”1px” portrait_height=”1px” _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Songbirds like the hooded oriole (Icterus cucullatus<\/em>) and cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum<\/em>), once common visitors to our yard, now come rarely if at all.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n We\u2019ve observed firsthand how humans are diminishing biodiversity. As property owners in our community have covered more land with buildings and paving, they\u2019ve reduced and fragmented habitat4<\/sup>. Songbirds like the hooded oriole (Icterus cucullatus<\/em>) and cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum<\/em>), once common visitors to our yard, now come rarely if at all. As we and those around us have relied increasingly upon products imported from around the world, we’ve introduced pests and invasive species that disrupt long-standing ecological relationships5<\/sup>. Oak Sudden Death<\/a>, caused by a water mold (Phytophthora ramorum<\/em>) thought to have entered the United States via the nursery plant trade, has killed tanoak (Notholithocarpus densiflorus<\/em>) and coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia<\/em>) in some of our favorite hiking spots and far beyond.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin:auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Eastern_Sierra_Bee_Jen.jpeg” title_text=”Eastern Sierra Bee” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ custom_margin=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#646564″ text_font_size=”16px” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n PHOTO CREDIT: Jen Bayer<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Feeling concern about losing the living nature we love, we\u2019re acting to preserve it. In 2018, inspired by conservationists Daniel Janzen\u2019s and Winnie Hallwachs\u2019<\/a>\u00a0biodiversity protection and advocacy in \u00c5rea de Conservaci\u00f3n Guanacaste, and San Diego Barcode of Life<\/a> founder Bradley Zlotnick’s biodiversity cataloging and education achievements in Southern California, we launched the Silicon Valley Barcode of Life<\/a> with the purpose of using DNA barcoding to engage people in cataloging biodiversity, in learning about the importance of biodiversity to human well-being and about threats to it, and in acting to conserve it.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.14.9″ custom_padding=”12px||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/newest_small_metacoder_figure-e1646932200767.png” alt=”Taxonomy wheel graphic” title_text=”Taxonomy Wheel” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ align=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ text_font=”|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#646564″ text_font_size=”14px” text_line_height=”1.6em” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Taxonomic distribution of biodiversity collected at Hidden Villa DNA Barcoding Bioblitz<\/a>, June 2018. Colors in the heat tree indicate the number of samples detected.<\/span><\/p>\n IMAGE CREDIT: Hilary Bayer<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.14.8″ custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.9″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n To date we\u2019ve actively engaged more than a hundred volunteers, directly addressed more than a thousand people in-person (pre-pandemic) and subsequent online events, and indirectly addressed several thousands more in published writing and through our website. We\u2019ve also hand-collected 600 specimens from diverse ecosystems in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, and collected nearly 30,000 additional specimens from Malaise traps deployed in partnership with Stanford University’s Fukami Lab<\/a>, the City of Palo Alto<\/a>, and Hidden Villa Organic Farm and Wilderness Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2021 we were offered an opportunity to partner with the Mono Lake Committee<\/a> to study arthropods of the Mono Basin. Though Mono Lake is several hundred miles across California from the Silicon Valley, we\u2019ve vacationed in the Sierra Nevada with our family for as long as we can remember, and we\u2019re grateful to be able to contribute to protecting its biodiversity.<\/p>\n In our first round of collections, we gathered 250 unique specimens within a 50-mile radius of Mono Lake by hand. With pit traps and a Malaise trap on Mono Lake Committee properties, including the Outdoor Education Center visited by hundreds of students annually, we gathered about 4,000 additional specimens.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SV-M-164-scaled.jpeg” alt=”Mantidfly” title_text=”Mantispidae sp.” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ text_font=”|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#646564″ text_font_size=”14px” text_line_height=”1.6em” custom_padding=”||0px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Mantidfly, family Mantispidae. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SV-M-131-scaled.jpeg” alt=”Scarabeidae beetle” title_text=”Scarabeidae sp.” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ text_font=”|300|||||||” text_text_color=”#646564″ text_font_size=”14px” text_line_height=”1.6em” custom_padding=”||0px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Monkey beetle, genus Hoplia<\/em>, family Scarabaeidae PHOTO CREDIT: Jen Bayer<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ custom_padding=”|20px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In 2022 we’re continuing to catalog arthropods of Silicon Valley and of the Mono Basin. In both places we have plans to deploy additional Malaise traps in partnership with local conservation and educational organizations and proceed with hand collection, engaging volunteers in these activities and in specimen processing.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n We\u2019re demonstrating how DNA barcoding can be a means to quickly and cost-effectively catalog biodiversity and thereby contribute to global and local libraries of life\u2014a resource on which many can rely to inform science-based stewardship and enrich educational programs.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin:auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jen-hilary.jpeg” title_text=”jen-hilary” show_in_lightbox=”on” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” custom_css_main_element=”margin:auto;” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_testimonial _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” body_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re demonstrating how DNA barcoding can be a means to quickly and cost-effectively catalogue biodiversity and thereby contribute to global and local libraries of life\u2014a resource on which many can rely to inform science-based stewardship and enrich educational programs.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#646564″ text_font_size=”13px” text_line_height=”1.6em” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Jen and Hilary Bayer, co-founders of [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Abel|700|on|on|||||” text_text_color=”#003254″ text_font_size=”28px” text_letter_spacing=”1px” text_orientation=”right” custom_padding=”|27px|20px||false|false” text_text_shadow_style=”preset3″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n We\u2019re looking for partners.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Silicon Valley Barcode of Life<\/a> is an all-volunteer endeavor made possible by dedicated advisors, generous donors, institutional partners who share our goals, and volunteers.<\/p>\n Please contact us if you\u2019re interested in assisting Silicon Valley Barcode of Life with funding, macro photography, graphic design, data uploading, Malaise trap servicing, or hand collection.<\/p>\n You can reach us at svbarcodeoflife@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f2f2f2″ custom_padding=”|30px||30px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”14px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n We gratefully acknowledge the Consulate of Canada in San Diego for kindly supporting us in facilitating this partnership with the International Barcode of Life Consortium, and the staff at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics<\/a> for the ways they’ve assisted us in learning and contributing.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”4.14.9″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.14.9″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”13px” custom_padding=”43px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n 1. Michael R. Rampino & Shu-Zhong Shen (2019): The end-Guadalupian (259.8 Ma) biodiversity crisis: the sixth major mass extinction? Historical Biology <\/em>33(1):1-7. DOI: 10.1080\/08912963.2019.1658096<\/a><\/p>\n 2. Cardinale BJ et al (2012) Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity. Nature<\/em> 486(7401):59-67. DOI: 10.1038\/nature11148.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 3. Legagneux1 P et al (2018) Our house is burning: Discrepancy in climate change vs. biodiversity coverage in the media as compared to scientific literature. Front. Ecol. Evol.<\/em> 5:175. doi: 10.3389\/fevo.2017.00175<\/a><\/p>\n 4. University of Exeter. (2018, April 13). Crowded urban areas have fewer songbirds per person. ScienceDaily. Retrieved\u00a0 from https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/04\/180413093836.htm<\/a><\/p>\n 5. Dawson W et al (2017). Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups. Nature Ecology and Evolution<\/em> 1: 0186. 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