California Insect and Soil Biodiversity Sampling, Stillwater Sciences (May 2023-August 2025)

The California Institute for Biodiversity (CIB) has received one time funding from the State of California to support the fungi and soil biodiversity ATBI (All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory) as part of the 30X30 Pathways Strategy. CIB’s goal is to develop a specimen-based DNA barcode reference library for all soil types in California. With a reference library of barcodes, we can identify thousands of organisms found in even small soil samples. Combined with other advanced methods, we can map relationships between soil biodiversity and carbon storage, water retention, agricultural productivity, and even disease and pest suppression. This dataset was collected with this over-arching purpose in mind and includes details pertaining to soil, insect, eDNA, and leaf litter field sample collections between May 2023 and January 2025.