City Nature Challenge starts on Friday, April 28th!

Hi everyone!

We are a little under three weeks away from the beginning of the 2023 City Nature Challenge! With the CNC right around the corner, we wanted to make sure everyone is aware of a few resources that may be particularly helpful. I will also be providing an online training Wednesday, April 13th from 3:30PM-4:30PM via Zoom. You can join the zoom on Wednesday here: https://ufl.zoom.us/my/coreytcallaghan and the CNCsoflo website calendar has more info: https://www.cncsoflo.com/events-2

CNCSOFLO website:
https://www.cncsoflo.com/
Check the site out for events during the CNC weekend.
If you are planning on hosting an event, make sure to register your event so we can include it on the site!

@cncsoflo Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/cncsoflo/?hl=en
Follow our Instagram for interactive posts including quizzes and polls about South Florida biodiversity.

Looking for best practices and other info about iNaturalist? The links below will come in handy. Feel free to share with anyone who is new to iNaturalist or wants to learn more about how to navigate the website & database.
Why iNaturalist?- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s9JPUY6oZZq_iWyH-xE6ZMyTaxazjPqm/view?usp=share_link
Best practices & things to avoid- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-uzRKVVu4qfxU2j3WM9y_fibd8B756Pb/view?usp=share_link
How to upload and use iNaturalist- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R25YIzmZvO0V48Sa7_ycgcE4b03Lj8K3/view?usp=share_link
Research Grade, Needs ID, Casual Grade explained-https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OmLzvL_l-PjDXbfDgLjXkF0x_qgO2U19/view?usp=sharing
iNat extras (cool features newer users may not be familiar with)- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RcOcIleKdAuwYnePPF4FmsF-cB0pTSyF/view?usp=sharing

South Florida Lawn Weeds Guide:
https://www.inaturalist.org/guides/9022
Did you know lawn weeds are one of the easiest examples of biodiversity to observe just about anywhere you go? This guide includes the most common lawn weeds found in South Florida, loosely in order from most common & widely distributed to least common. While photographing lawn weeds, keep an eye out for pollinators and other little critters that use them as habitat!

Community service
Do you know any students in need of community service hours? You can contact me at joemdo.inaturalist@gmail.com with the student's username and I will provide community service hours equal to 1 hour for every 10 observations posted during the City Nature Challenge. The observations need to be either Needs ID or Research Grade to count. For more info, check out the following document:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wnT6_MFbu6zIdjT9fknLXnRGsW_EOGZi/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for reading and happy iNatting!
-Joe MDO & the CNCSOFLO Team

Posted on April 9, 2023 12:28 AM by joemdo