Post and Identify!

Thank you to everyone that participated in the City Nature Challenge for Teton County! I am beyond thrilled at the level of engagement we had. We have 327 observations that captured at least 145 species. The 19 observers we show on the project is an undercount because we know that the Munger Mountain Elementary School BioBlitz supported by Teton Science School reached a much broader audience.

You can still post observations that were made during the challenge until May 7. Final results will be calculated and posted on the project page on May 8.

The iNat volunteer identifiers are hard at work going through over 1.5 MILLION observations made globally over this year’s City Nature Challenge. Don’t worry if your observation isn’t IDed immediately. It may take a while to get through them all.

If you want to help with the ID effort, some resources for learning to ID via iNat are below.

Learning to ID on iNaturalist

Short video on IDing for the City Nature Challenge
iNat community guidelines - not specific to identification, but essential background as you increase your engagement with iNat
Identification etiquette tutorial
Video tutorial for Identify Page. You can also click into the observations from the identify page. I suggest playing around with both approaches to see what works for you.
Useful iNat Tasks for Nonexperts - guidance on identifying unknowns and other ways to engage with iNaturalist
iNat Frequently Used Responses
Help with IDs for our CNC project, you can use this link.
Help with IDs without date restrictions here are links for Teton County WY and Teton County ID.
Help ID Unknowns for the 2023 Global CNC