2022 Summer NRMBC: Bonner County, ID's Journal

Some interesting initial results from the Mountains vs Prairies Challenge:

Mountains

-Observations: 6,667
-Species: 2,671
-Observers: 1,036

Prairies

-Observations: 5,723
-Species: 1,111
-Observers: 462

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Top 10 Environmental Engagement Index (EEI) in each division (Observers/Population):

Mountains

Clark County, ID: 0.363%
Teton County, WY: 0.225%
Adams County, ID: 0.156%
Butte County, ID: 0.152%
Valley County, ID: 0.152%
Wallowa County, OR: 0.118%
Hot Springs County, WY: 0.101%
Central Kootenay RD, BC: 0.091%
Fremont County, ID: 0.085%
Lemhi County, ID: 0.084%

Prairies

Whitehorse, YK: 0.092%
NW Territories: 0.031%
Saskatoon, SK: 0.015%
Lethbridge, AB: 0.012%
Regina, SK: 0.012%
Red Deer, AB: 0.011%
Edmonton, AB: 0.009%
Calgary, AB: 0.008%
Brandon, MB: 0.006%
Fort McMurray, AB: 0.005%

*Rankings exclude the Canadian National and Provencial Parks that were included in the Challenges.

As the last day of the Northern Rocky Mountain Biodiversity Challenges and the Prairie BiodiverCity Challenges wrap up, here are the rules again:
1) Observations must be made between 12:01 AM Thursday June 9, and midnight Sunday June 12, in the challenge’s time zone.
2) All observations made to iNaturalist within the boundary and time frame are automatically tabulated in the results for each region, not including captive or cultivated organisms. Casual observations (those of captive or cultivated organisms, and/or those without supporting photos or sound files) are allowed, but if they account for more than 5% of your observations, then your results will be recalculated to exclude ALL of your casual observations, for the purposes of the competition.

Reporting Dates: Observations must be uploaded to iNaturalist by midnight June 19.
Preliminary Results: Gathered after midnight June 19.

Final Results: Tabulated as of midnight July 31. (We're allowing another 6 weeks here for people to make identifications; much longer than for the City Nature Challenge).

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Here are the end of Day 4 ranks for Observers in each of the Mountains vs Prairie Divisions:

MOUNTAIN DIVISION TOP 10 (# OBSERVERS)
Spokane County, WA: 72
Central Kootenay, BC: 57
Boise Area, ID: 55
Central Okanagan, BC: 55
Missoula County, MT: 55
Teton County, WY: 54
East Kootenay, BC: 48
Thompson-Nicola, AB: 43
Columbia-Shuswap, BC: 41
Okanagan-Similkameen, AB: 41

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PRAIRIE DIVISION TOP 10 (# OBSERVERS)
Edmonton, AB: 127
Calgary, AB: 123
Saskatoon SK: 44
Winnipeg, MB: 42
Regina, SK: 29
Whitehorse, YK: 26
Northwest Territories: 14
Lethbridge, AB: 12
Red Deer, AB: 11
Elk Island NP, AB: 11

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The tentative ranking by Environmental Engagement Index (Observers/Population) will be posted tomorrow.

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Mountain Division Umbrella Project Links:

Idaho
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-idaho

Montana
https://www.inaturalist.org/pro.../2022-summer-nrmbc-montana

Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-oregon-washington-and-wyoming

Alberta and British Columbia
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-alberta-and-british-columbia

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Prairie Division Umbrella Project
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-prairie-biodivercity-challenges

MOUNTAIN DIVISION TOP 10 (# OBSERVERS)

Spokane County, WA: 60
Boise Area, ID: 48
Central Okanagan, BC: 48
Central Kootenay, BC: 45
Teton County, WY: 45
East Kootenay, BC: 40
Columbia-Shuswap, BC: 35
Missoula County, MT: 32
Thompson-Nicola, AB: 32
Okanagan-Similkameen, AB: 30

Bonner County, ID: 29

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PRAIRIE DIVISION TOP 10 (# OBSERVERS)

Edmonton, AB: 104
Calgary, AB: 88
Winnipeg, MB: 33
Saskatoon SK: 29
Regina, SK: 22
Whitehorse, YK: 20
Northwest Territories: 11
Red Deer, AB: 10
Lethbridge, AB: 8
Elk Island NP, AB: 7

*Environmental Engagement Index (EEI) will be calculated at the end of the competition. For now, a list of the Top 10 challenges in each division will be given.

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Mountain Division Umbrella Project Links:

Idaho
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-idaho

Montana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-montana

Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-oregon-washington-and-wyoming

Alberta and British Columbia
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-alberta-and-british-columbia

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Prairie Division Umbrella Project
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-prairie-biodivercity-challenges

Bonner County is really doing well, especially compared to challenge sites with much greater populations, in the inaugural Mountains vs Prairies Challenge!

Here are the end of Day 2 Top 10 rankings by Observers:

MOUNTAIN DIVISION TOP 10 (# OBSERVERS)

Spokane County, WA: 37
Boise Area, ID: 36
Central Kootenay, BC: 30
Teton County, WY: 27
East Kootenay, BC: 26
Central Okanagan, BC: 23
Bonner County, ID: 22
Columbia-Shuswap, BC: 21
Gallatin County, MT: 19
Missoula County, MT: 19

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PRAIRIE DIVISION TOP 10 (# OBSERVERS)

Calgary, AB: 59
Edmonton, AB: 58
Winnipeg, MB: 19
Saskatoon SK: 15
Whitehorse, YK: 12
Regina, SK: 11
Red Deer, AB: 9
Northwest Territories: 7
Lethbridge, AB: 6
Elk Island NP, AB, AB: 5

*Environmental Engagement Index (EEI) will be calculated at the end of the competition. For now, a list of the Top 10 challenges in each division will be given.

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Mountain Division Umbrella Project Links:

Idaho
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-idaho

Montana
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-montana

Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-oregon-washington-and-wyoming

Alberta and British Columbia
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-summer-nrmbc-alberta-and-british-columbia

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Prairie Division Umbrella Project
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-prairie-biodivercity-challenges

In conjunction with the Summer Northern Rocky Mountain Biodiversity Challenge (6/9-12), Paul Sieracki will lead a trip on Sunday (6/12) beginning 9A at the Priest Lake Visitor Center (depart at 915A).

Here's his plan:
"It will be a 3 mile slow hike, visiting the Oxbow RNA, moist forest and Lower Priest River Riparian habitat for those who want to scramble down a steep bank. There is an old beaver dam in the Research Natural Area and interesting plants. This would not be just a plant ID trip but all species will be noted if they cooperate."

Bring lunch, mosquito repellent, rain gear and bear spray if you have it.

In conjunction with the upcoming 2022 Summer bioblitz, Derek Antonelli will lead a survey of the IDFG's Rapid Lighting Creek property on Friday, June 10, beginning at 10A.

See the NRMBC Facebook Page to see a couple maps:
https://www.facebook.com/Northern-Rocky-Mountain-Biodiversity-Challenge-114098407973505

Hello iNatters!

In case you haven’t heard, there’s going to be another iNaturalist bioblitz, the 2022 Summer Northern Rocky Mountain Biodiversity Challenge: Bonner County (NRMBCBC) from 12:01 AM on Thursday June 9th to 11:59 PM on Sunday June 12th, 2022. Please check out the About section and future Project Journal entries for more information.

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Be sure to check out the NRMBC Facebook Page for a list of the 70 participating sites!
https://www.facebook.com/Northern-Rocky-Mountain-Biodiversity-Challenge-114098407973505

This is going to be a demonstration project to see if it is possible to create a Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) ecoregional competition. If so, then this will be repeated for the 2022 Fall NRMBC (Thursday September 15 – Sunday September 18), and 2023 City Nature Challenge (Friday April 28 – Monday May 1, 2023).

If you have any questions, please send them to: geogehrig@gmail.com