Mark your calendars! City Nature Challenge 2018
City Nature Challenge 2018 is just around the corner and we know you'll want to help Los Angeles take the lead! Your past involvement in this project was critical to our win for total number of observations in 2016 and for total number of observers in 2017. This year, the project is going global with over 65 cities on 5 different continents. Competition will be at its fiercest and we need your help!
What else is different this year? Observation and identification will be split into two parts. We need your help during BOTH phases of the contest.
April 27-30 Observation Phase: Get out there and record AS MANY observations of wild plants and animals as you can! With your help, we can beat last year's number of 18,451 observations and even surpass Dallas/Fort Worth's number of 24,085.
May 1-3 Identification Phase: Make sure you check back in during these dates help to identify observations. There are always more people submitting observations than identifying them and good identification is critical to raising the number of recorded species.
What you can do to help right now.
• Join the City Nature Challenge 2018: Los Angeles project on iNaturalist. That way you’ll stay in the loop and receive all the latest developments.
• Follow us on Twitter @citnatchallenge.
• Use the hashtag #citynaturechallenge on Instagram and Twitter.
• Repost our content. Tag us and credit us in the comments @citnatchallenge.
Would you like to meet us in person? Attend one of our upcoming NHMLA City Nature Challenge events. There is no charge to attend, but RSVP is required. Click on the links below for more information and to RSVP. https://nhm.org/nature/visit/events
We’ll be sending out regular updates via journal posts. Stay tuned for more information!
Sincerely,
Lila Higgins
Senior Manager, Community Science, NHMLA
@lhiggins
Amy Jaecker-Jones
Community Science Coordinator – City Nature Challenge, NHMLA
@AmyJaeckerJones
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