City Nature Challenge 2018 is coming...

Last year, the Triangle Area competed against 15 other cities in the US to see who could document the most species on iNaturalist over a 5 day period. We finished in 6th place overall with close to 8000 observations, but we took first place among the cities east of the Mississippi. We had events at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences facilities in downtown Raleigh and West Raleigh and worked with other sites (Peidmont Wildlife Center, NCSU, River Park North, and others) to get as many people as possible out photographing the amazing biodiversity of our area during the Challenge.

We're gearing up to do it again this year April 27-30, but this time we're up against over 60 cities worldwide. Let's show the rest of the WORLD how amazing our biodiversity - and our citizen scientists - are as we win the City Nature Challenge 2018!

Participation is simple: photograph species within the Triangle Area and upload them to iNaturalist via the smartphone app or online. (Note that the Triangle Area for this event includes Wilson, Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, and Henderson - it's a big area!) You can participate on your own, or join the NC Museum if Natural Sciences, Eno River State Park, NCSU, and other locations for guided walks, talks, and other related activities. We likely need 20,000 observations to win, so we need as many people out in as many places as possible to have a chance to win this event!

The full list of CNC Triangle Area activities is coming soon and will be posted both here and on the NC Museum of Natural Sciences website. In the meantime, get your cameras ready to help the Triangle Area win the City Nature Challenge 2018, April 27-30!

Questions? Want to host a City Nature Challenge activity at your site? Contact Chris Goforth @chrisgoforth or via e mail at chris.goforth@naturalsciences.org for more information on how you can get involved!

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Posted on March 1, 2018 07:07 PM by chrisgoforth