City Nature Challenge 2023: Dallas/Fort Worth's Journal

Friday, April 28 - Monday, May 1
Mark the calendars! Get ready to deeply engage with nature on these four days! Let's document EVERYTHING. :)

Each year, the citizen/community scientists in Dallas/Fort Worth remind the world just how much biodiversity exists here amongst us. The City Nature Challenge is an excellent way to highlight not just this biodiversity but also the active group of folks that engage with nature -- I love it!

So, mark it on your calendars -- April 28 - May 1 -- City Nature Challenge 2023!!! Any and all observations made on these four days from the 10 counties that make up DFW (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise) and uploaded before May 6th will count towards the DFW City Nature Challenge. No extra steps, no projects that you have to join, nothing -- it's automatic!

I'll put up another journal post with some of the gatherings -- if you know of others, please let me know!

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me @sambiology, sam.kieschnick@tpwd.texas.gov, sambiology@gmail.com, or my cell: 214 215 5605

So far, here are the events that I know of -- if you know of others, PLEASE mention them (either in the comments or send me a message: @sambiology).

April 28 -CANCELLED - black-lighting at Mockingbird Nature Park in Midlothian CANCELLED

April 29 - 3 - 6 pm - bioblitz at Grand Park in Frisco

April 29 - 8 pm to late - black-lighting at Grand Park in Frisco