What is the CNC?
Find and record as many WILD animals, plants, fungi and other species as possible during this year’s City Nature Challenge. This global collaborative event motivates people to connect to nature and engage with citizen science.
- Join this project to receive updates and monitor progress on Teton County in the 2023 CNC.
- Check out observations from around the world in the 2023 global CNC.
- See how we are doing relative to other communities in the region in the 2023 CNC Northern Rocky Mountain Challenge.
Goals of the CNC
- Connect people to their local nature
- Connect people to each other: build community in person & online around local nature
- Collect biodiversity data available to use for science, management, and conservation
- Grow volunteer biodiversity documentation globally
- Have fun through some friendly competition!
How to Participate
Create an iNatualist account and consider downloading an app
- How to use iNaturalist or Getting started with iNaturalist
- iNaturalist App: Apple, Android
- Seek App: Apple, Android
- iNaturalist vs Seek
Observe WILD organisms between Friday April 28 and Sunday May 1
- Written guides on creating/uploading observations
- Video tutorials on creating/uploading observations
- Mark organisms that are NOT wild as captive/cultivated
- Only observations within Teton County, WY and Teton County, ID during this timeframe will count. However, observations in other locations and taken at other times still contribute to the iNaturalist citizen scientist effort.
Finish uploading organisms by Sunday May 7
- If you don’t want to (or can’t) upload during the bioblitz, you can upload pictures to the website or app after you observe them.
- Global results will be announced Monday May 8, 2023.
Help identify organisms
- We try to identify as much as we can by May 7, but the identification process is ongoing. Experts and enthusiasts continually improve identifications and align taxonomy to reflect the most recent scientific evidence.
- Anyone can help identify unknowns
- If you have expertise (trained professional OR local knowledge), you can help identify species you are familiar with.
Monitor your observations as they are identified to keep learning
- View notifications in the apps or website.
- Turn on email notifications to receive a daily digest of updates to your observations.
Upcoming bioblitzes in Teton County
- 2023 Summer Northern Rocky Mountain Biodiversity Challenge: June 8 - June 11
- Wyoming BioBlitz: July 21-24
- 2023 Fall Northern Rocky Mountain Biodiversity Challenge: September 14 - September 17, 2023
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