The 2019 City Nature Challenge is coming up soon! Please join in the fun April 26 through April 29, as San Diego County competes against areas around the world to see who can make the most observations of nature, find the most species, and engage the most people in the Challenge. Last year, San Diego placed in the top 3 in all categories. Let’s meet or beat last year’s record! We can't let San Francisco beat us again! If you participated last year, thank you, and we hope you will do so again this year. If you are new to the Challenge, just jump right in and submit observations from anywhere in San Diego County over the 4-day period.

Set a goal: make 100 observations over the 4-day period; or find 10 species new to you; or submit more observations per day than you have on any prior day since you started using iNat; or come up with your own goal! Maybe you can outdo last year's top observer who contributed 992 observations of 569 species during the 4 days of the challenge.
Learn more about the 2019 San Diego City Nature Challenge at sdnat.org/CNC2019

This amazing opportunity is offered in conjunction with the San Diego Natural History Museum in preparation for this year’s City Nature Challenge. This presentation will include speakers from California State Fish and Wildlife, San Diego Natural History Museum, and Cabrillo National Monument. Each speaker will focus on how iNaturalist is used at their perspective wildlife refuge or national park/monument!

http://earthdiscovery.org/events/2019/2/9/inaturalist-training-become-a-citizen-scientist

Once the site of a sand and gravel quarry, Morrison Pond is now a partially-secluded spot within the Sweetwater Regional Summit Park that is great for nature watching. It is an open preserve with multiple trails that run along the Sweetwater River. Although Sweetwater Road can be seen from Morrison Pond, the traffic noises recede in the quiet of this place.

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2018/aug/01/roam-morrison-pond/

Hike over a historic steel bridge then along an interpretive trail for a panoramic view of the watershed.

https://m.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/feb/24/roam-sweetwater-river-trail-interpretive-loop/?templates=mobile