City Nature Challenge: Observation Period

04/26/2024 12:00 AM - 04/29/2024 11:55 PM CT

Category

Public Program

Admission

  • Free

Location

Summary

There is nature all around us! Knowing what species are in our city and where they are helps us study and protect them, but the ONLY way to do that is by all of us – scientists, land managers, and the community – working together to find and document the nature in our area.

By participating in the City Nature Challenge, not only do you learn more about your local nature, but you can also make your city a better place – for you and other species!

Description

Invented by community science staff, Lila Higgins at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) and Alison Young and Rebecca Johnson at the California Academy of Sciences (CAS), the City Nature Challenge is an international effort for people to find and document plants and wildlife in cities across the globe. It’s a bioblitz-style competition where cities are in a friendly contest with each other to see who can make the most observations of nature, who can find the most species, and who can engage the most people. 

Join the Rock River Valley Team in 2024!

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-rock-river-valley

The Rock River Valley team makes observations in Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, Stephenson, and DeKalb counties! You don't have to officially join the project, as long as you upload your observations from one of those 5 counties!

 

 A List of all events can be found at this website! 

https://sites.google.com/seversondells.org/rrvcnc/home

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