City Nature Challenge 2019: Triangle Area's Journal

April 30, 2019

CNC 2019 wrap up and ID party!

Hey everyone!

You all did an AMAZING job documenting the wildlife of our area over the past four days! I've been blown away with what we've accomplished. I feel confident we can finish in the top 20 once everyone gets their photos uploaded, which is amazing given that there were 150 cities competing worldwide. You all ROCK!

To help boost our species count (the category we do the best in each year) we're having an in-person get together and ID party tomorrow, Wednesday, May 1, at Raleigh Brewing Company in Raleigh. Look for signs with the CNC and Environmental Educators of NC logos on them between 6 and 8pm to meet other local participants, work on identifications, and get a City Nature Challenge sticker. It should be a fun way to wrap up the craziness of the City Nature Challenge in the Triangle Area this year! You are welcome EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T PARTICIPATE this year too. IDs are just as important to this event as the people out taking photos, so please join us whether you submitted any photos or not.

I've still got the great CNC high that I feel every year as this event closes. I love being a part of this with you! I feel we have made North Carolina proud once again and I'm already looking forward to next year.

Hope to see you tomorrow!

Chris

Posted on April 30, 2019 09:40 PM by chrisgoforth chrisgoforth | 1 comment | Leave a comment

April 25, 2019

City Nature Challenge NC website

Hey everyone!

We have a new website for the City Nature Challenge for North Carolina that includes our area, plus Charlotte Metro and Western NC. Check it out for info on how to participate in the CNC, links to resources, event calendars for all three cities, and a link to the NC City Nature Challenge project here on iNaturalist.

https://cncnorthcarolina.wordpress.com/

Who's ready to get started tomorrow?! (Or even tonight! I don't know about you, but I'm leaving my porch lights on tonight and headed out after midnight to see what's out and about.)

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April 22, 2019

Activities this weekend - and new Facebook group!

I’m gathering all the activities associated with the City Nature Challenge in a few places, in case you’d like to attend an in-person activity this weekend:

NC Museum of Natural Sciences event listing: https://naturalsciences.org/calendar/event/city-nature-challenge-2019-triangle-area/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/groups/404146950310079?ref=bookmarks

The complete list of events during the City Nature Challenge is now listed! Hopefully more details are coming about the post-event social/ID party - still waiting to hear from the people planning that.

The latter link is a new Facebook group for the Triangle Area City Nature Challenge! If you’re on Facebook and want to share your sightings, experiences, and any activities for which you’d like to invite others to join you, please consider joining the group. It should be a fun, easy way to talk to each other and keep in touch during the event - and between this year and next year’s events!

Get those cameras ready, everyone! The City Nature Challenge starts soon!

Posted on April 22, 2019 10:13 PM by chrisgoforth chrisgoforth | 0 comments | Leave a comment

April 21, 2019

City Nature Challenge 2019 - starting soon!

Last year, the Triangle Area competed against close to 70 other cities worldwide to see who could document the most species on iNaturalist over a 4 day period. We finished in 14th place overall with over 9000 observations. We had events at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences facilities in downtown Raleigh and West Raleigh and worked with other sites and organizations 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 26-29, but this time we're up against over 250 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 2019!

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, Greensboro, and Henderson - it's a big area!) You can participate on your own, or join the NC Museum if Natural Sciences, NCSU, Triangle Land Conservancy, Chapel Hill Public Library, the NC Entomological Society, and other locations for guided walks, talks, and other related activities. We likely need 30,000 observations to have a shot at winning, 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 2019, April 26-29!

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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