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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Posted on April 21, 2019 01:49 AM by chrisgoforth