Seven areas from the Maritimes are registered to participate in the 2021 global City Nature Challenge

Does anyone remember the Maritimes 2020 City Nature Challenge? Lets put 2020 behind us and plan for a great 2021.

The global CNC will take place once again in two parts. The first 4 days (April 30th - May 3rd) will be dedicated to recording observations. These observations may be uploaded immediately or a few hours or days later. The cutoff for uploading is May 9th. Observations may be identified at any time but the focus of the second part of the CNC is on getting as many observations as possible identified.

The CNC stats include the number of participants, the number of observations, and the number of species. It is fun watching the changes in the leaderboard over the CNC event - it is easy to tell when groups of iNatters in different parts of the world are sleeping.

There are 7 areas from the Maritimes registered to participate in the 2021 event. These include 3 areas in Nova Scotia (HRM, CBRM, and the Valley), 3 areas in New Brunswick (Westmorland County, Charlotte County, and Fredericton), and one entry from 'urban' PEI (combined Charlottetown and Summerside).

In order for our entries to be respectable we need everyone to participate. This is a great opportunity to introduce iNat to family, friends, neighbours, colleagues, and anyone else who might listen! If you are unable to travel and help collect observations from any of the registered areas you can still participate by helping identify observations. You can also mentor participants and suggest species that they should look for or areas to explore.

Mark your calendars today but don't wait until April to learn how to use iNat - get out exploring as soon as possible and make a list of places that you can re-visit once the challenge starts.

The objectives of the local organizers are the same as in past years. We simply wish to encourage people to get outdoors, to explore, to observe nature, to share observations, and to have fun.

To keep informed about the CNC in our area please join this iNat project!

And of course follow our Facebook page.

If you have any questions just send us an email at cnc2019hrm@gmail.com

Posted on January 22, 2021 07:26 PM by mkkennedy mkkennedy

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Posted by mkkennedy about 3 years ago

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Posted by mkkennedy about 3 years ago

Why is the scope of this effort limited to certain regions in the Maritimes? Who is coordinating this effort?

Thanks

Roland

Posted by rolandchiasson about 3 years ago

The City Nature Challenge is a global event (https://citynaturechallenge.org) and this year there are many entries from across Canada.

The objective of the challenge is really to highlight biodiversity in urban areas but this geographic scope is a bit flexible. Halifax was the first area in the Maritimes to participate back in 2019. At that time we considered defining our area as just Halifax, Dartmouth and Bedford, but we settled on using all of HRM including Sable Island. The CNC looks at counts and compares them based on population and area size so if one chooses a large area as your project's geographic scope then you need more counts! Since the challenge is in April it is not likely that any of our Canadian entries will actually win but we can place well on the leader board with community support.
The issue with having many entries from the Maritime provinces means that we are forcing potential participants to choose which area to explore. If COVID wasn't an issue and travel restrictions were not in place then many keen iNatters might travel to participate in a 'blitz'.

These 7 Maritime CNCs are being organized by volunteers and a few keen iNatters. Our objective is simply to introduce iNat to others - getting outdoors for any reason is good. If you have suggestions on how to help spread the word about this event please get in touch.

Posted by mkkennedy about 3 years ago

Last year the Annapolis Valley included Annapolis and Kings Counties; is there any chance that it will be extended this year to include Hants County, or at least those communities in Hants County which are geographically part of the valley? I would love to participate and would prefer to stay in my local area (near Windsor) due to COVID.

Posted by megmar about 3 years ago

Unfortunately Hants County isn't part of the CNC definition for the Valley. Last year there was a similar request from residents of Digby County. The explanation is that geographically a valley is a spot between two mountains. West Hants is outside of North and South Mountain, so not included. Plus, the two counties Kings and Annapolis were included because the bulk of the valley eco-region falls within both of those and it was easy for people to know if they are in the count area area or not.

We do hope though that although your local area is not part of the CNC area that you can travel a few kilometers and collect observations just on the other side of the county boundary. It would be great to have lots of observations from the Hantsport/Avonport area.

Perhaps you can encourage people to come to the Windsor area and practice using iNat before the CNC starts? This would be a great opportunity to highlight the biodiversity in your part of Hants County.

Posted by mkkennedy about 3 years ago

While I was a little disappointed not to see Nova Scotia's South Shore as one of the areas ... just a comment. On a previous bioblitz I travelled outside my 'normal' collection area for observations. It was AWESOME! I learned lots and it help me put my home area into a whole new perspective. Tom Rogers

Posted by myacadianforest about 3 years ago

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