The Washington Metropolitan Area as defined by the US Census is huge: it includes 17 counties from Virginia, 6 counties from Maryland, one from West Virginia, and of course the District of Columbia at the center. For the last 3 years of the City Nature Challenge, participation has spread to the less urban parts of the metro area, but some counties remain underrepresented on iNaturalist.
During the most recent CNC organizer call, we got a partial sense of where people will be involved. I'm tagging a few top recent observers from the counties where we didn't have anyone on the call (italicized).
Washington, DC
@carrieseltzer (NE)
@stella20009
@oneRtwoNs (SW)
@romainclem (NW)
@tudor_place (NW)
Virginia:
Alexandria
@capitalnaturalist
@telbill
@lucareptile
@casadoray
@pmcollins
Arlington County
@CapitalNaturalist
@dbarber
Clarke County
@ljledford
@stinger
Culpeper County
@krechmer
@bwhfcf
Fairfax County
@liztrain(Annandale)
@mefisher (Clifton)
@ana_kaahanui (Burke)
Fairfax (city)
@maverick012
@sarliz9
Fauquier County
@mjwcarr
@saucierj
@bertharris
@tmarable
@judygva
Loudoun County
@granolapunk
@hthrd
@nguyenkt34
@imasongster
@sweetbriarocto
@andrea1441
Manassas
@lharrell
Manassas Park
@circster
Prince William County
@dgovoni
@pwcsjabara
Rappahannock County
@rogue1
@briangratwicke
Spotsylvania County
@tca12345
@sassafraslass
@kat_shaver
Fredericksburg
@jdwilson55
@marilynncat
Stafford County
@stephanie1029
@melaniebrell
Warren County
@venturebear
@froyalp
@lindsayjohnson23
Maryland:
Calvert County
@karyn-nrd
Charles County
@karynmolines
Frederick County
@annagypsy
@jacobogre
@markjones6
@angela58
@andywilson
@aletaquinn
@botanygirl
Montgomery County
@hjlichtman (Germantown & Rockville)
Prince George's County
@spyingnaturalist
@hholbrook
@blitzen1986
@treichard
@jmgconsult
West Virginia:
Jefferson County
@mindymabry
@ryanhagerty
Can you reach out to your nature-loving neighbors and encourage them to get involved? In the simplest form, just tell them to download the iNaturalist app and look for wild biodiversity in their neighborhoods.
For more details, you can point them to http://citynaturechallengedc.org/
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