The City Nature Challenge is more than a friendly competition among cities in Texas, the United States, and even around the world. It is a fantastic way to learn more about the plants, animals, and other organisms that we share our spaces with - you might be surprised by how much life is all around us, from the local city park to the large wildlife refuges on city outskirts. The City Nature Challenge also helps generate a significant amount of data about those organisms, which can be used by scientists, conservationists, and others to better understand and conserve those species.
BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS/ORGANIZATIONS:
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Make observations anywhere in the Lower Rio Grande Valley from April 26 to April 29. All observations will count towards the project, as long as they are uploaded to iNaturalist before May 5, when the identification phase ends. You can learn more about observations on the "Getting Started" page:
https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started
Let us know if you are participating on behalf of a group/organization, and if you intend on exploring a particular site (like a nature center, state park, etc.). You can share that information on our Google Form:
https://forms.gle/PYac4eVi88FTZckQ7
Add identifications to other participants observations from April 30 - May 5. If you feel comfortable with identifying plants, animals, or other organisms, we would welcome your ID help! You can learn more about how the identification tool works on the "Getting Started" page:
https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started#identify_tool
Lastly, please spread the word about the City Nature Challenge with your community! You can download the outreach flyer at the Center for Urban Ecology's blog site:
https://cuefornature.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/city-nature-challenge-lower-rio-grande-valley-2024/
If you have any questions about the City Nature Challenge, feel free to ask them in the comment section below. We look forward to enjoying and exploring our community's nature with you!
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Lower Rio Grande Valley super observers, we are one month away from the City Nature Challenge! If y'all plan on participating, please join this iNaturalist project so we can get an idea of how many folks are thinking of making observations this CNC. Even better, if you have an area you're planning to cover during the CNC, please let us know via the Google Form in the above journal post. Thanks!
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Nice. Thanks for the reminder. I'll see if we can host something at our site. :)
I amazed that I count as a Lower Rio Grande Valley "super observer", as I only visited the area for one week back in January 2023. I live in New York City. It would be great to be back there during the upcoming CNC, but in reality I will not even be anywhere in the US, as I will be away in the Caribbean for 4 weeks starting on April 14th.
@biancajbanda awesome!
@susanhewitt I just went with folks who submitted over 500 observations since January 2023. I hope you find many cool organisms on your trip! :)
@bcfl14 Good luck this year, I am in Houston region. We had an awesome trip to RGV last fall for the TMN conference. If you can generate the observers to find the stuff I think RGV should have great results on species count. Everybody get outside wherever you are and have fun finding stuff!
thanks! @rich451
@susanhewitt Same, I am surprised I am a "super observer"! Sadly I will not be in the area at the time.
Thank you for this!
I will try my best, and was planning to participate everyday; but now even more so, to maintain my LRGVSO status- haha :D !
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