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City Nature Challenge – Identification Period
April 30 @ 12:00 am - May 5 @ 11:59 pm
FreeApril 30th through May 5th is the Identification Period for anything that was documented during the observation period.
Not sure what City Nature Challenge is? Visit https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/ for more information.
Join Texas Parks & Wildlife, Texas Master Naturalists, the Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy and others in a fun challenge to see which city can document the most species. It is easy to participate by joining an event or making observations on your own using iNaturalist — sign up on iNaturalist.org and download the App for your device: iNaturalist for iOS and iNaturalist for Android.
With the iNaturalist App, you just take a picture of a plant or animal and the community will help identify what species it is. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/texas-big-country
Any observation made during the four days of the event in the greater metropolitan area of each city will count towards the challenge.
You can participate by exploring the life in your backyard, in your local park or on a field trip with your local naturalist group.
If you’re new to iNaturalist, learn more with the iNaturalist Getting Started Guide. https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started
2023 Participating Areas:
Texas City Nature Challenge 2023 iNaturalist Projects
Participating Texas Metro Areas
Abilene/Big County City Nature Challenge
Amarillo City Nature Challenge
Austin City Nature Challenge
Brazos Valley City Nature Challenge
Corpus Christi Area City Nature Challenge
Dallas-Fort Worth City Nature Challenge
El Paso City Nature Challenge
Houston-Galveston City Nature Challenge
Lower Rio Grande Valley City Nature Challenge
Lubbock City Nature Challenge
Port Aransas & Mustang Island City Nature Challenge
San Antonio City Nature Challenge
Tyler/East Texas City Nature Challenge
Waco/Heart of Texas City Nature Challenge
Wichita Falls City Nature Challenge
Texas Cities CNC 2023 Leaderboard