City Nature Challenge – 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