City Nature Challenge 2024: Kitsap County
Will you help Kitsap County gather the most observations of nature, find the most species, and engage the most people?
April 26-29, 2024
CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2024
WHAT IS THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE?
Started in 2016 as a competition between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the City Nature Challenge (CNC) has grown into an international event, motivating people around the world to find and document wildlife in and around their cities, using biodiversity recording apps and platforms like iNaturalist. Run by the Community Science teams at the California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the CNC is an annual four-day global urban bioblitz at the end of April, where cities are in a collaboration-meets-friendly-competition to see not only what can be accomplished when we all work toward a common goal, but also which city can gather the most observations of nature, find the most species, and engage the most people in the event.
The 2024 City Nature Challenge will be April 26 – 29. Last year there were 485 cities across 46 countries who took part!
HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?
Use iNaturalist to make and share observations of wild plants, animals and fungi anywhere in Kitsap County. Any observations you make in the geographic area for Kitsap County are already included!
- 2024 Observation Time Frame: 4/26, 4/27, 4/28 and 4/29
- 2024 Observation Upload & Making ID’s: 4/30 – 5/5
- 2024 Results Announced: 5/6/24
Be sure to stay up to date with CNC by keeping in touch with IslandWood and The Bainbridge Island Land trust via social media, our websites, and newsletters.
We are so grateful to our educational partnership with the Bainbridge Island Land Trust!
WHERE DO I MAKE OBSERVATIONS USING INATURALIST?
We encourage you to visit your own neighborhood, backyard, and our local parks and public lands here in Kitsap County to make your observations.
- Public Spaces
- Interactive map of parks and trails – Parks & Trails Finder | Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District (biparks.org)
- Printable maps – Printable Maps | Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District (biparks.org)
- Fold out maps are available for pick up at the Bainbridge Island Recreation Center (11700 Meadowmeer Cr NE) and the Bainbridge Island Aquatic Center (8521 Madison Ave N), the Chamber of Commerce, and City Hall
I’M NOT ON BAINBRIDGE ISLAND OR IN KITSAP COUNTY – CAN I STILL PARTICIPATE?
You betcha! The steps are the same. Visit the City Nature Challenge website or just use iNaturalist to make and share sightings of wild plants, animals and fungi anywhere. Observations you make in your geographic area are welcome and encouraged!
Most importantly HAVE FUN, learn something new, and remember that citizen/community science is contributing to larger bodies of scientific knowledge and data everyday.
We can’t do it without you!
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