City Nature Challenge 2023: Clinch River Valley's Journal

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April 18, 2023

Get Ready for the 2023 City Nature Challenge!

Hi everyone,
The annual City Nature Challenge is happening this year on April 28 – May 1, 2023. The City Nature Challenge is an international effort for people to find and document what lives in towns and cities across the globe. There are around 485 other towns and cities participating this year so it will be great to see what everyone finds!

I’ve tagged you in this post because you are a top 50 observer in the Abingdon/Bristol/Norton/Grundy area. We’re hoping you’ll participate in this year’s City Nature Challenge. It is top iNat observers like you that will really help push us ahead in number of observations made and species recorded in southwestern Virginia. The easiest way to participate is to make as many iNaturalist observations of as many species as possible in Bristol, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Norton, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, and Wise counties during April 28 – May 1. Helping with identifications will increase our final species numbers so that’s a great way to participate as well. You can find our City Nature Challenge: Clinch River Valley project here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-clinch-river-valley

The 2023 City Nature Challenge runs from 12:01am on Friday, 4/28 to 11:59pm on Monday, 5/1. All iNaturalist observations from Bristol, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Norton, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, and Wise counties will automatically be counted towards the Challenge. Results will be announced on Monday, May 8 so be sure to upload all your observations by then. For more information and for a list of events happening across Virginia area during this challenge, please visit our website at https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/events/virginia-city-nature-challenge/

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Posted on April 18, 2023 09:01 PM by mduffy mduffy | 0 comments | Leave a comment

April 28, 2023

It's time! The Challenge is now through Monday, 5/1. Clinch River Valley

Help us win City Nature Challenge.

It's raining (a lot!), but we hope you'll get outside between the drops and make wildlife observations so we can top last year's overall Challenge numbers and set the bar high for the Clinch River Valley's first year participating. This includes the following counties/cities: Bristol, Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Norton, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise

Snap a photo in iNat of that worm on the sidewalk (it counts!) or that dandelion in your yard (it counts!) or the fly in your vehicle (it counts!).

Observations are slowly rolling in already. Will you spread the word and help us? Track progress by joining the project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-clinch-river-valley

All iNaturalist observations from the Clinch River Valley Region will automatically be counted in the Challenge. Results will be finalized on Monday, May 8 so be sure to upload all your observations by then.

Thanks,
Jen Dalke
Volunteer Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy
jdalke@tnc.org

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Posted on April 28, 2023 02:38 PM by jdalke jdalke | 0 comments | Leave a comment

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