Diario del proyecto City Nature Challenge 2020: INLAND EMPIRE

04 de abril de 2023

2023 CNC is later this month!

The 2023 City Nature Challenge will be held April 28th to May 1st (observation period) and May 2nd to May 7th (upload photos and identify observations period). Results will be announced on May 8th!

Please join our Project Page on iNaturalist to receive updates by clicking on the “Join” button in the upper right corner in the “About” section: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-inland-empire. You do not need to join the project to participate in the City Nature Challenge. All observations made within the Inland Empire during the observation period will automatically be added.

Thanks, and looking forward to seeing what amazing nature is observed in the Inland Empire this year!

Publicado el 04 de abril de 2023 por breeput breeput | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

26 de abril de 2022

CNC starts THIS Friday!

The 2022 City Nature Challenge is quickly approaching! The dates are as follows:

April 29-May 2 (take photos of wild plants, animals, etc. and upload to iNaturalist)
May 3-May 8 (upload and identify photos on the iNaturalist app)
May 9 (results announced)

Check out and join our 2022 project page here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2022-inland-empire. We look forward to seeing the observations people find in the Inland Empire this year!

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05 de enero de 2022

2022 Project Now Up!

The 2022 City Nature Challenge will be held April 29th to May 2nd (observation period) and May 3rd to May 8th (upload photos and identify observations period). Results will be announced on May 9th.

We already have our Project Page on iNaturalist up and running: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2022-inland-empire. Please join the project to receive Journal updates by clicking on the “Join” button in the upper right corner in the “About” section. You do not need to join the project to participate in the City Nature Challenge. All observations made within the Inland Empire during the observation period will automatically be added to our project.

Thanks, and looking forward to seeing what amazing nature is observed in the Inland Empire this year!

Publicado el 05 de enero de 2022 por breeput breeput | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

17 de abril de 2021

2021 Project Page Now Open!

Hello everyone who contributed to the 2020 Inland Empire City Nature Challenge. We will be participating again this year with the hope of having an even better turn out compared to last year's event! If possible, please join our 2021 City Nature Challenge Project Page to receive updates and resources about this year's event: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-inland-empire.

We look forward to seeing your observations. Feel free to message me if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks!

Publicado el 17 de abril de 2021 por breeput breeput | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

04 de mayo de 2020

City Nature Challenge Results

We want to say thanks for participating in the Inland Empire’s first ever City Nature Challenge! Despite a global pandemic, we had GREAT participation with 486 people submitting 10,900 observations in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties combined! So far, 5,541 observations have made it to ResearchGrade, which is amazing for researchers using iNaturalist data in our region. We landed in 19th place, in terms of number of observations, out of 244 cities! Not bad for our first time 😊

Overall, thousands more people participated in the global CNC compared to last year, and even with 150,000 fewer observations compared to last year, we still ended up documenting more species than ever!

Here are the collective results:
Observations: 815,258
Species: 32,500+, including more than 1,300 rare/endangered/threatened species
Observers: 41,165

Most-observed species globally: Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

Highlights from around the U.S. and the world include a relatable fox squirrel trying to beat the heat in Los Angeles (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43187956) ,
A spotted harlequin snake midway through a meal in South Africa (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43606795),
A critically endangered harlequin frog in Panama (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43676237),
Three sea-faring snails racing across a puddle in Calabasas (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43784379),
Honduras’s first observation of a rare orchid (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43257711),
A parasitic fungus erupting from a wasp in Tennessee (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43928356),
A stunning pitviper from the Philippines (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43624520),
and the first record in over 40 years of a white-spotted slimy salamander in Arlington County near Washington DC (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43438559).

The CNC also led to the biggest week of observations on iNaturalist again! We plan on the Inland Empire participating every year and look forward to working with you again next year, and hopefully under less-challenging circumstances.

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30 de abril de 2020

THANK YOU & time to make IDs

Wow! For our first year, we had such an amazing turn out thanks to you! We have now made over 10,000 observations in the Inland Empire! In all, more than 39,000 people have contributed to the global City Nature Challenge with over 750,000 observations! It's awesome to see such engagement during a challenging pandemic. This event would not be successful without you!

Just some reminders:
You can still upload observations until May 3rd and they will count toward the CNC as long as you made them during Apr 24-27.

Please help with taxonomic identifications! We are now in the identifying phase of the CNC, which lasts until May 3rd. You don't have to be an expert to help ID. Anyone can go through the "unknown"s and get them even to a coarse ID like "plants" or "beetles" or "fungi". This helps those folks who do know how to ID down to species find these observations. If you need a quick identification tutorial, you can watch this short video on how to use the Identify Page: https://vimeo.com/246153496

As you're going through our region's observations, PLEASE mark anything that looks captive/cultivated as such.

Final results of the 2020 City Nature Challenge will be posted on May 4!

Publicado el 30 de abril de 2020 por breeput breeput | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

23 de abril de 2020

CNC starts tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the big day! It's gonna be a hot one, but try to make as many nature observations as you can from Friday to Monday! Compare our progress with that of the five other California regions/cities on the CNC California Project Page: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-california

The Cal Academy has made some great backyard bingo boards to use while stuck at home. Please share broadly.:
1) California Backyard/Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt Bingo Board - this is meant to be easy, kid/family friendly, and includes things that people should be able to find throughout California (link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lmwfJIoP_x2xU2XOY4f9rdIFWHnz2Dmj/view)

2) A California Native Species Bingo Board - this will be much harder! Only native species, but ones that are found throughout CA and should be generally findable in backyards and neighborhoods. (link here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jivSbbcqC2kQhk4S_YmHiFyJ_UysMxZd/view). There is a corresponding iNat project for the native species bingo if people want to see how many they've found compared to others. (link here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ca-backyard-neighborhood-native-species-bingo)

If possible, tag us on Twitter so we can share your finds: @citynaturechal3

Thanks and best of luck this weekend :)
~Bree Putman

@glmory, @beetle_mch, @dgrimmphd, @mgruen, @rynaturalist, @cwbarrows, @cedric_lee, @hoboannie, @shaunmichael, @aaron_echols, @silversea_starsong, @susanmf, @finatic, @carolblaney, @ck2az, @diego4nature, @nofrakes, @lonnyholmes, @sheriff_woody_pct, @sea-kangaroo, @komalt1, @xranger2013, @buzzworm, @rbelshee, @bewickwren, @bartlebybone, @guyincognito, @natureali, @micrathene, @bamm321, @cae1, @larry-heronema, @eogren, @lagoondon, @tiegel, @draycole, @flower_prof, @jprado, @acorncap, @matthew_salkiewicz, @sshigenaga, @arthropod, @thomasabenson, @microm, @liddlebopeep, @cwwood, @yetikat, @tbartlett19, @david99, @awburck, @donbrown, @ekoberle, @dvanoverbeke , @aaron_echols, @ianbernstein, @ehyatt, @cvalenzuela, @michaelmax, @seanrichards, @emilyyrae, @jmdc, @ashleyloth, @zacktippie, @chemartin, @sarahv3, @thatbean, @slothasarousrex, @jj1417, @jmdc2, @gabynunez, @andrewgoodman, @zachsmith2, @thomasabenson

Publicado el 23 de abril de 2020 por breeput breeput | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

07 de abril de 2020

IE Power Users Unite!

Calling all Inland Empire ‘power users’! You have submitted more than 1,000 observations (or nearly so) in Riverside and/or San Bernardino Counties. As the City Nature Challenge 2020 swiftly approaches, we are looking to YOU for contributions toward this global collaborative effort to document urban biodiversity. More than 200 cities around the world are working together to explore nature from the comfort and safety of their homes. To contribute, make as many observations as you can from April 24th – April 27th! Mobilize other iNat users you know to help us out! Help Identify and suggest Annotations for observations from April 28th – May 3rd! This will be important for us to improve the quality of observations in our region. Results will be announced on May 4th.

This is the first year that the Inland Empire is participating in the City Nature Challenge and although we won’t be holding any public in-person events this year, we can still make significant contributions with YOUR help! Please don’t hesitate to contact me for further information. Good luck and stay well 😊

~Bree Putman, lead organizer for Inland Empire region
breanna.putman@csusb.edu, @breeput

@glmory, @beetle_mch, @dgrimmphd, @mgruen, @rynaturalist, @cwbarrows, @cedric_lee, @hoboannie, @shaunmichael, @aaron_echols, @silversea_starsong, @susanmf, @finatic, @carolblaney, @ck2az, @diego4nature, @nofrakes, @lonnyholmes, @sheriff_woody_pct, @sea-kangaroo, @komalt1, @xranger2013, @buzzworm, @rbelshee, @bewickwren, @bartlebybone, @guyincognito, @natureali, @micrathene, @bamm321, @cae1, @larry-heronema, @eogren, @lagoondon, @tiegel, @draycole, @flower_prof, @jprado, @acorncap, @matthew_salkiewicz, @sshigenaga, @arthropod, @thomasabenson, @microm, @liddlebopeep, @cwwood, @yetikat, @tbartlett19, @david99, @awburck, @donbrown, @ekoberle

Publicado el 07 de abril de 2020 por breeput breeput | 11 comentarios | Deja un comentario

28 de marzo de 2020

Recent Shifts in CNC Events

Most of us are stuck at home as we do our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Because of the seriousness of the pandemic, many City Nature Challenge events have been canceled. Yet, you can still participate! With a few modifications, you can safely connect with nature and each other during these difficult times. This is a opportune moment for exploring and documenting nature in and around your home (be sure to obscure your location in the Geoprivacy settings), and for increasing the quality of nature observations by verifying or suggesting taxonomic identifications. These two activities combined will allow us to make a strong showing as first-year City Nature Challenge participants. Now more than ever, it's important to foster a sense of community, and the City Nature Challenge allows us to do just that. :)

Tips for Exploring Around Your Home: https://drive.google.com/open?id=14X-10q6qzG48ny40_1VIt8gx6FO8IhHz

COVID-19 FAQs: https://citynaturechallenge.org/covid19/

Inland Empire CNC Contact: cncinlandempire@gmail.com, @breeput

@dvanoverbeke , @aaron_echols, @ianbernstein, @ehyatt, @cvalenzuela, @michaelmax, @seanrichards, @emilyyrae, @jmdc, @ashleyloth, @zacktippie, @chemartin, @sarahv3, @thatbean, @slothasarousrex, @jj1417, @jmdc2, @gabynunez, @andrewgoodman, @zachsmith2, @thomasabenson

Publicado el 28 de marzo de 2020 por breeput breeput | 3 comentarios | Deja un comentario

20 de diciembre de 2019

Seeking Local Partners!

We are currently looking for institutions within the Inland Empire who are interested in helping with this event! Please email CNCInlandEmpire@gmail.com if you want to host an iNaturalist training, bioblitz, and/or guided nature hike. Or just email to learn more!

Publicado el 20 de diciembre de 2019 por breeput breeput | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario
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