Fire Poppy Cup
May Bracket Challenge
It's that time of the year again! Last year, during our Fire Poppy Cup, our project gained almost 12,000 new observations which included about 1,800 different species! And over 73% of those observations reached research grade! This year, we are thrilled to bring our beloved tournament back! Will we see a new fire reign champion, or will the Glass Fire take home the win once more?
This Spring, the Glass Fire project looks as strong as ever, but the LNU Lightning Complex is close behind. With the recent Save Mount Diablo Bioblitz and the City Nature Challenge, the SCU Lightning Complex project has actually gained more observations than the top seeded teams. Since the start of the year, our 2020 Fire Followers Project has grown by approximately 29,000 observations, which is 9,000 more than last year’s 20k! May is a big month for community science and venturing the outdoors, so if you find yourself in a recent burn area, help your region take home the crown this year by participating in this challenge.
Details:
The Fire Poppy Cup is a tournament-style challenge of the top 4 fires from each of the 4 regions in California: Northwest, Big East, Central, and Southwest.
Don’t forgot to also check out our Whispering Bells Cup happening for our CA Fire Followers 2021 Projects here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-fire-followers-2021
Dates:
Hot 16 | May 2 - 8 Winner: Most observations
Quarter-Final | May 9 - 15 Winner: Highest % observations at Research Grade
Semi-Final | May 16 - 22 Winner: Most species
Final | May 23 - May 31 Winner: Most Participants (identifiers+observers)
Team List
These seeds were ranked based off of the observations since the start of the project
Fire Poppy Cup:
As stated before, this tournament will be single elimination. The first round will be focused on the total number of observations. Quarter Finals will require participants to help identify and get observations made from the Hot 16 and Quarter Final to Research Grade! The Semi-Finals will be all about the number of species in celebration of International Day for Biodiversity on May 22! Finally, the championship round will be all about community science and connecting with nature over the holiday weekend. We want to encourage people to venture out into some of these burn areas, but if you can't access the outdoors that week, you can also participate by identifying observations that need ID!
Each round is shown below and the Champion will hold bragging rights over other regions! Be sure to support your Burn Zone throughout the competition, but most importantly, show some love to your Region!
-Tournament detail along with dates are shown above-
Don’t forgot to also check out our Whispering Bells Cup happening for our CA Fire Followers 2021 Projects here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-fire-followers-2021/journal/65251-whispering-bells-cup
You are tagged in this post because you were among the top observers in the month of April, contributing to a minimum of 1oo observations to the project! Thank you all for your tremendous contributions and I hope you take part of this challenge as well.
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