Only 10 days until the City Nature Challenge begins!

Hi everyone,

This post is a 10-day reminder that the Hartford/New Haven City Nature Challenge will start in just 10 days! As a reminder, all you need to do to participate in our regional bio-blitz is to go out and make iNaturalist observations, within the Hartford and New Haven County boundaries, during the period of April 26 (Friday) through April 29 (Monday).

We are thrilled to already have 24 people signed up for our project! If you have friends/family/colleagues/neighbors who use iNaturalist, please help us spread the word by sharing the project information and link with them. We also have a folder of resources for posting about the CNC online, printing out a flier, etc: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/4/home

We are also excited to announce that we will have a couple of modest prizes for the top two observers and top two identifiers...stay tuned for details later this week!

Remember, it is not required that users follow our project page - ALL observations made within our project boundaries between 4/26 and 4/29 will count towards our project.

We will also need folks to help with identifying observations! The identification period is longer: you can ID observations up until May 5, 2024. We need people specializing in all forms of life - whether you have an area of expertise, or just a general familiarity with a number of species in our area, we will need your help. You do not need to be located within the project boundaries in order to help identify

Contact us at CNCHartfordNewHaven@gmail.com if you have any questions!

Sarah (@chiforager) + Chase (@hexagonaria)

cc'ing top observers in these counties, but please forward to others who may be interested:

@ainemcmanus, @alextrouern-trend, @ali_n, @altspen, @apgarm, @apocynaceaenow, @arachphotobia, @arobey63, @bafinnan, @bobby23, @bridgetdaly, @catverde, @chiforager, @chrisstlawrence, @cink85, @codylimber, @colivia, @condrus, @cwyse, @davidreik, @debcushman, @df84, @dkaff, @dmantack, @drewdlestrudel, @ericpo1, @getawaygardens, @hexagonaria, @jackie24, @jeweledweevil, @jo1010, @jonathan, @judith300, @kellyfuerstenberg, @kimberlymj, @kristofz, @kwg555, @maddog1066, @msr042377, @pgiguere, @pinesnake, @pliantscience, @rayray, @rebeccagelernter, @rileyghostie, @riverlovesinverts, @rrn, @scmayo, @shin_alpha, @silvercats, @stellathejay, @steve432king, @susantheotter, @tatef, @team_bingebirder, @thebugwhisperer, @william_dornbos

Posted on 16 de abril de 2024, 03:48 PM by chiforager