Don't forget to join in the fun, this weekend for
the City
Nature Challenge: Backyard BioBlitz!
Follow this link, provided by Middle Fork Watershed Council,
to learn how to use the i-Naturalist tool at home:
https://bit.ly/2yYZFsv
For more tips on finding backyard specimens for the bioblitz, explore this PDF:
https://citynaturechallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Exploring-Nature-in-and-around-your-home.pdf
As a reminder, since sightings are reported from our own backyards, make sure that you mark the observation as "cultivated" or "captive."
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, organizations across the Upper Willamette watershed invite you to join your community in documenting our local nature during the 2020 City Nature Challenge!
https://citynaturechallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Exploring-Nature-in-and-around-your-home.pdf
As a reminder, since sightings are reported from our own backyards, make sure that you mark the observation as "cultivated" or "captive."
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, organizations across the Upper Willamette watershed invite you to join your community in documenting our local nature during the 2020 City Nature Challenge!
As we stay home and stay safe to
stop the spread of COVID-19, we can still observe and document the natural
world in our backyards, on our sidewalks, and even in our homes!
The City Nature
Challenge is a community science bioblitz
with the goal of observing and identifying as many species as possible in urban
communities. Participants from more than 200 cities worldwide will contribute
and so can you!
You may be wondering - what is a
BioBlitz? ‘Bio’ means ‘life’ and ‘blitz’ means ‘to do something quickly and
intensively’. Together they make ‘BioBlitz’, a collaborative race against the
clock to discover as many species as possible, within a set location, over a
defined time period. Plants, animals, fungi, it all counts! Even tracks and
other evidence of a species can be recorded.
Find out the name
of that mystery plant growing nearby with iNaturalist, a free and easy to use app and website with a community of
experts helping you identify what you found. If you are in the Eugene-Springfield CNC area and you make an observation on iNaturalist from April
24th-27th, it will automatically contribute to our total.
How many species can we find?
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