City Nature Challenge 2021: Mendocino County
April 30, 2021 - May 3, 2021
The Mendocino County Museum will be participating this year's City Nature Challenge. We invite you to join us for a public orientation to program via Zoom on April 21, see below for more information and registration details.
Mendocino County's beautiful parks, beaches, mountains and rivers are teeming with special flora and fauna. Let's show the world how much nature is in Mendocino County in this GLOBAL nature challenge! All experience levels and nature-curious people are welcome to join the orientation to learn more! A team of local nature experts from across Mendocino County will get you prepared for the City Nature Challenge on Wednesday, April 21 via Zoom. Then, during the April 30 - May 3 City Nature Challenge you'll take and upload photos of the plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms you see in your backyard, local park, school yard, or in any urban, suburban, or rural area in Mendocino County. If you simply want to learn more about Mendocino County nature, you're also welcome to join this orientation.
Please register in advance at the link provided to receive the Zoom meeting info. http://bit.ly/zoomcncmendo
The goal is to learn more about our local biodiversity as we observe the variety of species that call this area home. Individuals, families, and social pods alike can all enjoy The City Nature Challenge! Spend an hour or a whole weekend in nature! Observation period for the City Nature Challenge 2021 runs April 30 - May 3.
The Mendocino County City Nature Challenge project is here: http://bit.ly/cncmendo
The Global City Nature Challenge site is here: https://citynaturechallenge.org/
To participate in the City Nature Challenge, you'll need to download the free iNaturalist app for apple or android. iNaturalist is a social network for sharing biodiversity information to help each other learn about nature. The primary goal is to connect people to nature, and the secondary goal is to generate scientifically valuable biodiversity data from these personal encounters.
iNaturalist helps you identify plants and animals with visually similar suggestions and verification by dedicated contributors. Get connected with a community of over a million scientists and naturalists who can help you learn more about nature! By recording and sharing your observations, you'll create research-quality data for scientists working to better understand and protect nature.
Mendocino County organizations participating in the City Nature Challenge include UC California Naturalist, Anderson Valley Land Trust, Grace Hudson Museum, Hopland Research & Extension Center, Latino Outdoors (through Mendocino Land Trust), Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Mendocino County Museum, Peregrine Audubon, Point Arena Lighthouse, Redwood Coast Land Conservancy, Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Program, Sanhedrin Chapter California Native Plant Society.
The City Nature Challenge is organized on a global scale by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Academy of Sciences.
