City Nature Challenge: Columbus

April 26 - 29, 2024

Join Green Columbus and other organizations across Central Ohio to document the vast plants, fungi and animals that we have. Let’s appreciate the biodiversity of these vast waterways, forests, and micro-habitats within Columbus, Ohio.

City Nature Challenge (CNC): What is it?

City Nature Challenge is an international bioblitz helping EVERYONE get outside, identify flora and fauna within our cities. Get involved with Columbus by doing community science!

 

 How to Use iNaturalist

Android

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  1. Download the iNatrulist application & create new entry

  2. Add the pictures into iNaturalist

  3. Describe what type of animal/plant/fungus you observed - can keep it simple for now as we will be IDing these more in-depth April 30-May 5

  4. Put the date when you observed this (usually automatically done)

  5. Location (if you have location services on it will automatically update this as well)

  6. Save & submit!

iPhone

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“There is nature all around us, even in our cities! Knowing what species are in our city and where they are helps us study and protect them, but the ONLY way to do that is by all of us – scientists, land managers, and the community – working together to find and document the nature in our area.”

— City Nature Challenge