North Carolina residents can join citizen scientists around the world — and challenge other budding naturalists across the state — during the 2021 City Nature Challenge from Friday, April 30 through Monday, May 3.
The annual four-day event has become an opportunity for people of all ages to celebrate the outdoors while engaging in and advancing scientific research. Participants take photos of plants and animals they find in their backyards and neighborhoods, and upload them to the iNaturalist app. Scientists use that information alongside images of wildlife from around the world for research purposes.
Every county in North Carolina is represented as one of five participating regions, each with a lead institution — one of which is the N.C. Arboretum in Asheville. These regions will be engaged in a friendly competition to see which one can upload the most observations and most species.
To participate, people 13 and older can download the free iNaturalist app and then join their region’s City Nature Challenge Project. After that, it’s as easy as going outside and taking pictures of nature. Children 12 years or younger can submit their photographs through the ecoEXPLORE website, a free K-8 youth education program developed by The North Carolina Arboretum, and their photos which will then be added to their region’s iNaturalist project.
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