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City Nature Challenge

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City Nature Challenge
Invented by citizen science staff at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Lila Higgins) and California Academy of Sciences (Alison Young). The City Nature Challenge is an international effort for people to find and document plants and wildlife in cities across the globe. It's a bioblitz-style competition where cities are in a contest against each other to see who can make the most observations of nature, who can find the most species, and who can engage the most people.

The City of Medford, along with CCSR is hosting several FREE hikes to help promote and educate on the City Nature Challenge.

The City Nature Challenge can be done on your own. Simply download the app below and begin submitting observations between April 29th and May2nd! If you prefer to be with other people, please take advantage of the following free nature walks using the iNaturalist App...

Create your own iNaturalist Account:
1. Visit iNaturalist.org
2. Download the app from the Appstore or Google Play
3. Sign In
4. Start sharing your observations
5. Get feedback from actual scientists, experts, and other naturalists

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