City Nature Challenge 2022

Join us for the 2022 City Nature Challenge! Join us for events and programs you can participate in all day Friday and Saturday.

Join our staff as we participate in the 2022 City Nature Challenge along with over 500 cities worldwide! 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. 

Schedule of Identification Events for Friday the 29th and Saturday the 30th:

8:00a.m.-12:00p.m. Bird Banding with Dr. David Aborn

8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. Birds

9:00a.m.-10:00a.m. Plants

10:00a.m.-11:00a.m. Invertebrates

11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. Tracks & Scat

12:00p.m.-1:00p.m. Aquatic Life 

1:00p.m.-2:00p.m. Reptiles & Amphibians

2:00p.m.-3:00p.m. Fungi & Lichen

These programs will happen outdoors, so don't forget to dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes and bring along anything else you might need to enjoy time outdoors in this season. In the event of severe weather, programs may have to be cancelled and refunds offered.