The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) in Austin is hosting the City Nature Challenge for the ninth year. They are inviting all Texans to participate in this friendly competition between 15 metropolitan areas in Texas from April 26-29. The challenge is part of the Texas Nature Trackers program.
The event gives people the opportunity to discover and learn about nature in their own neighborhood, backyard, or any safe and responsible place where nature can be explored.
When you join a group event, go out in nature with your family, or explore on your own, we want you to share your observations online with a digital community. This way, you can document the different plants and animals you find in your local area and work together with others.
If you don’t live in one of these places, you can still take part by joining the City Nature Challenge 2024 Global Project. Just use the free mobile app, iNaturalist, to record your observations of plants, animals, and fungi. You are invited to join the effort to help identify plants and animals found during the challenge. You can do this by helping to identify observations on the app during the following week (April 30 – May 5).
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This project is organized by the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. It is a global effort that involves the scientific community and aims to bring people together. Texas Nature Trackers wants people to use the hashtag #CityNatureChallenge on social media or as a tag in iNaturalist.
In 2023, cities in Texas joined over 400 other cities around the world to celebrate the strength of nature in urban areas. During this celebration, nearly 70,000 people made over 1.8 million observations of more than 58,000 species. In Texas, there were 93 counties that recorded over 174,000 observations. These observations were made by more than 6,000 observers and included 7,500 different species.
Go to the City Nature Challenge website to find links to projects in Texas and learn more about the global project. You can watch training for free on the internet.
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