City Nature Challenge 2018: Cleveland's Boletim

Hi Everyone,

In just a couple months (April 27-30), the Cleveland-Akron-Canton area will be participating in the City Nature Challenge. It started in 2016 as San Francisco vs. Los Angeles and this year there are over 50 cities around the world competing to see who can document the most biodiversity in their cities! You can learn more about the competition at the City Nature Challenge Website.

I'm tagging you in this journal post because you're one of the top iNaturalist observers and/or identifiers in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton Area, and we'd love your help with the City Nature Challenge!

Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, Medina, Lorain, Portage, Summit, Stark, Carroll, Ashtabula, Tuscarawas, Erie and Huron counties are all part of the team. We need folks out there making observations, finding species, and helping to ID the observations coming in.

Timeline:
April 27-30: Making observations using iNaturalist
May 1-3: Identify to species and upload any remaining observations made April 27-30
May 4: Results announced!

Stats:
(1) number of observations
(2) number of species
(3) number of people who participated

Feel free to write comments & tag others who may like to get involved!

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