California? Participating is easy! 1. Join this project. 2. Download the iNaturalist app on your phone. 3. During CA Biodiversity Week, find and photograph at least 30 wild species in California. Your observations will automatically end up in this project!

Your observations of plants, animals, fungi, and other species in California will help inform the California 30x30 initiative, to conserve 30% of California's lands and coastal waters by 2030. Go out and explore your neighborhood or local park, take a hike or explore the coast, or join in one of the many CA Biodiversity Week events being held across the state!

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ca-biodiversity-week-2023-find-30-species-for-ca-30x30

The National Nature Assessment, slated to be completed in 2026, will be the largest assessment of water, land and wildlife in the U.S.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2386483-the-us-is-doing-its-biggest-ever-survey-of-nature-and-wildlife/

This year marks the fifth annual celebration of California Biodiversity Day since it was first established in 2018. Since then, several executive orders and other actions by the Newsom Administration – such as the Pathways to 30x30 strategy, California’s initiative to conserve 30 percent of lands and coastal waters by 2030 – have built on this foundation to understand and protect California’s unique and precious natural resources.

https://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/local-news/49154-celebrate-california-s-5th-annual-biodiversity-day-with-more-than-60-events-at-more-than-40-california-state-parks

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ca-biodiversity-week-2023-find-30-species-for-ca-30x30