City Nature Challenge
Join community scientists across the capital region in celebrating local species and ecosystems by participating in the 2024 City Nature Challenge happening April 26-29, 2024. During the City Nature Challenge over 400 cities across the world compete to photograph and document their local biodiversity using the free iNaturalist website or app. iNaturalist creates a record of the nature that surrounds us and helps local government and scientists protect biodiversity.
Participating in City Nature Challenge in the capital region is easy:
- Create an iNaturalist account
- Join the Greater Victoria City Nature Challenge project for a chance to win prizes and receive project updates
- Take photos of wild plants, animals, fungi or insects between April 26-29.
- Upload your sightings to iNaturalist by May 5 and identify your findings as best you can.
Find out more information here.