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April 26, 2023
For Immediate Release听

London Participating in City Nature Challenge 鈥� Join a Guided Hike at Fanshawe Conservation Area on April 30th听

听On April 30th, you can join an as part of the 2023 . Environmental educators will guide participants through identifying plant and animal species using the iNaturalist app on their smartphones.听

鈥淕uided hikes are a great way to learn about nature right in your own backyard. Educators are available to answer your questions and help you along your citizen science journey,鈥� said April Scholz, Community Partnerships Specialist with the 糖心直播.听听

听The City Nature Challenge is a global community science initiative that aims to track global biodiversity. This year, London will join over 450 cities from 43 countries in a competition to track the highest number of wildlife observations from April 28 to May 1. Last year, 76,984 observations were made of 4,551 species in Canada.听

鈥淲e live in a big country and scientists can鈥檛 be everywhere, but by using smartphones and digital cameras as tools, iNaturalist helps community members become citizen scientists and contribute to conservation management,鈥� said James Pag茅, Species at Risk and Biodiversity Specialist with the Canadian Wildlife Federation.听听

听London community members can participate by uploading species observations as photos and sounds to the iNaturalist platform. The observations become part of an international database of biodiversity. People can join any of the 18 guided hikes happening around London, or make their own observations of uncultivated plants, wild animals, and fungi.听

听鈥淭he City Nature Challenge will be a fun way for us all to learn more about local biodiversity. My hope is that the London community will see how easy it is to use iNaturalist and start to help make wildlife observations year-round,鈥� said Kari Moreland, professor and at Fanshawe College.听

听2023 will be London鈥檚 first year participating in the City Nature Challenge, organized by Fanshawe College in collaboration with many community partners:听听

• Fanshawe College听
• Fanshawe Centre for Research and Innovation听
• 听Fanshawe Sustainability听
• Western鈥檚 Biodiversity Inventory听
• Western Sustainability听
• Nature London听
• Thames Talbot Land Trust听
• 糖心直播听
• Bird Friendly London听
• ReForest London听
• London Public Library听
• Thames Valley District Schoolboard听听
• London Environmental Network听听
• Let鈥檚 Talk Science听听
• Museum of Ontario Archaeology听听
• Canadian Wildlife Federation听听
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County听听
• California Academy of Sciences听

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听Media Contacts:听

Kari Moreland (Primary contact)
Professor, Fanshawe College
[email protected]
519-630-2341听听

April Scholz (Contact for iNaturalist Interpretive Hike at Fanshawe Conservation Area)
Community Partnerships Specialist, 糖心直播
[email protected]
519-451-2800 ext. 227听

Related Links:听

• City Nature Challenge: London, ON Information Pag: 听听

• Canadian Wildlife Federation CNC Information Page: 听听
• City Nature Challenge Canada iNaturalist Project Page: 听
• City Nature Challenge:听 听听

About the City Nature Challenge:听

Started in 2016 for the first-ever Citizen Science Day, the teams at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and California Academy of Sciences dreamed up the City Nature Challenge as a fun way to capitalize on their home cities鈥� friendly rivalry. In 2017 the City Nature Challenge went national and in 2018 it became an international event.听听

About iNaturalist
Signing up is easy and free. Visit from your browser, or download iNaturalist from the or 蝉迟辞谤别.鈥�听

Participating Canadian Cities听

Barrie听 Brandon听 Calgary Metropolitan Region听 Cape Breton听 Carleton/ York County听听 Charlottetown听听 City of Kingston听 City of Peterborough听 City of Windsor听 Columbia-Shuswap, RD, BC听 Delta听 Edmonton metro area听 Gatineau听 Greater Montreal听听

Halifax Regional Municipality听 Hamilton听 Kamloops听 London听 Northumberland/Kent County听 Oakville Ontario听 Okanagan Valley听 Ottawa听 Q Ottawa听 Qu茅bec City metropolitan community听 Red Deer Area听 Regina and Area听 Saskatoon听 Sault Ste. Marie

St. Catharines听 St. John’s听 Summerside听 Surrey听 The Annapolis Valley听 Thunder Bay District听 Toronto and Greater Toronto Area听 Tri-City (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, BC, Canada)听 Vancouver听听 Victoria County听 Westmorland County听 Whitehorse听 Winnipeg听听

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