יומן של City Nature Challenge 2022: Chicago Metro

If you or your organization is thinking about holding a related event before, during, or soon after the City Nature Challenge in the Chicago Metro area, please fill out this form by April 15th.

We'll be posting the list of public events on the CNC: Chicago Metro website and this project page.

Examples:

• socially distanced bioblitz
• guided nature hikes
• iNaturalist workshops/trainings (e.g. for beginners, how to add IDs, educator-focused, or advanced iNat usage)
• virtual identification party or nature storytelling
• sharing how your organization or research uses iNat data
• learning about urban flora and fauna through iNat or Seek
• urban nature trivia Zoom

We're also having monthly planning meetings on third Tuesdays at 10AM (next one is March 15th). Please reach out to me if you or a colleague might be interested in attending those, or comment below if you have any ideas for the Chicago region's CNC!

Again - here is the form where you can submit your event!

cassi / @bouteloua

See full event details on the CNC Chicago Wilderness webpage. If you or your organization is thinking about holding a related event before, during, or soon after the City Nature Challenge in the Chicago Metro area, please fill out this form by April 15th.

This list is actively being updated with new events.

All times are local time unless otherwise indicated.

Monday, April 25th

6:00PM-6:45PM Central: Illinois Science Council's Talk and Walk, City Nature Challenge (virtual)

Tuesday, April 26th

7:00PM Central (6:00PM Mountain): iNaturalist MasterClass: Making Science-Worthy Observations (virtual)

Friday, April 29th

10:00AM-11:00AM: City Nature Challenge Hike at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve (Illinois-Kane)
1:00PM-3:00PM: Roosevelt University Schaumburg Bioblitz (Illinois-Cook)
6:00PM-7:00PM: Bioblitz 101 - Kickoff and Introduction (virtual)

Saturday, April 30th

7:30AM-10:30AM: City Nature Challenge Walk at Bemis Woods North (Illinois-Cook)
8:00AM-10:00AM: Spring Early Birds at North Park Village Nature Center (Illinois-Cook)
9:30AM-11:00AM: Walk at Kankakee Sands' Conrad Station Savanna Trail (Indiana-Newton)
10:30AM-11:30AM: City Nature Challenge at Burnham Nature Sanctuary (Illinois-Cook)
10:00AM-2:00PM: 63rd St. Beach Clean-up and Bioblitz (Illinois-Cook)
11:00AM-2:00PM: Bioblitz at Lincoln Park Zoo's Nature Boardwalk (Illinois-Cook)
11:00AM-2:00PM: City Nature Challenge at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Illinois-Cook)
12:30PM-2:00PM: City Nature Challenge at Northerly Island (Illinois-Cook)
1:00PM-2:30PM: Intro to iNaturalist and City Nature Challenge at Indian Prairie Public Library (Illinois-DuPage)
1:00PM-3:00PM: UIC Eco-Educators BioBlitz at Jackson Park (Illinois-Cook)

Sunday, May 1st

7:30AM-10:00AM: Marian R. Byrnes Park Bird Walk (Illinois-Cook)
10:00AM-3:00PM: City Nature Challenge 2022 at Sand Ridge (Illinois-Cook)
11:00AM-2:00PM: City Nature Challenge at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Illinois-Cook)

Monday, May 2nd

No events currently listed

Monday, May 9th

6:00PM-7:00PM: Bioblitz Celebration and Wrap-up (virtual)

Learn more and RSVP at https://www.chicagowilderness.org/citynaturechallenge