Floracliff is thrilled to bring the City Nature Challenge to Lexington. The City Nature Challenge is a global community science event that mobilizes urban residents and visitors to observe, document, and celebrate the wild plants, animals, and fungi in and around urban areas. This focused and collective effort increases our awareness and understanding of urban biodiversity around the world.
The City Nature Challenge began in 2016 and is organized annually by the California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. In its first year, the CNC was a competition between San Francisco and Los Angeles to document wild biodiversity in urban areas using iNaturalist. It has since grown to over 300 participating cities in 40 countries.
City Nature Challenge 2021: Lexington will take place April 30th – May 3rd throughout Fayette County. Lexington residents and visitors are encouraged to photograph the wild nature around them and upload those photographs to iNaturalist. If you are within Fayette County, your observations will automatically be added to the project. All identification skill levels are welcome. If you do not know what you are looking at, it’s okay! Be sure to take and submit clear, detailed photos so the iNaturalist community can contribute identifications.
There are many wild plants, animals, fungi, and more to be found throughout Lexington. Together, we can discover, document, and share Lexington’s biodiversity!
To join us at Floracliff for a City Nature Challenge event, see our events page here: floracliff.org/events/
Information about daily and 4-day challenges, with chances to win prizes.
If you represent a community group that is interested in participating in the City Nature Challenge, please email Beverly James, bjames@floracliff.org, to confirm your participation and partnership.
Questions? Email Beverly James: bjames@floracliff.org