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1 Get involved in the City Nature Challenge 2018! ANDREA LOREK STRAUSS 1

2 WHAT IS CITY NATURE CHALLENGE? Cities compete to observe and record biodiversity Quest to: Document species Get people involved with citizen science Get people outdoors noticing nature 2

3 WHAT IS URBAN BIODIVERSITY? 3

4 HOW CNC HAPPENS Find wildlife Take a picture Share your observation on inaturalist 4

5 WHAT IS inaturalist? 5

6 WHAT IF I DON T KNOW WHAT IT IS? 6

7 WHAT IF I DON T KNOW WHAT IT IS? 7

8 City Nature Challenge APRIL

9 7 COUNTY METRO AREA 3 million+ people ~3,000 square miles Hennepin Ramsey Dakota Anoka Washington Scott Carver 9

10 OBSERVATIONS 10

11 16 CITIES ALL MSP DLH Observations 124, Species People Middle of the Pack: - Low ratio of observations to species - % that became research grade - Average observations per person (~20) 11

12 COMPARED TO SAME 5 DAYS PREVIOUS YEAR #8 Minneapolis/ St. Paul Duluth #1 20x Increase in Observations 236x 6.7x Increase in Species 85x 46x Increase in People 6x 12

13 CITIES ONBOARD FOR CNC 2018 Mpls/St Paul Nashville El Paso New York City Omaha San Francisco Vilnius Duluth Calabar Fort Collins Luxembourg Phoenix Sao Paulo Washington DC Amarillo Cartagena Guimaraes Madrid Plymouth Seattle Waterloo Austin Charlottesville Hermosillo Maine Prague Sevilla Altadena Baltimore Chennai Houston Maui Pune St Louis Edmonton Bangalore Chicago Indianapolis Medford Raleigh Sydney Boulder Barcelona Cleveland Kansas City Merimbula Richmond Tokyo Buenos Aires Bay of Cadiz Colmenar Viejo Kolkata Miami Rio de Janeiro Trieste London Berlin Colombia Kuala Lumpur Ahmedabad Riverside Tulsa Los Angeles Boston Dallas/Ft Worth La Plata Monterrey Rome Vancouver Mumbai 13

14 GET INVOLVED IN THE 2018 CHALLENGE! Seeking organizational partners to help Drive participation Raise awareness Support inaturalist use 14

15 DRIVE PARTICIPATION Host an inaturalist party before or during CNC Hold a BioBlitz Schedule staff experts to be on hand all day 15

16 RAISE AWARENESS Of cit sci & biodiversity Post to your social media, events calendars, websites, bulletin boards, etc. 16

17 SUPPORT inaturalist USE Train staff & participants to use inaturalist Help identify species observed 17

18 WHO ELSE IS IN FOR 2018? University of Minnesota Extension (i.e. Master Naturalist Program) Minnesota Sea Grant Program The Science Museum of MN Mississippi National River & Recreation Area The Bell Museum Minnesota Naturalist s Association MN Department of Natural Resources US Forest Service The Bell Museum Twin Cities Public Television REI YOUR organization or agency?? 18

19 NEXT STEPS Mark your calendar! Leave your name/info with me Attend a web-call for all prospective partners soon 19

20 Join by letting me know to include you in the partner meeting! The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, this PowerPoint is available in alternative formats upon request. Direct requests to

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