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“Boerne ready to be part of ‘City Nature Challenge’”
The San Antonio Metro area looks to defend its 2024 title as City Nature Challenge national champion this weekend, with Boerne being a major player in the metro’s winning observations total last year. (Jeff B. Flinn, The Boerne Star)
“San Antonio metro area named national champions in City Nature Challenge”
It’s time to defend the title this year. The San Antonio metro area loves the outdoors so much that the city won a national title for it. Residents in the area made more observations of plants and animals than any other urban area in the United States – including Los Angeles (Priscilla Aguirre, SA Express-News)
“Let’s go wild: Public invited to join in City Nature Challenge”
On Saturday, the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library hosted a presentation by Laura Levy from Busy-Birding on the upcoming City Nature Challenge. In 2024, the San Antonio Metro Area, which includes Kerr County and 11 other nearby counties, placed third in the world in the challenge, which catalogs living creatures in the area. The goal is to place first this year. (Olga Durr, The Kerrville Daily Times)
“Exploring Wildlife with iNaturalist in Phil Hardberger Park“
At Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy, we are always looking for new and innovative ways to connect people to nature. One of the most exciting ways we do this is through iNaturalist, a community-driven platform that helps document and identify the incredible biodiversity within our world. (Teresa Shumaker, PHP Conservancy)
“Using iNat for Research, Teaching, and Fun!”
I have been an avid “iNatter” for the past decade! On the recreational side, I have used the iNaturalist platform to help me identify species and as a sort of digital field notebook that keeps track of where I’ve been and what I’ve seen in the natural world. I have also used iNaturalist professionally in both my research and teaching. (Jessica Beckham, UTSA)
“Here’s one more thing San Antonio does better than Austin”
San Antonio outpaced its glamorous sibling in wildlife sightings by citizen-scientists in the 2023 City Nature Challenge, a worldwide four-day event. That’s never happened before. (San Antonio Express-News, 05 JUNE 2023)