24 counties, 3 states, and the District of Columbia!

The Washington Metropolitan Area as defined by the US Census is huge: it includes 17 counties from Virginia, 6 counties from Maryland, one from West Virginia, and of course the District of Columbia at the center. For the last 3 years of the City Nature Challenge, participation has spread to the less urban parts of the metro area, but some counties remain underrepresented on iNaturalist.

During the most recent CNC organizer call, we got a partial sense of where people will be involved. I'm tagging a few top recent observers from the counties where we didn't have anyone on the call (italicized).

Washington, DC
@carrieseltzer (NE)
@stella20009
@oneRtwoNs (SW)
@romainclem (NW)
@tudor_place (NW)

Virginia:
Alexandria
@capitalnaturalist
@telbill
@lucareptile
@casadoray
@pmcollins

Arlington County
@CapitalNaturalist
@dbarber

Clarke County
@ljledford
@stinger

Culpeper County
@krechmer
@bwhfcf

Fairfax County
@liztrain(Annandale)
@mefisher (Clifton)
@ana_kaahanui (Burke)

Fairfax (city)
@maverick012
@sarliz9

Falls Church
@tipand
@fgwog

Fauquier County
@mjwcarr
@saucierj
@bertharris
@tmarable
@judygva

Loudoun County
@granolapunk
@hthrd
@nguyenkt34
@imasongster
@sweetbriarocto
@andrea1441

Manassas
@lharrell

Manassas Park
@circster

Prince William County
@dgovoni
@pwcsjabara

Rappahannock County
@rogue1
@briangratwicke

Spotsylvania County
@tca12345
@sassafraslass
@kat_shaver

Fredericksburg
@jdwilson55
@marilynncat

Stafford County
@stephanie1029
@melaniebrell

Warren County
@venturebear
@froyalp
@lindsayjohnson23

Maryland:
Calvert County
@karyn-nrd

Charles County
@karynmolines

Frederick County
@annagypsy
@jacobogre
@markjones6
@angela58
@andywilson
@aletaquinn
@botanygirl

Montgomery County
@hjlichtman (Germantown & Rockville)

Prince George's County
@spyingnaturalist
@hholbrook
@blitzen1986
@treichard
@jmgconsult

West Virginia:
Jefferson County
@mindymabry
@ryanhagerty

Can you reach out to your nature-loving neighbors and encourage them to get involved? In the simplest form, just tell them to download the iNaturalist app and look for wild biodiversity in their neighborhoods.

For more details, you can point them to http://citynaturechallengedc.org/

Publicado el abril 23, 2020 05:09 MAÑANA por carrieseltzer