City Nature Challenge: Corvallis - Global iNaturalist Challenge - April 24-28th!
Karen DeWolfe
Corvallis is joining the City Nature Challenge this year and we are looking for helpers and nature lovers to join us!
What is the City Nature Challenge? A global collaborative challenge to document biodiversity using iNaturalist from April 24-28. Run by the California Academy of Sciences, the City Nature Challenge is an international effort for people to document plants, wildlife, and fungi in our cities. A four-day global bioblitz - we can work together to take a snapshot of life on our planet!
Corvallis City Nature Challenge boundary includes all of Benton County!!
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Step 1. Download the iNaturalist App on your phone.
Step 2. Join our iNaturalist City Nature Challenge: Corvallis Project:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2026-corvallis
Step 3. Visit our website to learn more!
Step 4. Go document nature in Benton County using iNaturalist!
You can also join an event!
Join one or more of these wonderful public events staffed by your favorite nature organizations!
Finley National Wildlife Refuge Bioblitz. Friday, April 24 (1-4pm)
- Visit Headquarters to meet US Fish and Wildlife Staff to start your City Nature Challenge! Binoculars and Discovery Backpacks are available to help you search for species!
Join the Greenbelt Land Trust to Bioblitz Bald Hill. Friday, April 24 (4-7pm)
- All abilities welcome, iNaturalist demonstrations available. Explore parts of Bald Hill typically not open to the public. Register via this link, directions will be emailed. https://greenbeltlandtrust.org/event/city-nature-challenge-bio-blitz-at-bald-hill-farm/
Starker Arts Park Bioblitz with the Corvallis Environmental Center and the Mary's River Watershed Council, April 25 (10-noon)
- All ages and abilities are welcome. Help us bioblitz Starker Arts Park and the wetlands surrounding Sunset Park! We will be set up by the path leading to the Amphitheater. Learn about beavers and recent restoration efforts to restore native species to Starker Arts Park!
Crystal Lake Bioblitz with Corvallis Parks & Rec and Special, Saturday, April 25 (3-5pm), Meet and learn from guest ecologist Anna Ramthun!
Learn more about the City Nature Challenge: Corvallis on our website:
https://www.corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org/citynaturechallengecorvallis
