Explore the outdoors during the 10th annual City Nature Challenge, April 25-28.
The Baton Rouge region is competing in the global contest to collect photos of wild plants and animals in the iNaturalist app and website.
Discover incredible wildlife hiding in plain sight. The Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater Baton Rouge need help to document nature in the following parishes: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, Lafayette, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.
Taking part is easy.
- Find wildlife or plant life anywhere outside. (Wild only. No landscape plants or pets, please. It鈥檚 for science!)
- Take photos of what you find with your phone or camera during April 25-28.
Upload the photos taken April 25-28 as 鈥渙bservations鈥� to the iNaturalist mobile app or website before May 4.
The more participants, observations and species found, the better the Baton Rouge Region will compete against more than 800 other cities around the world. The event is 24 hours a day for four days, so look for nocturnal critters too.
The Baton Rouge Region City Nature Challenge is a community e铿�ort spearheaded by the Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater Baton Rouge. The global organizers of the City Nature Challenge are the California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.