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iNaturalist & City Nature Challenge Overview & Walk
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ONSITE | Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Instructors: Jonathan Marchal & Lauren Lampley
$15 Adult Non-Member
(**Arboretum Members receive a 10% discount on all classes.)
BRN - Elective, 2 hours | BREG - Elective, 2 hours | NCEE - Criteria II, 1 hour
Limit: 24
Be part of a worldwide effort to document the planet's biodiversity! Join Arboretum Education Director Jonathan Marchal and Adult Education Specialist Lauren Lampley to learn how you can participate as part of Team WNC in the 2024 City Nature Challenge, scheduled for April 26 to the 29th. This friendly competition between other cities and regions in North Carolina and across the world is designed to see who can document the most sightings of plants, animals and more! Get a great overview and pointers on using the iNaturalist mobile app or iNaturalist.org website to upload photo observations of living organisms so that they can be identified by other users. What's more, these observations aid in the scientific understanding of the biodiversity of our state. By taking this course you'll learn how to use iNaturalist to find new places to explore, get help identifying plants and animals in your own neighborhood and help Team WNC gain world domination in our ecologically diverse place on the planet! And you can earn a cool patch in the process!
Participants who complete the course as well as participate in the City Nature Challenge by submitting 40 observations and 10 identifications will receive a free NC BioBlitz patch.
Jonathan Marchal serves as Director of Education at the Arboretum and is the creator of ecoEXPLORE, a youth citizen science initiative. He has been leading outdoor ecology and recreation programming for over twenty years for youth and adults, and was named the 2019 Naturalist of the Year by the Blue Ridge Naturalist Network. He has prior work experience with the National Park System, North Carolina State Parks and Trout Unlimited. He is an award winning, certified environmental educator and has served as the president of the Environmental Educators of North Carolina. Jonathan holds an AAS in Recreation and Wildlife Management, a BA in Ecology and a Master’s Degree in Park, Recreation and Tourism Management. He is the project lead for Team WNC in the City Nature Challenge.
Lauren Lampley works at the NC Arboretum as an Adult Education Specialist and manages the community science projects and other research on the property. She has been a Certified NC Environmental Educator since 2017 and has been interested in community science for over 10 years. She led a conference session at EENC's annual conference in 2023 about how to use iNaturalist and is helping Jonathan organize the City Nature Challenge for Western NC in 2024.
Scholarship Consideration
Opportunities for learning through the Arboretum are open to all. If you want to participate and the cost of this program is a hardship for you or your family, please complete the Request for Scholarship Consideration Form. Our Adult & Continuing Education staff will be in touch with information on options.
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Tickets are no longer available online for this class. Please contact our Adult & Continuing Education Department with any questions at adulteducation@ncarboretum.org.