The Annapolis Valley joins the international City Nature Challenge!
In 2019 the Halifax area was registered in the international City Nature Challenge (CNC, http://citynaturechallenge.org/). HRM participated with 160 cities from around the world.
Although the weather was miserable – it was held following Earth Day (the last weekend in April) – many people came out to participate and the HRM group almost beat Chicago! Calgary was also participating – their excuse for HRM beating them was that they had a dumping of snow that weekend.
The local CNC objectives were simple. We wished to encourage people of all ages, residents and visitors, to get outdoors; to explore; to observe nature; share observations; and to have fun!
This year several other areas around the Maritimes have joined HRM in signing up to participate. The Valley is one of these areas.
The CNC2020 event isn’t until April but now is the time for us to get organized and to spread the word. As experienced iNatters who have recorded observations from Kings and Annapolis Counties, we would encourage you to join this project (City Nature Challenge 2020: The Annapolis Valley). Any observation collected within the defined area during the dates of the event (April 24 – 27) will automatically be added. By joining the project, you will receive notifications if/when news items are posted to the project page.
If you have any questions, concerns, or ideas related to this event please contact cnc2019HRM@gmail.com
Mary Kennedy (I may live in Dartmouth but I was born in Kentville.)
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Cool! I probably won't be there in april, but I can let a few people there know.
Can we get a clearer picture (maybe a map) of the defined area Annapolis Valley - I live and inat in the Digby area although occassionally do cross the boundary...
@jonydigby for the first year, after some deliberation, we decided to go with the county boundaries of Annapolis/Kings, while the Annapolis Valley Ecoregion (which extends further west and east) probably made more sense for lots of reasons, we(I) reasoned that there would be less ambiguity regarding whether folks were in the count zone or not.
@jonydigby, a couple folks have asked the same question, and to be totally fair, I pushed hard for a Kings/Annapolis boundary for year 1, solely for simplicity sake.
@ianmanning no worries - i just wanted to know what the boundaries were.
so to be clear, on April 24-27 I should think about planning to be in the woods of Annapolis County?
Thanks @jonydigby that would be awesome! I'm in some conversations with a few folks about running some sub-events. If you could hop over to Annapolis County sometime over those days, that'd be awesome! You've done an amazing job mapping lichens in DC we'd love to have your energy/expertise across the county line!
i have some spots id like to look at - but whether i can wait til april is another thing...
hey... if the lichen calls...
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