Tshwane residents urged to take part in City Nature Challenge
By James Mahlokwane
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Pretoria - City of Tshwane MMC for The Environment and Agriculture Management Dana Wannenburg is calling on residents to participate in the 5th annual City Nature Challenge to find and document wildlife in their cities.
Wannenburg said the City of Tshwane challenged its residents to join the international bioblitz to capture and record plants or wildlife on their smartphones using the iNaturalist app between April 30 and May 3.
With Covid-19 having negatively impacted the financial wellbeing of the City nature areas, nature reserves like the Rietvlei Nature Reserves and Fountain Valley could find some joy as residents visit to observe and document wildlife and nature.
Colorado Springs to participate in City Nature Challenge
City of Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Colorado Springs residents are invited to participate in a worldwide nature challenge.
The City of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department joined the multi-city, global event called City Nature Challenge.
Between April 30 and May 3, people are asked to observe and submit pictures of wild plants, animals, and fungi using the free app iNaturalist.
“Colorado Springs is excited to be part of this effort that will provide important insight about the biodiversity of urban areas,” said Cody Sutton, natural resources specialist with the Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Department. “We hope people of all ages will join the fun, learn something new about the world around them, and help scientists learn more about the biodiversity of Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region.”
Reflection Riding Announces Free, Outdoor Community Event: City Nature Challenge 2021 Monday, April 26, 2021
Matt Guenther using the iNaturalist app identifying a hemlock
Join Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center for the City Nature Challenge on Friday and Saturday for two full days of outdoor fun. The full schedule of events includes night hikes, guided walks, volunteer projects, a campfire concert and more. A full listing of events is below.
Events and activities are first-come, first-served, there is no need to sign up to participate and all programming will take place outdoors. Events and activities are donations-based, meaning that Reflection Riding asks that the public make a donation at a level comfortable for them, or become a member, rather than pay a set fee to join in the fun.
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Tiny college home to rare California toad
Endangered critter gets help from Deep Springs College By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
Published: April 23, 2021, 6:06am
Share: The endangered black toad has the smallest range of any amphibian in North America: a mere 400 acres on the remote Deep Springs College campus nestled between the Inyo and White mountain ranges in Inyo County, Calif. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Time)
DEEP SPRINGS VALLEY, Calif. When you’re as rare and vulnerable as a black toad, you can’t afford to be coy about romance.
Surrounded by an unforgiving desert and forever isolated on a small patch of irrigated ranchland about 50 miles southeast of Yosemite National Park, black toads inhabit the smallest range of any North American amphibian.