iNaturalist Species ID Party

Help ID and Verify Nature Observations

One of the largest bioblitz events in the world is coming to Utah April 26–29, 2024 - The City Nature Challenge. During these 4-days, cities around the globe will make iNaturalist observations of nearby wild plants and animals, resulting in thousands of observations to our local iNaturalist project, 2024 City Nature Challenge: Utah’s Wasatch. 

With thousands of observations coming into this project, we need your help to identify and verify as many as possible - to enhance the scientific validity and make note of any interesting or exciting finds.

You can ID on your own, or join us in-person. Here’s how:

On Your Own 

• City Nature Challenge photos are taken from April 26–29, and can be uploaded through May 5th. Visit the 2024 City Nature Challenge: Utah’s Wasatch iNaturalist project to ID and Verify observations as they come in. 

• Need a refresher on how to make IDs on iNaturalist? Check out these resources.

Join Us for an ID Party at NHMU!

Interested to meet other nature nerds, learn more about iNaturalist ID, and do some ID's alongside others? Join us in-person for this free event:

• What: iNaturalist Species ID Party

• Where: Natural History Museum of Utah, Community Room - Level 2, near the Museum Cafe (no ticket needed)

• When: Wednesday, May 1st, 5:30-8:30 PM

• At 6pm, we'll have a quick iNaturalist ID crash course for anyone wanting to learn the ropes. 

What to bring: We recommend bringing a laptop or mobile device, so you can look through CNC observations on iNaturalist.

This is a drop-in event, so come by when you can to connect with NHMU staff and local iNaturalist users.