Date: Fri Apr 24, 12:01 AM CDT - Mon Apr 27, 11:59 PM CDT
Category:
- STEM,
- Outdoor,
- Life Skills,
- Healthy Living
Level:
- Juniors,
- Daisies,
- Seniors,
- Volunteers,
- Cadettes,
- Ambassadors,
- Brownies
To participate, you'll need to download the iNaturalist app and create an account. Join the "GSCTX City Nature Challenge 2026" project.
Calling all Girl Scouts and citizen scientists! Join the GSCTX City
Nature Challenge to map the wild side of our world. From April 24-27,
2026, use the iNaturalist app to snap photos of plants and wildlife
wherever you are-even your own backyard. Every discovery counts toward
the global City Nature Challenge!
Taking part is easy!
1.
Find wildlife. It can be any wild plant, animal, fungi, or any
evidence of life found in your city. Wild means it wasn't put there
and it isn't being cared for by humans.
2. Use iNaturalist to
take a picture of what you find. Be sure to note the location of the
critter or plant.
3. Share your observations through
iNaturalist.
Knowing what species are in your city can help
scientists, land managers, and communities study and protect our local
nature. By participating in the City Nature Challenge, not only do you
learn more about your local environment, but you can also make your
city a better place - for you and other species.
The City Nature
Challenge is an annual four-day global bioblitz at the end of April,
where cities are in a collaboration-meets-friendly competition to see
what can be accomplished when we all work toward a common goal. People
around the world work together to find and document the nature in
their area.
Patches will be shipped in May to the person who
registered the Girl Scout. To place a troop order for 6 or more
patches and be eligible for bulk rate shipping, please send an email
to customercare@gsctx.org.
Location: Nature around your home
Supervision level: Girl Scout caregivers should monitor websites that Girl Scouts view, ensuring that they are safe and actively controlled. Adults may choose to review the Internet Safety Pledge with Girl Scouts ahead of this virtual event.
Badge/Patch: Fun patch will be mailed after the event. To place a troop order for 6 or more patches and be eligible for bulk rate shipping, please send an email to customercare@gsctx.org.
Contact for registration questions: customercare@gsctx.org
Several days prior to the event, you will receive a final confirmation email from our Girl Scout experience team with any additional information you need. If you do not receive this email 48 hours prior to the event, please contact customercare@gsctx.org. Please make sure that @gsctx.org is on your approved senders list to prevent these emails from going to spam.
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