City Nature Challenge www.tpwd.texas.gov/naturechallenge April 14th-18th Austin vs. Houston Dallas/Fort Worth Which city will win? Leaderboard and to participate: www.tpwd.texas.gov/naturechallenge

Contest for North Central Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) Send your 1st email BEFORE 4/14/2017 with your name that you are registered as a NPSOT member AND your iNaturalist account screen name. Record iNaturalist observations as part of the 2017 City Nature Challenge DFW Project Send a 2nd email by 4/22/2017 with a screenshot of your iNaturalist page showing your total observations in the “City Nature Challenge 2017 DFW” Project. Send emails to Lgnpenn@gmail.com For details: http://www.txnativeplants.org/Members-Nature- Challenge-Contest

iPhone App Android App Be sure to visit Be sure to visit to look at your observations and see others! Be sure to visit to look at your observations and see others! If your phone fills up with space, log out and log back in and your cache is cleared. If your phone fills up with space, log out and log back in and your cache is cleared.

For more guidance, go to: iNaturalist.org/pages/getting+started An observation records an encounter with an individual organism at a particular time and location. This includes encounters with signs of organisms like tracks, nests, or things that just died. When you make an observation, you’ll record: An observation records an encounter with an individual organism at a particular time and location. This includes encounters with signs of organisms like tracks, nests, or things that just died. When you make an observation, you’ll record: Your observations don’t need to include all of these parts, but they do in order to become research quality observations for science. Remember, you should make separate observations for each separate critter encounter. If you observed something not wild, like a lion in the zoo or a planted rose in your garden, make sure to mark it as captive/cultivated to prevent it from becoming research quality. Your observations don’t need to include all of these parts, but they do in order to become research quality observations for science. Remember, you should make separate observations for each separate critter encounter. If you observed something not wild, like a lion in the zoo or a planted rose in your garden, make sure to mark it as captive/cultivated to prevent it from becoming research quality. For more guidance, go to: iNaturalist.org/pages/getting+started You can also make observations with your camera! More instructions online. For more guidance, go to: iNaturalist.org/pages/getting+started You can also make observations with your camera! More instructions online.