CITY NATURE CHALLENGE
EVENTS
City Nature Challenge
Help the Seattle-Tacoma Metropolitan Area (including Everett, Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma and any place within Snohomish, King and Pierce counties!) show the world how biodiverse our region is by making observations of local species during City Nature Challenge!
About the program
City Nature Walk - Confluence Park
Free to attend. Registration required.
Friday, April 25, 2025, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. | 655 Rainier Blvd N, Issaquah, WA 98027
Join City of Issaquah Urban Forest Supervisor Dan Hintz on an excursion through Confluence Park to learn about and identify as many unique species of plants and animals as possible!
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Skyway Park Restoration Party
Free to attend. Registration required.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:00 - 12:00 p.m. | Skyway Park, Seattle, WA
Join King County Parks & several community organizations in restoring the health of Skyway Park.
Skyway Park is located in the West Hill community, an unincorporated urban area on Lake Washington. In the park are three wetlands that function as the headwaters of Taylor Creek, a salmon-bearing stream that passes through Seattle's Deadhorse Canyon and enters Lake Washington.
This restoration party is part of the Earth Deserves More Than a Day line up of environmental justice events running from April 21-26.
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City Nature Challenge Walk-Sustainability Fair
Free to attend. Registration required.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. | 1730 10th Ave. N.W. Issaquah, WA 98027
Participate in the world-wide 2025 City Nature Challenge by joining City of Issaquah Urban Forest Supervisor Dan Hintz during the Sustainability Fair on an excursion along the Pickering Trail to learn about and identify as many unique wildlife species as possible.
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City Nature Challenge Walk-Sustainability Fair
Free to attend. Registration required.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 p.m. | 1730 10th Ave. N.W. Issaquah, WA 98027
Participate in the world-wide 2025 City Nature Challenge by joining City of Issaquah Urban Forest Supervisor Dan Hintz during the Sustainability Fair on an excursion along the Pickering Trail to learn about and identify as many unique wildlife species as possible.
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City Nature Challenge: Dragon Pavilion
Free to attend. Registration Required.
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Delridge Community Center 4501 Delridge Way S Seattle WA 98106
Join us as we observe the amazing biodiversity in one of Seattle's natural spaces- Longfellow Creek. If you have a Smart Phone, bring it along as we'll be using the iNaturalist app to record our findings to help Seattle compete in the international City Nature Challenge! Wear weather-appropriate clothing and footwear as we will be walking about 1/2 mile. There is a set of stairs, but the path is fairly flat otherwise.
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ORIENTATIONS
Orientation for Individuals & Families
Learn how you (or better yet, you and your friends & family!) can get involved in community science in the Seattle-Tacoma area! Watch our video to learn how to use the iNaturalist app to participate in City Nature Challenge, a fun long-weekend where people all over the world document the wildlife they encounter.
Orientation for Educators & Other Group Leaders
Curious about citizen science and ways to support your community? Then watch our informative virtual session to learn how you can help observe and identify local ecology right in your area!
Who is This For?
Educators (classroom, informal, nature, outdoor, etc.) and other group and community leaders in King, Pierce or Snohomish Counties who want to help get people engaged in City Nature Challenge.
What We Cover
We cover the background and goals of this global and local event, how to use the iNaturalist app both to upload and to explore observations, and creative ideas for how best to motivate and lead others to successfully participate in this event. We include tips on maintaining respectful relationships with nature and how to find wild plants and animals in unexpected places!
Watch
Enjoy the recording of our virtual session. If you have any follow up questions after watching, email us at monitoring@zoo.org!
Watch
Your local planning team for the Seattle-Tacoma City Nature Challenge includes:
Woodland Park Zoo, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Habitat at Home Program, Green Tukwila / City of Tukwila, The Nature Conservancy in Washington, Washington State Department of Agriculture Pest Program and a graduate student with the Advanced Inquiry Program of Miami University of Ohio/Woodland Park Zoo.
