City Nature Challenge 2022 Results
15,100
Observations Made
#14 in the USA
#27 in the world
2,426
Species Documented
#9 in the USA
#17 in the world
398
People Participated
#30 in the USA
#42 in the world
We helped collect biodiversity data across 11 of 12 parishes on private and public lands.
View the Baton Rouge City Nature Challenge project and observations in iNaturalist.
This was the first year to test the new aggregator that combines our iNaturalist and eBird results. This first species and identification counts were inflated for all cities that voluntarily participated in the test. Because of this, Baton Rouge was allowed to split the difference and report Identifiers and Species from iNaturalist and Observations and Participants from BioSMART.
View the beta test BioSMART aggregator for iNaturalist + eBird results.
Louisiana Results
We won the friendly competition between the participating Louisiana cities!
#1 Baton Rouge region
#2 New Orleans region
#3 Southwest Louisiana region
Global Results
Due to the pandemic, the competition was limited and just overall results were reported. In 2023 the plan is to return to a full competition with more categories!
1,694,877
Observations Made
During the four day challenge
50,176
Species Documented
including 2,224 rare, endangered, and threatened species
67,220
People Participated
From 445 cities in 47 countries
The overall winner is La Paz, Bolivia. Followed by Cape Town, Boston, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Washington D.C.
View the global City Nature Challenge project in iNaturalist.
2022 City Nature Challenge Infographic
Baton Rouge City Nature Challenge 2022 Favorite Finds
Selected by the Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater Baton Rouge
