2026 UPDATES
Oh, It’s On!
We heartily welcome to our newest regional City Nature Challenge competitor, Northwest Louisiana!
New Team Challenge
Feeling competitive? A new team contest has just arrived: The 2026 Otter Games!
Sticker
The 2026 sticker is printed! It features a gorgeous Mudsnake illustrated by Rordam James.
New Changes
This is the 11th year for the City Nature Challenge, and the Baton Rouge Region’s 6th year participating! The global organizers have announced some new changes for 2026:
Casual observations and observations of cultivated and captive organisms will no longer count toward the CNC.
Identification week is now two weeks! April 28 - May 10. Results will be announced May 13.
Quality over quantity is now the overarching theme in order to build more robust data for research.
Projects
Our CNC iNaturalist project is ready. Start planning your CNC outings! Click the Join button to add the project to your profile so you can find it more easily. (You do not need to join the project for your observations to count.)
The global iNaturalist project is also ready. It is fun to watch observations come in from other countries.
iNaturalist ambassadors
A new ambassador program has recently been launched by iNaturalist and our region has four ambassadors that are dedicated to sharing their love of nature and helping others discover iNaturalist. If you would like to ask questions, or request a nature walk or presentation, find and contact an Ambassador.