City Nature Challenge Paris/Lamar County TX USA

05/05/2026

You have until May 10 to finalize your submissions for City Nature Challenge to iNaturalist. Here is the current leader board.

05/05/2026

You have until May 10 to finalize your iNaturalist submissions. Here’s how the leader board stands now.

04/27/2026

This is your last day this year to participate in the Paris / Lamar County City Nature Challenge. Join our project on iNaturalist and tell us what you are seeing around your yard or in your community in Lamar County.

04/24/2026

Here’s an interview about City Nature Challenge on NPR.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Amy Jaecker-Jones of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County about a worldwide community science project happening this weekend — the City Nature Challenge.

04/23/2026

The City Nature Challenge has begun! Make sure you have the iNaturalists app on your phone or tablet. Go to Projects and join the Paris / Lamar County, TX, USA 2026 project. Then you will be ready to enter what you see in Lamar County until the end of the day on April 28. You can do this in your own yard are anywhere else in the county. Please remember, no domestic animals or cultivated plants. I'm looking forward to seeing your submissions on the project's report page. This was my favorite entry from 2025.

04/23/2026

More resources to help you participate in CNC

Tutorials for using iNaturalist

04/20/2026

Want to know more about the iNaturalist app that you will use to participate in our City Nature Challenge? Check this out!

A bioblitz is a communal outdoor event where people come together to explore nature and document as many species as possible within a specific location and time period. These aren't your typical nature walks where an expert points out a few interesting things. Bioblitzes are energetic, participatory...

04/19/2026

This time next week we will be wrapping up the City Nature Challenge for Paris / Lamar County, TX, USA. I hope you will use the iNaturalist app to join our project. Download the app, sign-in and click on MENU to find Projects. Type in City Nature Challenge 2026: Paris/Lamar County, TX, USA to find us. When you are on our page, click JOIN. Then participate anytime on April 24-27. Submit your photos of natural things such as birds, plants, insects, mammals, reptiles, & amphibians under our Project in the INat app. Don't include domestic animals or cultivated plants. We want Paris/Lamar County to show up with many other cities around the world.

02/03/2026

The 2026 City Nature Challenge is coming on April 24-27. The Red River Texas Master Naturalists chapter hopes you will participate in the Paris / Lamar County, Texas event.

04/28/2025

Cultiv8Comminity supports City Nature Challenge Paris/Lamar County TX USA.

04/27/2025

The Paris / Lamar County City Nature Challenge keeps adding observers and observations. We're excited so many community members are participating. Please remember you must be signed in to iNaturalists in addition to joining our project. You have today and tomorrow to add observations. Get out there in nature and participate!