Events for the San Francisco Bay Area City Nature Challenge!
We'd love to see you at one of these events! Be sure to check the details: some of these events are virtual, many of these are in-person socially distant events and bioblitzes, while others lower down on the list are self-guided activities that you can do any time during the City Nature Challenge.
Be sure to check back here to see more events being held in the Bay Area for the 2021 City Nature Challenge! We will add them as they are confirmed.
Pre-CNC Events:
- April 22, 12-1PM | Virtual Event | Nature & Nosh: City Nature Challenge 2021 | Hosted by Sonoma County Regional Parks
- April 29, 12-1PM | Virtual Event | City Nature Challenge Launch with One Tam | Hosted by One Tam
- April 29, 2:30PM | Virtual Event | City Nature Challenge Kicks Off! | Hosted by Sonoma County Regional Parks on their Facebook page
- April 29, 7PM | Virtual Event | The City Nature Challenge: Intro to BioBlitz! | Hosted by San Mateo County Parks
- April 29, 7PM | Virtual Event | City Nature Challenge Kick Off | Hosted by Grassroots Ecology and Bioblitz.club
Friday, April 30:
- April 30, 8:30-10AM | Socially-distant event | Birding Walk at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- April 30, 11AM-1PM | Tabling | Butterfly Table at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park (near White Barn) | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- April 30, 1:30-3PM | Socially-distant event | Daily Butterfly Walk at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- April 30, 3-6PM | Socially-distant event | Introduction to iNaturalist hike at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
Saturday, May 1:
- May 1, 8AM-12PM | Socially-distant Bioblitz | Pillar Point Tidepools Bioblitz | Hosted by the California Academy of Sciences
- May 1, 9-11AM | Socially-distant Bioblitz | Hellyer Park Bioblitz, San Jose | Hosted by Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful
- May 1, 9AM-12PM | Socially-distant event | Saddle Mountain Open Space Preserve Hike | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center & the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District
- May 1, 10AM-1PM | Socially-distant event | iNaturalist en Español at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- May 1, 11AM-1PM | Tabling | Butterfly Table at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park (near White Barn) | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- May 1, 1:30-3PM | Socially-distant event | Daily Butterfly Walk at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- May 1, 12-3PM | Socially-distant Event | Green Hairstreak Corridor Open House | Hosted by Nature in the City
Sunday, May 2:
- May 2, 9AM-5PM | Socially-distant event | All-day Plant Walk at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- May 2, 10AM-12:30PM | Socially-distant event | Community Hike at Little Uvas Creek Open Space Preserve | Hosted by Saved by Nature
- May 2, 10AM-1PM | Socially-distant event | Observing Where You Are at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- May 2, 11AM-1PM | Tabling | Butterfly Table at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park (near White Barn) | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- May 2, 12-3PM | Socially-distant event | Twin Peaks Bioregion Walk and Bioblitz | Hosted by Nature in the City
- May 2, 1:30-3PM | Socially-distant event | Daily Butterfly Walk at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
Monday, May 3:
- May 3, 9AM-12PM | Socially-distant event | Slow Hike & Making iNaturalist Observations at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- May 3, 11AM-1PM | Tabling | Butterfly Table at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park (near White Barn) | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- May 3, 1:30-3PM | Socially-distant event | Daily Butterfly Walk at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
- May 3, 7:30-9PM | Socially-distant event | Evening Animal Sounds at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park | Hosted by the Sonoma Ecology Center
Multi-Day Self-Guided Events:
- April 30 - May 1 | Self-directed Bioblitz | Hilltop Hulabaloo in San Francisco | Hosted by the Yerba Buena Chapter of CNPS
- April 30 - May 3 | Self-directed event | Bay Area Backyard & Neighborhood Bingo | Hosted by the California Academy of Sciences
- April 30 - May 3 | Self-directed Bioblitz | San Mateo County Parks Bioblitz | Hosted by San Mateo County Parks | Also join their introductory webinar on April 29
- April 30 - May 3 | Self-directed Bioblitz | Mount Tam Self-guided Bioblitz (join the project to participate!) | Hosted by One Tam
- April 30 - May 3 | Self-directed Bioblitz | Point Molate/San Pablo Bioblitz | Hosted by Wholly H2O with Point Molate Alliance, Point San Pablo Yacht Harbor | Also join their ID session on May 4
- April 30 - May 3 | Self-directed Bioblitz | Albany Bulb Bioblitz | Hosted by Wholly H2O with the City of Albany, Alldogs, Love the Bulb | Also join their ID session on May 5
- April 30 - May 3 | Self-directed Bioblitz | Berkeley Marina Bioblitz | Hosted by Wholly H2O with ISMC, Chavez Park Conservancy | Also join their ID session on May 6
Post-CNC Identification Parties:
- May 4, 7PM | Virtual Identification Party | Point Molate ID Session | Hosted by Wholly H2O
- May 5, 7PM | Virtual Identification Party | Albany Bulb ID Session | Hosted by Wholly H2O
- May 6, 7PM | Virtual Identification Party | Berkeley Marina ID Session | Hosted by Wholly H2O