Upcoming Events and Training

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The Greater Phoenix City Nature Challenge is part of the annual Citizen Science Month celebration across the world. 

Since 2016, SciStarter has organized Citizen Science Month in collaboration with Arizona State University, with support from many partners. This April, we’re inviting you to take part in One Million Acts of Science, a collective effort to contribute over one million data points to featured citizen science projects on CitizenScienceMonth.org—including the Greater Phoenix City Nature Challenge!

🌿 Join the City Nature Challenge! Attend any City Nature Challenge event and upload your observations from the Greater Phoenix Metro Area to iNaturalist. Every observation made throughout April—not just during the challenge weekend—counts toward our goal!

Get started in 3 easy steps:

1. Create an iNaturalist account and note your username.
2. Sign up at SciStarter.org, an ASU research affiliate.
3. Connect your accounts: In your SciStarter profile, go to “Info and Settings” > “Affiliation Integration” and add your iNaturalist username. Do this once, and all your observations will be counted!

Attend an Event or Training: 

See all 2025 City Nature Challenge Events in the Greater Phoenix area, before and during the CNC event Weekend: https://scistarter.org/events?tag=phxcnc 

SciStarter

SciStarter is a research affiliate of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. It provides a free web platform that connects scientists with volunteers from all walks of life. SciStarter connects millions of people to thousands of scientists in need of their help. SciStarter partners with a thousand libraries, museums, school districts, Girl Scouts, Verizon and many other organizations to train, guide and support community participation in projects and to measure and share individual and collective impact through sophisticated data analytics. SciStarter is supported by federal agencies including the National Science Foundation and NASA, the NNLM All of Us Program Center, private foundations, school districts and universities, Verizon and the Girl Scouts USA, making it possible to offer free access to a searchable database of projects and events, trainings, curated experiences, and personalized data dashboards to track participation across websites and apps.

Ready to make an impact? Join us this Citizen Science Month and turn your curiosity into action! 🚀🔬🌍

Our friends over at Maricopa County Parks have a several great events planned to kick off the City Nature Challenge.There are events leading up to and including the days of the challenge at various parks.