iNaturalist Webinar Series: How citizen science provides key data for Endangered Species

iNaturalist has become one of the world’s most popular nature apps and the Canadian Wildlife Federation has led the charge in bringing it to Canada. But the strength behind iNaturalist is thanks to a wonderful community of people contributing observations and identifications. An observation of a species is most valuable when it comes along with an accurate species ID. And to help with that, thousands of people play an extremely valuable role, helping identify observations across Canada. This webinar will not be teaching how to identify a species, but you don’t have to be an expert to contribute: you can probably tell the difference between an American Robin and a Blue Jay or a squirrel from a chipmunk. But you can be an expert, helping to distinguish between species like an Orange-belted Bumblebee and a Red-belted Bumblebee. You’ll then be equipped and ready to contribute to the City Nature Challenge, the largest annual initiative on iNaturalist, happening April 30 to May 9, 2021.

Join us Friday, October 8, 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET. iNaturalist has become one of the world’s most popular nature apps and the Canadian Wildlife Federation has led the charge in bringing it to Canada. Join the Canadian Wildlife Federation for a webinar with the Canadian Council on Invasive Species (CCIS) to learn how you can help track and report invasive species across Canada through the national I Spy and Identify project and how uploading your observations of nature can have a real-life impact on biodiversity in Canada. Presenter: Kellie Sherman, Operations Supervisor at CCIS.

Tips, tricks, and guides to help get your sightings identified