{"id":7800,"date":"2025-04-23T16:37:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=7800"},"modified":"2025-04-23T17:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T21:04:04","slug":"fri-april-25-to-mon-april-28-2025-the-city-nature-challenge-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=7800","title":{"rendered":"Fri April 25 to Mon April 28, 2025: The City Nature Challenge 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7809\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/projects\/halifax-ns-backlands\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7809\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7809\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-5.54.33\u202fPM-300x155.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-5.54.33\u202fPM-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-5.54.33\u202fPM-1024x530.png 1024w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-5.54.33\u202fPM-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-5.54.33\u202fPM-1536x796.png 1536w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-23-at-5.54.33\u202fPM-2048x1061.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Stats for the Backlands on Apr 23, 2025<\/strong><br \/>Click on image to go the iNaturalist page for the Backlands and view the latest stats!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This weekend is the City Nature Challenge 2025. When you walk anywhere in the Halifax Backlands this weekend, please participate and post to iNaturalist City Nature Challenge 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About this Project<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Help put Halifax Regional Municipality on the global nature scene! Between April 25 &#8211; 28, 2025 cities\/places from across the planet, from here in our province to other locations around the world, will compete for the title of the most Biodiverse City. We need your help. Whether you&#8217;re an avid naturalist or a dog walker, everyone can participate: it&#8217;s easy, fun, and will encourage you to get outdoors.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Check out this project&#8217;s journal for more info on this project. Also join the Maritimes\/Atlantic Provinces project page and read more posts relevant to our region. <a href=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.ca\/projects\/city-nature-challenge-2025-the-maritimes-atlantic-umbrella-project\">https:\/\/inaturalist.ca\/projects\/city-nature-challenge-2025-the-maritimes-atlantic-umbrella-project<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to sign up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/users\/sign_in\">https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/users\/sign_in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As well as contributing to Halifax\u2019s participation as a city, if you take a photo within the Backlands, that contributes to a separate compendium of iNaturalist observations in the Backlands. (See graphic above.)<\/p>\n<p>SOME LINKS<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/projects\/city-nature-challenge-2025-halifax-regional-municipality-hrm-ns-canada\"><strong>City Nature Challenge 2025: Halifax Regional Municipality<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; View more details about iNaturalist and City Nature Challenge in <a href=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6515\">last year&#8217;s post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend is the City Nature Challenge 2025. When you walk anywhere in the Halifax Backlands this weekend, please participate and post to iNaturalist City Nature Challenge 2025. 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