City Nature Challenge

Call­ing all com­mu­ni­ty sci­en­tists: Gov­er­nors Island is a part­ner in the New York City’s 8^th City Nature Chal­lenge! In both the paved and green spaces of our city, includ­ing through­out Gov­er­nors Island, many species sur­vive and thrive. All New York­ers are invit­ed to help show off our city’s bio­di­ver­si­ty by con­nect­ing with nature and help­ing make as many wildlife obser­va­tions as we can.

To par­tic­i­pate, down­load the iNat­u­ral­ist app to your mobile device. Then, between April 26 – 29, use the app to upload pho­tos of organ­isms you observe, and the iNat­u­ral­ist com­mu­ni­ty will help you iden­ti­fy them. It’s as sim­ple as that! Not sure where to start? Down­load Gov­er­nors Island Nature​’s spring scav­enger hunt (click here), hop on the fer­ry, and see how many dif­fer­ent plants, ani­mals, and insects you can find!