City Nature Challenge


View of a snake in a local garden

City Nature Challenge 2026

Connect with Nature and Other Citizen Scientists

Help discover and document Richmond's plants and animals by participating in the City Nature Challenge 2026. This will be Richmond’s seventh time participating in this global initiative that encourages friendly competition between cities to make the most observations of biodiversity.

Participation is easy:
1. Download the free iNaturalist app to a mobile device.
2. Join the Richmond community project page: City Nature Challenge 2026: Richmond, BC.
3. Use the app. Turn location data on while recording photos and sounds of wild plants and animals in Richmond between Friday, April 24 to Monday, April 27, 2026.

All residents who participate will have a chance to win 1 of 10 City of Richmond reusable street banner bag.

Participants can track the community’s progress on the Richmond Project page during and after the event to see what was discovered. They can also have fun tracking results from other Canadian cities through a national initiative hosted by the Canadian Wildlife Federation.

Results will be announced on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

Go Team Richmond!

Learn more
Visit iNaturalist for video tutorials to help you get started.

More Richmond observation information from iNaturalist