See full event details on the CNC Chicago Wilderness webpage. If you or your organization is thinking about holding a related event before, during, or soon after the City Nature Challenge in the Chicago Metro area, please fill out this form by April 15th.
This list is actively being updated with new events.
All times are local time unless otherwise indicated.
Monday, April 25th
6:00PM-6:45PM Central: Illinois Science Council's Talk and Walk, City Nature Challenge (virtual)
Tuesday, April 26th
7:00PM Central (6:00PM Mountain): iNaturalist MasterClass: Making Science-Worthy Observations (virtual)
Friday, April 29th
10:00AM-11:00AM: City Nature Challenge Hike at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve (Illinois-Kane)
1:00PM-3:00PM: Roosevelt University Schaumburg Bioblitz (Illinois-Cook)
6:00PM-7:00PM: Bioblitz 101 - Kickoff and Introduction (virtual)
Saturday, April 30th
7:30AM-10:30AM: City Nature Challenge Walk at Bemis Woods North (Illinois-Cook)
8:00AM-10:00AM: Spring Early Birds at North Park Village Nature Center (Illinois-Cook)
9:30AM-11:00AM: Walk at Kankakee Sands' Conrad Station Savanna Trail (Indiana-Newton)
10:30AM-11:30AM: City Nature Challenge at Burnham Nature Sanctuary (Illinois-Cook)
10:00AM-2:00PM: 63rd St. Beach Clean-up and Bioblitz (Illinois-Cook)
11:00AM-2:00PM: Bioblitz at Lincoln Park Zoo's Nature Boardwalk (Illinois-Cook)
11:00AM-2:00PM: City Nature Challenge at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Illinois-Cook)
12:30PM-2:00PM: City Nature Challenge at Northerly Island (Illinois-Cook)
1:00PM-2:30PM: Intro to iNaturalist and City Nature Challenge at Indian Prairie Public Library (Illinois-DuPage)
1:00PM-3:00PM: UIC Eco-Educators BioBlitz at Jackson Park (Illinois-Cook)
Sunday, May 1st
7:30AM-10:00AM: Marian R. Byrnes Park Bird Walk (Illinois-Cook)
10:00AM-3:00PM: City Nature Challenge 2022 at Sand Ridge (Illinois-Cook)
11:00AM-2:00PM: City Nature Challenge at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Illinois-Cook)
Monday, May 2nd
No events currently listed
Monday, May 9th
6:00PM-7:00PM: Bioblitz Celebration and Wrap-up (virtual)
Learn more and RSVP at https://www.chicagowilderness.org/citynaturechallenge