Please note that there is no previous experience required to attend and participate in any of these events!!
Reminder to bring the following if you attend an event:
Comfortable walking shoes and outdoor clothes
Hat and sunscreen
Water bottle
Charged mobile device with iNaturalist downloaded *or camera
Location: Claire D. McIntosh Wildlife Refuge at 1401 Hope St, Bristol, RI 02809
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Registration Link: iNaturalist Field Training: Get Ready for the City Nature Challenge Registration
Location: Norman Bird Sanctuary (583 3rd Beach Rd, Middletown, RI 02842)
Time: 3:30 - 4:15 pm *No registration required
Join us for a practice session using iNaturalist, a free smartphone app that allows anyone to photograph and identify plants and animals while contributing to real scientific research. Scientists and conservation organizations use this community-collected data to monitor biodiversity and track environmental change.
We’ll also introduce the City Nature Challenge (April 24–27), an annual international event to collaboratively record as many wildlife observations as possible during a four-day challenge. People from all over the world explore nature in their neighborhoods and cities to find and document wildlife. 2026 marks Rhode Island’s 5th year participating, and we need community members like you to help us record as many species as we can!
Location: Claire D. McIntosh Wildlife Refuge at 1401 Hope St, Bristol, RI 02809
Time: 6 - 7 pm
Registration Link: Learn about the RI City Nature Challenge 2026! Registration
Join us for an introductory presentation on iNaturalist, a free smartphone app that allows anyone to photograph and identify plants and animals while contributing to real scientific research. Scientists and conservation organizations use this community-collected data to monitor biodiversity and track environmental change.
We’ll also introduce the City Nature Challenge (April 24–27), an annual international event to collaboratively record as many wildlife observations as possible during a four-day challenge. People from all over the world explore nature in their neighborhoods and cities to find and document wildlife. 2026 marks Rhode Island’s 5th year participating, and we need community members like you to help us record as many species as we can!
Location: Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium (1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907 )
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Registration Link: https://www.providenceri.gov/event/cnc-presentation-rwpmuseum/
Join us for an introductory presentation on iNaturalist, a free smartphone app that allows anyone to photograph and identify plants and animals while contributing to real scientific research. Scientists and conservation organizations use this community-collected data to monitor biodiversity and track environmental change.
We’ll also introduce the City Nature Challenge (April 24–27), an annual international event to collaboratively record as many wildlife observations as possible during a four-day challenge. People from all over the world explore nature in their neighborhoods and cities to find and document wildlife. 2026 marks Rhode Island’s 5th year participating, and we need community members like you to help us record as many species as we can!
Location: Claire D. McIntosh Wildlife Refuge at 1401 Hope St, Bristol, RI 02809
Time: 2-3 pm
Registration Link: City Nature Challenge Walk - Bristol Registration
Join ASRI staff member Kalyee for a guided biodiversity walk during the City Nature Challenge!
Location: Claire D. McIntosh Wildlife Refuge at 1401 Hope St, Bristol, RI 02809
Time: 3-4 pm
Registration Link: City Nature Challenge Biodiversity Walk at Johannis Farm – Barrington Land Trust
Location: Florence Sutherland Fort & Richard Knight Fort Wildlife Refuge (1445 Providence Pike (Rt. 5), North Smithfield, RI 02896)
Small Parking Lot (carpooling encouraged)
Port-a-potty available
Trails: 3.5 miles
Trail Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Time: 9 - 11am
Registration Link: City Nature Challenge Bird Walk with Tracey Hall
Join ASRI staff member Tracey Hall for a Guided Bird walk during the City Nature Challenge! Learn how to identify and record bird observations using Seek, iNaturalist and Merlin! Open to all levels and/or experiences of birding!
The City Nature Challenge is an annual international event to collaboratively record as many wildlife observations as possible during a four-day challenge using iNaturalist. People from all over the world explore nature in their neighborhoods and cities to find and document wildlife. 2026 marks Rhode Island’s 5th year participating, and we need community members like you to help us record as many species as we can!
Time: 11 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve in Barrington, RI.
Parking: You may park in the grassy lot just beyond the entrance to Johannis Farm Wildlife Preserve, which is located between 461 and 475 Sowams Road. We will meet in the parking area and walk together to the trailhead.
Registration Link: City Nature Challenge Biodiversity Walk at Johannis Farm – Barrington Land Trust
This 1-hour biodiversity walk is part of the annual City Nature Challenge, a global community science event that invites people around the world to document local wildlife to help support global scientific efforts. This year marks RI’s 5th year participating in the Challenge!
Participants will take part in a community bioblitz: a focused effort to find and document as many species as possible within a set area over a short period of time.
