The Official Final Numbers

At 9AM this morning our time, the CNC staff recorded our official Western Mass City Nature Challenge numbers:

• 2,976 observations
• 811 species
• 223 observers
• 259 identifiers

Congratulations! You all did a great job in less-than-ideal weather. We predicted we’d get about 800 species this year; we exceeded that goal. We had about a thousand more observations than in 2022 – great! But we had about the same number of observers as in 2022, even though we added Berkshire County this year. Was that because of the weather? Are people spending less time hiking and observing now that the pandemic has calmed down considerably? Who knows, but we would love your suggestions for improvements for next year.

Thanks again; we hope you have a lovely summer enjoying the biodiversity of Western Massachusetts and we’ll see you again next year!

---Lynn Harper and Melanie Radik, co-organizers

Publicado el 08 de mayo de 2023 a las 10:49 PM por lynnharper