April 18, 2025

Wild Friends is excited to announce that April 25th will be Citizen Science Day in New Mexico! We are celebrating Citizen Science Day by partnering with City Nature Challenge ABQ and having our students participate in their citizen science project. We hope that you can celebrate with us by participating in the City Nature Challenge as well! You can find more details about how to participate by checking out the links below:

- General Info: https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/ and https://abqcitynature.org/
- Middle Rio Grande Valley, Bernalillo, Sandoval, and Valencia Counties: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2025-abq
- Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Los Alamos Counties: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2025-santa-fe-area
- Silver City Area: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2025-silver-city-area
- If you live anywhere else in New Mexico, join the global project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2025-global-project

You can also download our lesson plan to learn more about how to participate in the City Nature Challenge with your students: https://tinyurl.com/2025CitizenScienceDayLesson

Citizen Science Day is a result of the passage of the Wild Friends memorial HM 31. This would not be possible without our students and their work in advocating for their memorial!