Johnson City Parks & Recreation: Parks And Recreation Offers 2022 City Nature Challenges Hikes

Johnson City TN

20 April, 2022

2:21 PM

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Press release from Johnson City Parks & Recreation: April 19, 2022 Johnson City Parks and Recreation is offering an iNaturalist City Nature Challenge to encourage citizens to find and document plants and wildlife in City parks. Participants are encouraged to download the iNaturalist app to help identify and record plants and animals. Each observation will be tallied and compared against the number of observations made in Knoxville, the city that challenged the City of Johnson City. Video instructions on how to use the app can be found here. All ages are welcome to enjoy the following free group hikes where they will learn the value of the easy-to-use app and the important role of citizen science: Friday, April 29, 10-11:15 a.m., Buffalo Mountain Park, 570 High Ridge Road, Harris Pavilion Friday, April 29, 1-2:15 p.m., Jacob's Nature Park, 1919 Ocala St., outdoor classroom Monday, May 2, 10-11:15 a.m., Willow Springs Park, 1201 Huffine Road, main parking lot Monday, May 2, 1-2:15 p.m., Winged Deer Park, 204 Carroll Creek Road, disc golf parking lot No registration required. For more information, call Connie Deegan at 423-283-5821. This press release was produced by Johnson City Parks & Recreation. The views expressed here are the author's own.