

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: City Nature Challenge bioblitz
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 10:30 am – Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 01:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Join Metro staff to participate in the 2026 City Nature Challenge, an international effort to find and document plants and wildlife. Participants will use the iNaturalist app to find pollinators, plants and more. Identification guides available and light refreshments provided.

Cost: free 
Ages: 7 years and older. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. 
Difficulty: easy

Advanced registration is required. Space is limited to 25.

Pets policy
To protect plants, wildlife and people, Metro does not allow pets at most regional parks and natural areas.

Service animals are welcome at all Metro properties per Oregon Revised Statute, Chapter 659A.143 and federal law. The term “service animal” does not include pets, emotional support or therapy animals.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/gaston/city-nature-challenge-bioblitz/200029865879233
- **Event Categories**: contests
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.oregonmetro.gov/events/city-nature-challenge-bioblitz-2026-04-25?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=gaston-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Gaston
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Chehalem Ridge Nature Park
- **lat**: 45.43746893
- **long**: -123.06716502
- **full address**: Chehalem Ridge Nature Park, 39551 Southwest Dixon Mill Road,Gaston, Oregon, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Metro (https://allevents.in/org/metro/11813008)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 10:30 am (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Chehalem Ridge Nature Park, 39551 Southwest Dixon Mill Road,Gaston, Oregon, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Metro
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about City Nature Challenge bioblitz ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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