City Nature Challenge

Join us for the 2025 The City Nature Challenge (CNC) and be a participant in an international bio-blitz! Help us document the incredible biodiversity in the Greater Kansas City Area by making observations of WILD organisms in the Greater Kansas City Metro Area, April 25th - 28th. We are excited to safely celebrate nature in and around urban areas by documenting all the species we can find during this CNC. We are participating with CNC by hosting an event on Saturday, April 26th from 10:00-12:00. Join a Naturalist from 10:00-10:30 at our picnic pavilion to learn how to use the iNaturalist platform and become a citizen scientist! At 10:30 join us for a guided hike of portions of our Fox Hollow Trail and surrounding habitats to find amazing things in nature and be a part of this city-wide challenge.
We have also created a scavenger hunt of things you might find and hear on the trails, along with a photo guide of common spring plants on Fox Hollow Trail. You can pick up a printed copy of the scavenger hunt at the Center or download one from our website: www.lakesidenaturecenter.org

You may also like the following events from Friends of Lakeside Nature Center:

• This Sunday, 4th May, 12:00 pm, ReMake Learning Days in Raytown
• Next month, 17th May, 10:00 am, Celebrate Urban Birds in Raytown
• Next month, 18th May, 09:00 am, Fox Hollow Trail Workday - Spring Edition in Raytown

Also check out other Trips & Adventurous Activities in Raytown.