Learn about the app iNaturalist with Ann Walter-Fromson, a certified North Carolina Environmental Educator and graduate of the North Carolina Botanical Garden’s Native Plant Studies program. iNaturalist is an easy-to-use citizen science app via mobile device (or website) that connects you to a community of nature enthusiasts and researchers to identify and collect data on plants and animals. By recording and sharing your observations, you add to a permanent record of research-quality data for scientists so that we can all better understand and protect nature’s biodiversity. The workshop will start with a classroom presentation and then move into the garden for practice using the apps.
Prior to the workshop: Please set up an iNaturalist account and install these two free apps on your mobile device, iNaturalist and Seek by iNaturalist. You can do this from the webpage www.iNaturalist.org or through your mobile app store (Apple App for iOS or Google Play for Android).
Cost: $30 (free for Emily Allen Wildflower Preserve Volunteers)
Space is limited to 20 participants.