Thank you for your interest in partnering with us for the 2026 City Nature Challenge: New York City!
Over the years, we have had amazing success partnering with groups all over NYC. Here are some of them (in alphabetical order): Alley Pond Environmental Center, Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park, American Museum of Natural History, Astoria Park Alliance, Billion Oyster Project, Bronx River Alliance, Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, City Parks Foundation, Eastern Queens Alliance, Feminist Bird Club, Freshkills Park Alliance, Fort Greene Park Conservancy, Friends of Ewen Park, Friends of McGolrick Park, Friends of Spuyten Duyvil, Genspace, Genspace, Girl Scouts of Greater New York, Greenbelt Conservancy, Green-Wood Cemetery, Hudson River Park River Project, Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, Latino Outdoors, Local Nature Lab, Lower East Side Ecology Center, Macaulay Honors College, Madison Square Park Conservancy, Manhattan Land Trust, March for Science NYC, National Wildlife Federation Eco Schools, Natural Areas Conservancy, New York Botanical Garden and the NYC EcoFlora Project, NYC H20, NYC Parks and the Urban Park Rangers, NYC Pollinator Working Group, North Brooklyn Parks Alliance, Partnership for Parks, Pratt Institute, Math & Science Department, Randall’s Island Park Alliance, Solar One, Stewards of Henry Hudson Park, The Bee Conservancy, The Friends of Governors Island, The High Line, The Office of City Council Member Gale Brewer, Torrey Botanical Society, Trust for Governors Island, UrbisEco, Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, WCS Education, WSP Eco Projects.
In 2026, we’re looking to have our partners from the past return and to partner with even more great organizations! Please let us know if you are interested in participating in 2026 by filling out the form below. The days of the challenge will be April 24-April 27, 2026. Partnering with us means that you will do one or more of the following:
Spread the word!
➤ Post Flyers/Posters
➤ Write about CNC in Blogs/Newsletters
➤ Create social media announcements
Develop (or add to) programs!*
➤ Pre-CNC iNaturalist trainings
➤ Info tables
➤ Guided walks
➤ Public BioBlitzes
➤ ID parties
➤ Connect CNC to already existing programs
*Most of these can be translated into virtual events, if need be.
Partner organizations will correspond with the lead NYC organizer, Dr. Kelly O’Donnell, to coordinate plans and share information. Partners will be able to request a Macaulay student or other affiliated volunteer to attend their event as an “iNaturalist pro.” The iNaturalist pro students have experience collecting data for our BioBlitz via iNaturalist and get further training in March on how to help new users get observing for the City Nature Challenge. If scheduling permits, partners will also be able to request a live zoom training on any aspect of the City Nature Challenge delivered by Kelly O’Donnell.
We recommend you join the City Nature Challenge 2026: New York City project page on iNaturalist for updates about CNC. This page is also the place where any of your events are listed and where our results can be viewed during the CNC. To see what this looks like view our 2025 project page.
If you’re interested in partnering with us, please let us know by filling out the form below. We will host “Lunch & Learn” Zoom sessions in November, December, and January. If you have missed these, we can send you a recording.
