Alberta Biodiversity Challenge
We're Calling You Outdoors!
Participate in Alberta's annual biodiversity photo BioBlitz.
The Biodiversity Challenge invites Albertans to take part in a photo BioBlitz using the iNaturalist citizen science app. Between June 12-15th, 2025, join Alberta's naturalists, species experts, and environmental groups in documenting as many species as you can! Simply upload your photos of birds, plants, mammals, moss, lichen, mushrooms and insects to iNaturalist. Your contributions will be used to help understand more about the species that call Alberta home.
If you are new to iNaturalist, please see our Getting Started Guide.
Participating is easy!
- Download iNaturalist by visiting Google Play or the App Store (or visit inaturalist.ca)
- Optional: Search for and join the Alberta Biodiversity Challenge project and region you want to participate in.
- Take photos of biodiversity between June 12-15th, 2025
- Upload your sightings to iNaturalist by June 30th - your sightings will automatically be filtered into the Alberta Biodiversity Challenge results!
Survey Regions
* Current links are for 2024 projects and will be updated in 2025
Province
- Alberta - click here to join iNaturalist project
Cities
- Fort McMurray - click here to join iNaturalist project
- Grande Prairie - click here to join iNaturalist project
- Metro Edmonton - click here to join iNaturalist project
- Red Deer - click here to join iNaturalist project
- Metro Calgary - click here to join iNaturalist project
- Medicine Hat - click here to join iNaturalist project
- Lethbridge - click here to join iNaturalist project
Parks
The Alberta Biodiversity Challenge includes Alberta's national and provincial parks. Visit any of our parks and natural areas during the challenge and record what you see!
- Alberta Parks - click here to view a summary on iNaturalist
- Provincial Parks - click here to join iNaturalist project
- National Parks - click here to view a summary on iNaturalist
- Banff - click here to join iNaturalist project
- Elk Island - click here to join iNaturalist project
- Jasper - click here to join iNaturalist project
- Waterton Lakes - click here to join iNaturalist project
- Wood Buffalo - click here to join iNaturalist project
Featured Sightings
Red Necked Grebe by @cindyleedanylukboisvert
Forest tent caterpillar moth by @caterpillarlover
Lewis flax by @ammlmt
Yellow salsify by @norbertkondla
