Is it possible to just get notifications for observations near me? Or within a set boundary? If not, it should be!

Yes. You can do this with the “subscribe to a place” feature. If none of the pre-existing places match the region you’d like to follow you can create your own place to subscribe to. You can also limit your subscription to a specific taxon.

Hello Ben, welcome to the forum! It is possible to subscribe to a taxon from a certain place. On the homepage, there is a section called Subscriptions, where you can subscribe to any combination of Place and Taxon. You will then be able to see these observations in your dashboard under “Following”. …

Scroll down the right side of your dashboard on the website to get to “Subscribe to a Place.”

I find it strange that you cannot follow by town.

If you add your town to iNaturalist as a new place, you’ll be able to. Details here: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started#places You’ll want to find an accurate KML file for the town’s legal boundary first.

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