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Nature’s Notebook:
Engaging volunteers in tracking seasonal &
long-term environmental change
Insert Date, 2016
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Opening Activity
LIFE CYCLE BINGO!
10-15 minutes
Today‘s Discussion
 Define phenology
 Learn about the Nature’s Notebook citizen and
professional science program
 Show an example of visualized phenology
observations
 Learn how regional networks formed collaboratively
for education, outreach, management and science
(NOTE: Insert locally relevant content for your
monitoring program)
 Describe how to get started
PHENOLOGY
What do I KNOW about PHENOLOGY?!
What do I WANT TO KNOW?
THINK, PAIR, SHARE
5 minutes
What is phenology?
The science of the seasons
• Blooms and buds
• Hibernation, migration,
emergence
• Easy to observe
Photo credit: P. Warren
…it is the study of the timing of
recurring plant and animal lifecycle stages, or phenophases,
and their relationship to
environmental conditions.
Photo credit: L. Barnett
Who observes phenology?
Photo credit: P. Warren
• Scientists
• Gardeners/Agriculturists
• Land managers
• Educators
• Youth
Photo credit: S. Schaffer
Photo credit: C. Enquist
Primary goal
• Create a standardized, long-term
dataset for use in multiple types
of research.
UNDERSTAND HOW SPECIES AND
LANDSCAPES ARE RESPONDING TO
CLIMATE CHANGE.
Mission
• Make phenology data, models
and related information
available.
• Encourage people of all ages and
backgrounds to observe and
record phenology.
Photo credit: C. Enquist
Image credit: L. Romano
www.nn.usanpn.org
Image credit: B.F. Powell
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~6,400 active observers
~7,800 active sites
6.5 Million+ records
Lilac data from 1956
1016 taxa from 2009
Observations
RECORD KEEPING
PLANT
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits
Observable life cycle events or
PHENOPHASES
ANIMAL >> Mammal, Bird, Snake, Insect
Activity
Reproduction
Development
Method
Acer rubrum (red maple); Photo credit: D. Hartel
Observing the same individual through the seasons
Photo credit: Monticello
Garden re-created
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Collected by a single individual
1984-present
1480+ round-trip hikes (10 miles), 4158’ elevation gain
Approximately weekly
587 flowering plant taxa (group of species)
155K+ records of plant flowering.
73,000 vertebrate records
Photo credit: B. Wilder
Flowers
Fruits
Trees and shrubs – Deciduous with pollen
Northern red oak, Quercus rubra
Image credit: Ellen G. Denny
Leaves
One or more open, fresh flowers
are visible on the plant. Flowers
are considered "open" when the
reproductive parts (male stamens
or female pistils) are visible
between or within unfolded or
open flower parts (petals, floral
tubes or sepals). Do not include
wilted or dried flowers.
Velvet mesquite, Prosopis velutina
Image credit: Patty Guertin
Do you see…open flowers?
Reproduction
Development
Method
Songbirds
Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis
Image credit: Ken Thomas via Wikimedia Commons
Activity
Image credit: Wikimedia commons "Cornus florida 02 by Line1
Mobile app interface
Valle de Oro NWR, Albuquerque
Canada
goose
2014
2014
cliff swallow
American
kestrel
2014
sandhill
crane
Phenology calendar of focal species at Valle de Oro NWR, 2014-2015
2015
2015
2015
2014
2015
0
Jan30 Feb
60
Mar
90Apr
May
120
Jun
150
Jul180 Aug 210Sep
Oct
240
Nov
270
Dec
300
330
Prepared by E. Posthumus using the USA-NPN Visualization tool
www.usanpn.org/nn/connect/visualizations
Activity
INTRODUCTION TO OBSERVATION
30-45 minutes
Volunteer
ENGAGEMENT
People.
 Meaningful
 Committed
 Exited to
contribute
to actual
research
 Supported
Seasonal changes in the Mid-Atlantic
"Bagatelle potager02" by Spedona (Spedona) - Cliché personnel - own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable Gardening
Understanding outdoor recreation
schedules
• Feeding times
• Following brackish
waters
• Water
temperature
• Spawning times
related to temp 55° - 68° F in
Chesapeake Bay.
April peak?
Chesapeake Bay Spring
Season for Striped Bass =
May 16 – June 16
Photo credit: E. Stemmy
How Will Climate Change Affect the
Mid-Atlantic Region?
Birds winter ranges will change – how? Where?
Reduction in biodiversity
oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimscomm.getfile?p_download_id=4011
Sea level
rise 1-2
inches per
decade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay
Frequent
and severe
floods and
drought
Invasive species that thrive in warmer and wetter
environments could displace beneficial Mid-Atlantic
species and create pest control problems.
Phenology
NETWORKS
Phenology Networks
www.usanpn.org/nn/groups/pnc
Understanding Phenology
Randall Davies Audubon Center
Santa Fe Botanical Gardens
ABQ BioPark Botanic Gardens
Valle de Oro NWR
Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area
Bernardo Wildlife Area
Sevilleta NWR
Bosque del Apache NWR
Rio Grande
Phenology Trail:
Green represent the
current RGPT Partners,
yellow represent other
locations that have
expressed interest in
joining the Trail
Phenology Networks
Historic Records
Phenology Networks
Community Engagement
Tucson
Phenology
Trail
Established in 2012 and covering 75 miles in the greater Tucson area, the
Tucson Phenology Trail links UA to the community while encouraging:
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active, outdoor education
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asking and answering local science, management and climate questions
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connection via like-minded organizations through participation in a
shared community science and research project
How to
GET STARTED
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Select plants and animals to observe
Already being monitored
Baseline, trends, existing datasets
Regional interest
①Milkweed
②Red oak
③White oak
④White pine
⑤Tulip poplar
⑥Hickory
⑦Red maple
⑧Ash
①Honey bee
②Monarch
③Eastern bluebird
④Ruby-throated hummingbird
⑤Eastern tent caterpillar
• Create individual or group sites in
Nature’s Notebook
• Think about how you might locally use
Nature’s Notebook in outreach and
education as well as management or
research settings. These type of
collaborations are the most
sustainable.
Resources
www.usanpn.org/nn/groups
Resources
www.usanpn.org/nn/guidelines
Summary words …
Meaningful
Long-term
Planned and organized
Science and education
Themed
Meets YOUR programmatic needs
Connect with USA-NPN…
• Become an observer
• Discover new tools and
resources
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picture here
• Visit a local phenology
trail
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