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Active Local Phenology Networks
Here you will find our list of Local Phenology Programs using Nature's Notebook. If a group listed has a blank entry or is missing information, they have not updated their information with our USA-NPN NCO staff in 2019.
Click here to view a map of all of our Certified Local Phenology Leaders.
If you are a Local Phenology Leader who would like to complete or update your LPPs listing, please contact groups@usanpn.org.
We are using Nature's Notebook to create a baseline picture of plant phenology at our field sites and use visualization tools to tell a story about ecosystem change and the importance of monitoring species.
Baraboo
WI
Partner Website:
First Observation:
05/2021
The Barataria Phenology Trail at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve encourages citizen science engagement at the Barataria Preserve. The park seeks community participation in environmental stewardship via making and recording observations about plant and animal seasonal patterns of development and activity. With the park's "sibling" Bayou Lafouche NN trail, we partner with other Gulf Coast organizations via the "Gulf Coast Phenology Trail" to contribute observations relevant to this region.
Marrero
LA
Partner Website:
First Observation:
08/2017
Bayou Lafourche Phenology Trail is using Nature's Notebook at the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center in Thibodaux, LA.
Thibodaux
LA
First Observation:
02/2018
Bayou Sauvage NWR hope to engage the local community as well as collect general phenology data for species in New Orleans, LA.
New Orleans
LA
First Observation:
03/2017
The school is using Nature's Notebook to collect phenology observations.
Afton
MN
This LPP is working with students.
First Observation:
04/2014
Impact Statement:
The school is using Nature's Notebook to collect phenology observations.
The Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP) in Albuquerque, NM is currently performing community science monitoring of the bosque, or Rio Grande riparian ecosystem, with local schools around Albuquerque and New Mexico. Using Nature's Notebook adds consistent phenological observations to our educational programming with over 40 different education groups (classes, scouts, etc) each year. Our partnership aims to help students feel a connection to their landscape through careful monitoring and observation of the changing seasons in the bosque. Species of particular interest in being monitored include: cottonwood - P. deltoides (native), Siberian elm - U. pumila (exotic), and tamarisk - Tamarix sp. (exotic).
Albuquerque
NM
This LPP is working with under-served communities.
First Observation:
12/2015
BEMP - Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park is monitoring phenology as a part of a larger student-centered ecological monitoring program. They have specific science questions as well as objectives to connect k-12 students to research on ecosystem response and function.
NM
This LPP is working with students.
First Observation:
01/2017
Ben Franklin School is using Nature's Notebook in Cleveland, OH as a part of the Ohio State University Phenology group.
Cleveland
OH
First Observation:
04/2013
OH
First Observation:
05/2013
We are using Nature's Notebook to establish baseline data on our campus for phenophases of native and invasive tree species. Along the way, students will learn and experience the process of science.
St. Paul
MN
This LPP is working with students.
This LPP is working with under-served communities.
First Observation:
09/2021
We are using Nature's Notebook to document a record of local phenological change for 10 plants and increase public awareness of phenology.
Vail
CO
Partner Website:
Big Branch Marsh NWR is using Nature's Notebook in efforts to answer broad questions addressed by the Gulf Coast Phenology Trail as well as establish baseline phenological data at our site.
Lacombe
LA
First Observation:
01/2017
Black Rock Forest Phenology Project in Cornwall, New York is a science and research organization working to incorporate more citizen science projects in their programming to better connect our education activities with the research community. Phenology is a fun and easy way to connect students and the public with real life applicable science and the USA-NPN makes their contributions even more meaningful. They are also part of group of other science organizations called the Environmental Monitoring and Management Allicance (EMMA).
Cornwall
NY
This LPP is working with students.
This LPP is working with under-served communities.
Partner Website:
Nature's Notebook gives us an easy way to monitor phenology in the orchard, and learn more about the trees we care about. It will give us a record of when orchard trees and plants reached different stages each year.
Bloomington
IN
This LPP is working with students.
This LPP is working with under-served communities.
Partner Website:
First Observation:
04/2021
Blue Hill Heritage Trust in Blue Hill Maine, is using Nature's Notebook to expand the geographic range of their phenology and bird migration project, which may turn into other projects as their data and program develop further. We also seek to inform local partners about the importance of phenology data on their land and how they can help and contribute to their own conservation goals. We are aiming to engage volunteers and participants on how they can become involved and easily contribute to science by using Nature's Notebook.
Blue Hill
ME
Partner Website:
First Observation:
08/2017
At Blue Ridge Parkway National Park we have started using volunteers to rove high use trails where impacts to natural resources are occuring due to the high volume of park visitors. Having the volunteer rovers collect phenology data and enter it into Nature's Notebook would give them a way to interact and engage with park visitors.
Asheville
NC
Partner Website:
First Observation:
03/2021
Subgroup of the Tucson Phenology Trail, we engage K-5 graders in our Environmental Learning Lab, both in school and after school programming.
Tucson
AZ
This LPP is working with students.
First Observation:
04/2013
Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center is a part of the Lake Superior Phenology Network supported by American Society of Plant Biologists, University of Minnesota - Duluth and the National Science Foundation in Duluth, MN. The goal of the project is to set up at least three phenology trails in Duluth that target similar plant species across a broad climatic gradient and develop resources to help citizen scientists understand their data in the context of larger databases. Nature’s Notebook provides the rigor and standardization needed to answer questions about how climate change might affect local plants, but also the accessibility for volunteers toadd, view, and explore data using resources such as the visualization tools developed by the National Phenology Network.
Duluth
MN
Partner Website:
First Observation:
05/2019
Brandeis University is a campus-based project that provides opportunities for undergraduate students (approximately 30 per year) and members of our campus community to engage in citizen science by using Nature's Notebook.
Waltham
MA
This LPP is working with students.
First Observation:
09/2014