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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.
Wildlife District 4 is a part of the OHIO Wild project. Teachers have been expressing a need for citizen science opportunities to use at their schools and/or their WILD School Sites. Nature's Notebook will give students and teachers a chance to create their own science questions and decide what data to gather from their school. The group is committed to helping students learn more about hands-on science through conservation education curriculums, and Nature's Notebook will be a serve in this process.
Oxford
OH
This LPP is working with students.
This LPP is working with under-served communities.
First Observation:
02/2019
City College of San Francisco runs Wild SF!--California Naturalist Certification Course, a program developed by the University of California Cooperative Extension to foster eco-literacy, focusing on both the urban and wild ecology of the San Francisco Bay Area. Upon completion of the course, students will acquire skills in ecological observation and study, interpretation, citizen science, and service learning. The course combines a rigorous science curriculum with guest lecturers, field trips and project-based learning to immerse you in the natural world of the San Francisco Bay Area.
California Naturalists Certification Course in San Francisco highlighting the diversity of our urban and natural ecological communities. They are using Nature's Notebook to have an ongoing project over time that follows animal and plant phenology across the city.
San Francisco, CA
This LPP is working with students.
This LPP is working with under-served communities.
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Since 2017, Wildflower Watch has worked with hundreds of citizen scientists to collect phenology data in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). This project was inspired by the work of Dr. Frank Craighead who made phenology observations in the 1970s and wrote the popular book For Everything There Is a Season. We are building on his legacy and collecting contemporary observations in the same locations as Craighead, as well as other locations throughout the GYE. Already we have noticed many plants blooming up to 3 weeks earlier than first observed in the 1970s. Please reach out to Trevor.Bloom@tnc.org to get involved and learn about free learning opportunities. Wildflower Watch is lead in partnership with USANPN by The Nature Conservancy and Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative.
Cody, Jackson, and surrounding Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE)
WY
This LPP is working with students.
First Observation:
04/2018
Wildlife District 4 is a part of the OHIO Wild project. Teachers have been expressing a need for citizen science opportunities to use at their schools and/or their WILD School Sites. Nature's Notebook will give students and teachers a chance to create their own science questions and decide what data to gather from their school. The group is committed to helping students learn more about hands-on science through conservation education curriculums, and Nature's Notebook will be a serve in this process.
Athens
OH
This LPP is working with students.
This LPP is working with under-served communities.
First Observation:
02/2019
We are using Nature's Notebook to enable volunteers to add vegetation monitoring to a community-wide march monitoring network. Data from this project will contribute to understanding of local marsh health.
Georgetown
SC
Partner Website:
First Observation:
02/2022
BIOS 1620 at Western Michigan University is aiming to get students outside more often, to observe the world around them. This is done in part by creating a six week lecture & laboratory activity around the teachings of phenology, citizen science, and climate change, for students will gain perspective on the changing world and the campus around them.
Kalamazoo
MI
This LPP is working with students.
This LPP is working with under-served communities.
First Observation:
03/2018
West Virginia University Core Arboretum is using Nature's Notebook to increase outreach and community engagement and help people learn about citizen science. WVU faculty and students, staff, volunteers, and school groups will be monitoring plants throughout the 91 acre WVU Core Arboretum. Spring ephemeral wildflowers and spring blooming trees will likely be highlighted in their observations.
WV
This LPP is working with students.
First Observation:
04/2017
We want to introduce and study phenology with our students who visit on a regular basis. We want to introduce young students to research, involve older students in research, and use the information to contribute to the greater good.
Lowell
MI
This LPP is working with under-served communities.
First Observation:
11/2021
Audubon CA chapter (48 throughout the state) volunteers to monitor bird phenology on preserves statewide to detect any possible climate change-drive shifts and to engage volunteers in climate change research. Yolo Audubon is newest to Audubon CA chapter as of February 23, 2016 and will choose their species to monitor with Nature's Notebook on 6,800 Bobcat Ranch in Yolo County.