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Iowa Lakeside Laboratory

Iowa Lakeside Lab is a 111-year old field research station in NW Iowa. We believe it is the perfect place to engage the community with citizen science. Nature's Notebook offers us a platform to readily and easily encourage people to learn more about phenology and participate in the outdoors.

City: 
Milford
State: 
IA
Organization Type: 
Plan to Use Nature's Notebook for:: 
Studying invasive species phenology
Studying migratory animals phenology
Studying pollinator phenology
Studying climate change impacts
Status and trends (or baseline) monitoring
Getting students outside
Engaging the public
Contributing to a national effort
This LPP is working with K-16 students: 
Yes
More than 30 students: 
Under-served Communities: 
Yes
Under-served how?: 
We hope to involve at risk school-aged students with citizen science.
Involves indigenous communities: 
This LPP is part of a Phenology Trail: 
Personal Site Network: 
Partner Group
Date of last record submission: 
September, 2020