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Engaging volunteers in tracking seasonal & long-term environmental change
Nature’s Notebook:
LoriAnne Barnett
Education Coordinator
December 2, 2015
Today‘s Discussion Learn how to use Nature’s Notebook citizen and
professional science program
View regional networks collaboratively for education, outreach, management and science
View how to download and/or visualize NPDb data
Describe how to get started
UNDERSTAND HOW SPECIES AND LANDSCAPES ARE
RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
Primary goal• Create a standardized, long-term
dataset for use in multiple types of research.
Mission• Make phenology data, models
and related information available.
• Encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to observe and record phenology.
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• ~6,200 active observers• ~7,700 active sites• 6.3+ records • Lilac data from 1956• 1016 taxa from 2009
https://crowdsourcing-toolkit.sites.usa.gov
Observations
RECORD KEEPING
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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.
Do you see…open flowers?
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Santa Fe Botanical Gardens
ABQ BioPark Botanic Gardens
Valle de Oro NWR
Sevilleta NWR
Whitfield Wildlife Conservation Area
Bosque del Apache NWR
Bernardo Wildlife AreaRio Grande Phenology Trail:Green represent the current RGPT Partners, yellow represent other locations that have expressed interest in joining the Trail
Randall Davies Audubon Center
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Prepared by E. Posthumus using the USA-NPN Visualization tool
Volunteer Engagement
Who observes phenology?• Scientists
• Gardeners/Agriculturists• Land managers
• Educators• Youth
Photo credit: C. Enquist
Photo credit: P. Warren
Photo credit: S. Schaffer
Seasonal changes in the Mid-Atlantic
Reproduction Development MethodActivity
ANIMAL >> Mammal, Bird, Snake, Insect
Flowers FruitsLeaves
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• Feeding times• Following brackish
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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
Understanding outdoor recreation schedules
Land management decisions
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Observing the same individual through the seasons
Garden re-created
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Cloned lilac program
HISTORIC LILAC NETWORKESTABLISHED IN THE
1950S
SANTA RITA EXPERIMENTAL RANGE,
GREEN VALLEY, AZ
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David Bertelsen,
Naturalist
What’s Phenology
Finger Rock – Santa Catalina Mtns, TucsonFinger Rock Trail, Santa Catalina MtnsTucson, AZ
Courtesy: T.M. Crimmins
The Finger Rock Dataset
• 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
www.globalchange.gov
Sea level rise 1-2 inches per decade
Birds winter ranges will change – how? Where?
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Frequent and severe floods and drought
Reduction in biodiversity
How Will Climate Change Affect theMid-Atlantic Region?
Invasive species that thrive in warmer and wetterenvironments could displace beneficial Mid-Atlanticspecies and create pest control problems.
Participate forMore than one
year
Phenology Networks
https://www.usanpn.org/nn/groups/pnc
Understanding Phenology
Phenology Networks Historic Records
Phenology Networks
Established in 2012 and covering 75 miles in the greater Tucson area, the Tucson Phenology Trail links UA to the community while encouraging: active, outdoor education asking and answering local science, management and climate questions connection via like-minded organizations through participation in a
shared community science and research project
Tucson Phenology Trail
Community Engagement
Phenology Networks
Phenology Networks
• Funding being sought via NPS Climate Change
Program
• Harpers Ferry and Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Good Possibilities and are interested
• AT Seasons protocols are the same used by the
NETN I&M Network and the NPDb
• Contact Tim Watkins [email protected]
People. Meaningful Committed Exited to
contribute to actual research
Supported
Where to begin?
Design a monitoring question
• 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
Identify Natives:
①Honey bee
②Monarch
③Eastern bluebird
④Ruby-throated hummingbird
⑤Eastern tent caterpillar
Identify Natives or species of interest:
Set up a monitoring site or sites
• Select plants and animals to observe• Locally use Nature’s Notebook in
outreach and education as well as management
Resources
https://www.usanpn.org/nn/connect/project
Resources
https://www.usanpn.org/nn/connect/project
Photo credit: L. Barnett
Create accounts in Nature’s Notebook
Resources
www.usanpn.org/nn/guidelines
Summary words …
MeaningfulLong-termPlanned and organizedScience and educationThemed
Connect with USA-NPN…
• Become an observer
• Discover new tools and resources
• Visit a local phenology trail
LoriAnne [email protected]
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www.pinterest.com/USANPN
www.twitter.com/@loriannebarnett
www.instagram/tucson_phenology_trail