Natures Notebook Engaging volunteers in tracking seasonal long
Nature’s Notebook: Engaging volunteers in tracking seasonal & long -term environmental change December 2, 2015 Lori. Anne Barnett Education Coordinator
Today‘s Discussion ü Learn how to use Nature’s Notebook citizen and professional science program ü View regional networks collaboratively for education, outreach, management and science ü View how to download and/or visualize NPDb data ü Describe how to get started
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
Photo credit: L. Romano
• • • ~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
YES NO ?
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?
Flowers Fruits Trees and shrubs – Deciduous with pollen Northern red oak, Quercus rubra Image credit: Ellen G. Denny Leaves
Reproduction Development Method Songbirds Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis Image credit: Ken Thomas via Wikimedia Commons Activity
Reproduction Method Common loon Photo: P 199, Wikimedia Commons Activity
Image credit: Wikimedia commons "Cornus florida 02 by Line 1 Mobile app interface
Valle de Oro NWR, Albuquerque
Randall Davies Audubon Center Santa Fe Botanical Gardens ABQ Bio. Park 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
cliff swallowsandhill crane. Canada goose American kestrel Valle de Oro NWR, Albuquerque Phenology calendar of focal species at Valle de Oro NWR, 2014 -2015 2014 2015 0 Jan 30 Feb 60 Mar 90 Apr 120 May Jun 150 Jul 180 Aug 210 Sep 240 Oct Nov 270 Dec 300 330 Prepared by E. Posthumus using the USA-NPN Visualization tool
Volunteer Engagement
Who observes phenology? Photo credit: P. Warren • Scientists • Gardeners/Agriculturists • Land managers • Educators • Youth Photo credit: S. Schaffer Photo credit: C. Enquist
Seasonal changes in the Mid-Atlantic
PLANT Leaves Flowers Fruits Observable life cycle events or PHENOPHASES ANIMAL >> Mammal, Bird, Snake, Insect Activity Reproduction Development Method
"Bagatelle potager 02" 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
Image credit: John Mc. Colgan –U. S. Department of Agriculture. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Land management decisions
Acer rubrum (red maple); Photo credit: D. Hartel Observing the same individual through the seasons
Photo credit: Monticello Garden re-created
Cloned lilac program Photo credit: L. Barnett HISTORIC LILAC NETWORK ESTABLISHED IN THE 1950 S Photo credit: L. Barnett SANTA RITA EXPERIMENTAL RANGE, GREEN VALLEY, AZ
Photo credit: L. Barnett Photo Credit: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, via Wikimedia Commons Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
David Bertelsen, Naturalist
Finger Rock – Santa Catalina Mtns, Tucson Finger Rock Trail, Santa Catalina Mtns What’s Phenology Tucson, 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) 155 K+ records of plant flowering. 73, 000 vertebrate records Photo credit: B. Wilder
www. globalchange. gov
How Will Climate Change Affect the Mid-Atlantic Region? Birds winter ranges will change – how? Where? Reduction in biodiversity oaspub. epa. gov/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.
Participate for More than one year
Phenology Networks https: //www. usanpn. org/nn/groups/pnc Understanding Phenology
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: ü active, outdoor education ü asking and answering local science, management and climate questions ü connection via like-minded organizations through participation in a shared community science and research project
Phenology Networks
Phenology Networks ge n a h C e t lima C S P N via t h g u o s eing b g n i d al n n a C • Fu o i h &O e k a m e a p r a g s he Pro C d n a ed t y s r r e e F t n s i e r h e e t r p r y a a b d H d n e a • us ies t e i l i m b a i s s s e o h re t a s l Good P o c o t b pro D s n P o N s e a h e t ov and g. k r s • AT S o p n w t e @ ins k MN t & a I w N _ T m i E N st n i k t a W ct Tim a t n o C •
People. ü Meaningful ü Committed ü Exited to contribute to actual research ü Supported
Where to begin?
Design a monitoring question • • Select plants and animals to observe Already being monitored Baseline, trends, existing datasets Regional interest
Identify Natives: ①Milkweed ②Red oak ③White oak ④White pine ⑤Tulip poplar ⑥Hickory ⑦Red maple ⑧Ash
Identify Natives or species of interest: ①Honey bee ②Monarch ③Eastern bluebird ④Ruby-throated hummingbird ⑤Eastern tent caterpillar
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
Create accounts in Nature’s Notebook Photo credit: L. Barnett
Resources www. usanpn. org/nn/guidelines
Summary words … üMeaningful üLong-term üPlanned and organized üScience and education üThemed
Connect with USA-NPN… • Become an observer • Discover new tools and resources • Visit a local phenology trail www. facebook. com/USANPN www. pinterest. com/USANPN www. twitter. com/@loriannebarnett www. instagram/tucson_phenology_trail Lori. Anne Barnett lorianne@usanpn. org
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