The USA-NPN invites citizen scientists to track the phenology of plants and animals through Nature’s Notebook, an online plant and animal phenology monitoring program. By participating in phenology monitoring, you will develop a better understanding of nature, contribute to a national database used by scientists and resource managers, and have a lot of fun along the way!
Resources Available to Citizen Scientists
The USA-NPN provides a complete set of training resources for how to use Nature’s Notebook, tools to visualize data, and rewards for observers, including:
- Learn How to Observe guidelines
- Observation campaigns to join
- USA-NPN Phenology Visualization Tool
- Badges to earn for observation milestones
- Leaderboards that track top observers
For more information, please visit: USA National Phenology Network