<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Minnesota Master Naturalist]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://minnesotamasternaturalist.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Penny]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://minnesotamasternaturalist.wordpress.com/author/pennystiles9/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Nature&#8217;s Notebook, USA National Phenology Network&nbsp;Newsletter]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div><span style="color:#000000;"><img data-attachment-id="437997" data-permalink="https://minnesotamasternaturalist.wordpress.com/naturesnotebook/" data-orig-file="https://minnesotamasternaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/naturesnotebook.jpg" data-orig-size="800,348" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="NaturesNotebook" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://minnesotamasternaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/naturesnotebook.jpg?w=300&#038;h=131" data-large-file="https://minnesotamasternaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/naturesnotebook.jpg?w=800" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-437997" src="https://minnesotamasternaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/naturesnotebook.jpg?w=300&#038;h=131" alt="NaturesNotebook" width="300" height="131" srcset="https://minnesotamasternaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/naturesnotebook.jpg?w=300&amp;h=131 300w, https://minnesotamasternaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/naturesnotebook.jpg?w=600&amp;h=262 600w, https://minnesotamasternaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/naturesnotebook.jpg?w=150&amp;h=65 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Happy 2018! We hope that as you turn a new leaf this year, you are met with budding opportunities and take time to enjoy the fruits of your labor. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000;">Ok, enough with the phenology puns already! Below, we share a summary of all that we accomplished together in 2017. We hope you will reflect on your 2017 activities and share your successes with us in the annual <a href="https://www.usanpn.org/nn/2017-Active-Group-Survey" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Local Phenology Program survey</a>. </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000;">We also look ahead to what this year&#8217;s spring may bring. Will we see another <a href="https://www.usanpn.org/data/spring/2017comparisons" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">early spring</a> across much of the country? Or will the country continue to be split as we are seeing <a href="https://www.usanpn.org/files/npn/maps/agdd-anomaly-32f.png" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">so far this year</a>, with cooler than average temperatures in the east and warmer than average temperatures in the west? And how will the plants and animals that you track in <em>Nature&#8217;s Notebook</em> respond? We can&#8217;t wait to find out! </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000;">For more topics in the newsletter, please select: </span><a href="http://myemail.constantcontact.com/A-look-back-at-2017-and-a-look-ahead-to-spring-2018.html?soid=1102731551578&amp;aid=zqWAaV72pq8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color:#000000;">Nature&#8221;s Notebook</span></a></div>
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