<?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&nbsp;Network]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p id="page-title" class="title"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>Citizen Scientists &#8211; volunteer opportunity<br />
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<p class="intro"><span style="color:#000000;">The USA-NPN invites citizen scientists to track the phenology of plants and animals through <a title="Nature's Notebook" href="https://www.naturesnotebook.org"><em>Nature&#8217;s Notebook</em></a>, 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! </span></p>
<h2><span style="color:#000000;">Resources Available to Citizen Scientists</span></h2>
<p><span style="color:#000000;">The USA-NPN provides a complete set of training resources for how to use <a title="Nature's Notebook" href="https://www.usanpn.org/partner/www.naturesnotebook.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nature&#8217;s Notebook</a>, tools to visualize data, and rewards for observers, including: </span></p>
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<li><span style="color:#000000;"><a title="Learn How to Observe" href="https://www.usanpn.org/nn/guidelines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn How to Observe guidelines</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#000000;"><a title="Join a campaign" href="https://www.usanpn.org/nn/campaigns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Observation campaigns to join</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#000000;"><a title="Visualization Tool" href="https://www.usanpn.org/nn/connect/visualizations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USA-NPN Phenology Visualization Tool</a></span></li>
<li><span style="color:#000000;">Badges to earn for observation milestones</span></li>
<li><span style="color:#000000;"><a title="Leaderboards" href="https://www.usanpn.org/nn/leaderboard-alltime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leaderboards that track top observers</a></span></li>
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<p><span style="color:#000000;">For more information, please visit: <a href="https://www.usanpn.org/partner/citizen-scientists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USA-NPN</a></span></p>
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