We have just released a summary of recommendations from our pilot Refuge, Valle de Oro. The document contains a timeline for project implementation, and recommendations for monitoring design, volunteer training, support, and management, and more. 

Have you ever tried to download phenology data in spreadsheet form, and then been at a loss as to what to do next? For the most part, what is of interest is when flowering, leafing, migrating, and so on started and ended, and how long it lasted.

Now available: summarized Nature's Notebook data, which provides this information! Using the Data Download Tool, you can now obtain the first and last dates that phenophases were recorded on individual organisms in each year, plus lots more. Instructional videos available.

Want to learn more about how other Refuges are conducting phenology monitoring with Nature's Notebook, and how you and your Refuge can become involved? 

In this Webinar, part of NCTC's NWR System Webinar Series, USA-NPN liaison to the FWS Erin Posthumus will present 'The USFWS Phenology Network - a collaboration between the USFWS and the USA National Phenology Network.' 

February 4, 2015, 2-4:30 pm EST

The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a Nature's Notebook training for Region 3 Refuges on March 6th at the Visitor Center in Bloomington, MN. 

Learn how phenology is being monitored across the Refuge System, see a demonstration of the USA-NPN's protocols and tools for data entry and download, and learn how to develop a phenology implementation plan for your Refuge.