[Pollinator] Phenology Network, BudBurst and Wildlife Watch

[Craig Tufts]

This Spring, National Wildlife Federation will be supporting and promoting Project BudBurst by including 4 of the native plants on the BudBurst list in its Wildlife Watch effort. This national nature treasure hunt will encourage people from throughout the United States to get outside of their homes, apartments and into their neighborhoods and communities to look for or listen for as many of the approximately 110 species or phenomena they might find over a three week period.

A number of the species listed are those also part of a number of Citizen Science programs ongoing in the country. When participants examine the Wildlife Watch list, they will also have the opportunity to look at the program information and protocols and become involved in Monarch Waystations, Project Budburst, FrogWatch USA, the Bird House Network, the Vanessa Migration Project and others.

Craig
>>> "Jim Cane" <jcane at biology.usu.edu> 3/21/2007 6:10 PM >>>
Folks- another place to participate in a nationwide assessment of
changes in seasons is this one (below).  Hunt their site for the maps
with isoclines that link together sites with the same progression so
spring, drawn from 100's of reporting stations over a 30-year period.  I
found it amazing 9and am awaiting bud break on our lilac clones).

jim

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James H. Cane                                      
USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Lab                       
Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5310 USA                  
                       
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark D. Schwartz [mailto:mds at uwm.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:43 AM
To: Jim Cane
Subject: Re: National Phenology Network Registration Form

Dear Jim:

Thanks for your interest in participating in the USA National Phenology
Network (USA-NPN).  Another critical part of the USA-NPN is observations
on native plants in your area.  Please review the list of suggested
appropriate plants for your area and report data on as many of them as
possible.
You should find the descriptions of the events to observe, some images
(we are still building our image library), and the links to submit your
data all on the USA-NPN web site (see selected links below). With kind
regards,

Mark D. Schwartz

USA-NPN main page
http://www.npn.uwm.edu 

Lilac area of the USA-NPN web site (including links to event
descriptions and for submitting data)
 http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Geography/npn/shrubs.html 

Map with suggested native plants for each area and links to event
descriptions and for submitting data
 http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Geography/npn/map.html 

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