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LoriAnne Barnett Education Coordinator, USA-NPN

Using Nature's Notebook to Engage Volunteers in Exciting and Relevant Research. LoriAnne Barnett Education Coordinator, USA-NPN. Expanding your reach Where can I get some? Excitement is catchy Creating a game plan Help?!. Photo credit: P. Warren. Photo credit: P. Warren.

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LoriAnne Barnett Education Coordinator, USA-NPN

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  1. Using Nature's Notebook to Engage Volunteers in Exciting and Relevant Research LoriAnne Barnett Education Coordinator, USA-NPN

  2. Expanding your reach Where can I get some? Excitement is catchy Creating a game plan Help?! Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: E. Alderson Photo credit: B. Powell Photo credit: B. Powell

  3. Expanding your reach Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: E. Alderson Photo credit: B. Powell Photo credit: B. Powell

  4. Meaningful for YOU.

  5. Where can I get some? Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: E. Alderson Photo credit: B. Powell Photo credit: B. Powell

  6. Master Gardeners and Naturalists Master Tree Stewards Friends’ Groups Local Natural Areas Partners/Institutes Schools

  7. They can be a tough crowd

  8. Meaningful for THEM.

  9. Excitement is catchy Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: E. Alderson Photo credit: B. Powell Photo credit: B. Powell

  10. Too cool Blues. Photo credit: L. Barnett

  11. Creating a game plan Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: E. Alderson Photo credit: B. Powell Photo credit: B. Powell

  12. Horticultural Science Environmental Education Forest Inventory Land Management

  13. GOALS and OUTCOMES • Short term (within a year) • Engage participants in collecting observations, year round, on mesquite trees • Develop activities for youth and adults at sites to encourage observations of mesquite trees • Medium term (within 3-4 years) • Share data with participants, develop a phenology calendar for the mesquite tree • Encourage participants to recruit others to collect observations • Long term (5+ years) • Make general recommendations for safe harvest times

  14. Design a PHENOLOGY PROGRAM • What is your science question? • What outcomes do you want to achieve? • What are the activities you can do? • What are the resources you already have? • Who would be potential partners? Long-term observations help the USA-NPN and can help local programs!

  15. Help?! Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: P. Warren Photo credit: E. Alderson Photo credit: B. Powell Photo credit: B. Powell

  16. Program planning • Resources: • Curriculum by audience: • www.usanpn.org/education • Start a local project: • Planning worksheets • Ways to connect • Shared sites • www.usanpn.org/partner/project • Phenology Data: • Visualization tools • Downloadable excel • www.usanpn.org/data • How can I help you? • How to Observe: • Handbook • Online tutorials for everything • Botany 101 guide and Phenophase primer coming soon! • www.usanpn.org/nn/guidelines Photo credit: L. Barnett

  17. QUESTIONS? Photo credit: L. Barnett

  18. You’re invited to connect with USA-NPN… Sign up for a phenology e-newsletter (quarterly) Join the Nature’s Notebook community and become an observer: Contribute to science while having fun! Discover new tools and resources for work or play LoriAnne Barnett lorianne@usanpn.org @loriannebarnett Thank you! LoriAnne Barnett lorianne@usanpn.org

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