How to get started

How can phenology monitoring, data or information be useful to you, in your park? There are lots of resources on www.usanpn.org, here are a few key ones, and some questions for you:

• What are your project goals?
• What resources do you have available?
• Will you primarily use phenology data resources the USA-NPN creates and curates, primarily contribute data to the USA-NPN or both?

To get started exploring USA-NPN data resources:

• Phenology Observation Portal
• Phenology Visualization Tool

To get started monitoring phenology with staff, volunteers or students:

• Nature’s Notebook phenology observation program
• Starting a Local Project (plus all the resources in the "For Groups" menu)
• The dashboard for tracking participatation
• Phenocam program for repeat landscape-scale photography