Through the efforts of park educators, interpreters, scientists and citizen scientists our understanding of phenological change in the parks and surrounding landscapes is growing. Parks engage in a range of data collection methods to capture phenology, from individual plants and animals to landscapes; these include repeat photography, remote sensing, and ground observations. In addition, parks are capatilizing on USA-NPN data, data products, and maps to inform decision-making. Recent findings include:
Park managers are leveraging this information, and other results of monitoring, to time park events from wildflower festivals to rare plant monitoring to invasive species removal.