2018-SLV Field Office Project: Del Norte High School Citizen Science Day - Plant Monitoring

Start Date-End Date: 04/04/2018-04/04/2018 Land Manager Office: USFS - Divide Ranger District Land Manager Contact: Sally Wier Funding Partner: Programmatic Partner: Summary: plant monitoring with Nature's Notebook citizen science platform - phenology data collection Description: plant monitoring with Nature's Notebook citizen science platform - phenology data collection Latitude/Longitude: Additional Information: Camping Available: No Physical Difficulty: High Altitude Project: Desired Number of Volunteers: 12 Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 4 Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 44 Total Volunteer Days: 12 Total Unique Volunteers: 48 Total Volunteer Hours: 36 Staff Hours: 15 Stipend Hours: 0 Project Summary: Del Norte High School Citizen Science Plant Monitoring Day - April 3 and 4 - worked with 11 DNHS students in Nikki Horrocks' Sustainability and Hydroponics class to do citizen science plant phenology monitoring using the national platform Nature's Notebook, run by the National Phenology Network. On April 3 I conducted a classroom session to teach the kids about citizen science, phenology, how it tracks climate changes and how to do actual data collection on various plants. April 4 was a field day. I was joined by Tanner Dutton, range specialist anf Mike Blakeman, RGNF Public Affairs Specialist, to help the 11 kids do field data collection on a variety of trees, shrubs, forbs and grasses. This data goes into the database used by the RGNF for monitoring data on climate variability. Successes and Challenges: Lessons Learned: Special Notes: Stewardship Education: Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers: Description of Accidents/Incidents: none Description of Work Completed: