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

Start Date-End Date: 09/26/2018-09/27/2018 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: 10 Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 1 Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 8 Total Volunteer Days: 9 Total Unique Volunteers: 9 Total Volunteer Hours: 22.5 Staff Hours: 4 Stipend Hours: 0 Project Summary: Del Norte High School Citizen Science Plant Monitoring Day - September 26 and 27 - worked with 10 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 September 27 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. September 26 was a field day. I helped the 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: The National Phenology Network. Successes and Challenges: Lessons Learned: Special Notes: Stewardship Education: Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers: Description of Accidents/Incidents: Description of Work Completed: