The National Phenology Network Providing capacity to meet natural resource agency science and monitoring objectives Jake F. Weltzin Ecologist US Geological Survey
Outline • IM&A in the USFS context • The National Phenology Network • Nature's Notebook : A project of the USA-NPN • Data applications • R9 pilot project
USFS in a changing environment The Roadmap The Scorecard Doug Chaltry The 2012 Planning Rule Regional Planner, Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator Monitoring Directive USFS Eastern Region
IM&A: Needs defined by Goals • Goal 1: Relevant and credible information – Focused on priority management issues – Integration and scalability – Based on relevant science – High quality and consistency – Timely and accessible • Goal 2: An inclusive and comprehensive system – Information needs shared by partners – Across organizational and geographic boundaries • Goal 3: Must be responsive and adaptive to change – Responsive to changing management needs – Responsive to social, economic, and ecological change – Responsive and adaptive to changing agency capacity IM&A Strategy, USFS, 8 July 2013
Adaptive management across agencies “A unified, multiscale monitoring system capable of detecting and evaluating national, regional and local trends will enable land mangers to develop and adjust adaptation and mitigation strategies to improve their effectiveness across landscapes and landownerships." - National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change 2011
Outline • IM&A in the USFS context • The National Phenology Network • Nature's Notebook : A project of the USA-NPN • Data applications • R9 pilot project
What is the… National Phenology Network? Phenology is… The recurring plant and animal life cycle stages, or phenophases, such as leafing and flowering , maturation of agricultural plants, emergence of insects, and migration of birds . Why Phenology? Phenology data helps us understand how plants, animals and landscapes respond to environmental variation and climate change.
What is the… National Phenology Network? Science, management, decision-making, policy Enquist et al., Intl J Biomet 2014
What is the… National Phenology Network? USA-NPN serves science and society by collecting, organizing and distributing phenological information to aid decision-making and adaptation to variable climates and changing environments. Large fires in western US Mean growing season length (d) 2001-2006 Ganguly et al. 2010 Betancourt et al. in prep USA-NPN 5-year Strategic Plan www.usanpn.org/pubs/reports
What is the… National Phenology Network? Intensive science sites Extensive observation sites Volunteer & education networks Remote sensing Adapted from CENR-OSTP Adapted from K.B. Jones et al. 2010
What is the… National Phenology Network? A National Framework for Science and Monitoring UC-NRS LCCs + CSCs
Outline • IM&A in the USFS context • The National Phenology Network • Nature's Notebook : A project of the USA-NPN • Data applications • R9 pilot project
What is… Nature's Notebook ? A ground-based, multi-taxa, national-scale observing system • Organism-based - status (presence/absence) - abundance or intensity • Standard protocols - vetted & published - provenance - cross-walked - 945 species (plant+animal) • 7 data pubs to date Denny et al., Intl J Biomet 2014 www.usanpn.org/natures_notebook OMB Control #: 1028-0103
What is… Nature's Notebook ? 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Data dashboard: www.usanpn.org/node/21094
What is… Nature's Notebook ? Data, metadata, documentation freely available www.usanpn.org/results/data
What is… Nature's Notebook ? Dynamic tools for visualizing data www.usanpn.org/data/visualizations
Outline • IM&A in the USFS context • The National Phenology Network • Nature's Notebook : A project of the USA-NPN • Data applications • R9 pilot project
How do natural resource professionals… pollinators understand bird migrations and habitats? Pat Davis/PLOS One Proportion trees reported flowering % eBird checklists/week Williams et al., 2013 Derived from Kellermann et al., in prep
How do natural resource professionals… forecast forest green-up at regional scales? A. rubrum , 2080-2099 Red maple ( A. rubrum ) Jeong et al., GRL 2013
How do natural resource professionals… understand impacts of anomalous climate? Spring Onset, 1950-2012 From Ault et al., EOS 2013 and Ault et al., in prep
How do natural resource professionals… manage invasive species? MODIS EVI In-situ % green 16-day composites 250 m pixel In-situ % green Precipitation Wallace et al., in prep
How do natural resource professionals… determine species vulnerability?
How do natural resource professionals… plug into phenology monitoring and science? www.usanpn.org/fws
How do natural resource professionals… cross organizations and geographies? www.usanpn.org/appalachian
Outline • IM&A in the USFS context • The National Phenology Network • Nature's Notebook : A project of the USA-NPN • Data applications • R9 pilot project
NFS R9 Partnership…helping achieve Scorecard & Planning Rule requirements Develop an understanding of fundamental questions about how organisms are responding to changes in climate (SC Element 8 on monitoring) . Inform management decisions (PR monitoring reqs for species indicators, invasive species, climate change) . Facilitate the establishment of partnerships across the landscape (PR monitoring req for collaboration) . Facilitate public outreach & engagement (PR monitoring reqs for visitor use & satisfaction of recreation objectives). www.usanpn.org/usfs
NFS R9 Partnership…helping achieve Scorecard & Planning Rule requirements Form working group consisting of interested forests to explore implementation of phenology monitoring: Meet monthly (3x to-date) Learn how NPS & FWS are partnering with NPN Select pilot forest to investigate how an existing monitoring program might be adapted: Ottawa NF Next Steps: • Jointly develop plan for Ottawa NF pilot study • Provide preliminary training webinars for Region • Jointly develop information sheet(s) www.usanpn.org/usfs
IM&A, NPN and Nature's Notebook … • Goal 1: Relevant and credible information applied to priority issues • Goal 2: Inclusive and comprehensive system across organizational and geographic boundaries • Goal 3: Responsive and adaptive to changing management needs: social, cultural, ecological & agency "…the best science for adaptation will be conceived in strong adaptive research-management partnerships. We must find new ways for scientists, managers, and citizens to work together to pool their observational powers and intelligence to continually reexamine the realities of forest systems." - D. Cleaves in Peterson et al. 2014
Thank you…
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How do natural resource professionals… improve urban water quality? http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2979604.shtml?cat=1
How do natural resource professionals… communicate climate change? Next up:
How do natural resource professionals… engage the next generation? www.usanpn.org/nn/mobile-apps
How do natural resource professionals… develop a diverse workforce? Credit: Carolyn Enquist
How do natural resource professionals… help educators implement programs? www.usanpn.org/education
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