March 17-21, 2025 is Phenology Week - a virtual celebration of the seasonal cycles of plants and animals. The purpose of Phenology Week is to celebrate YOU, our Nature's Notebook observers, Local Phenology Programs, and partners! We'll have webinars, awards, daily challenges, observer stories, and more.
Check back on this page as we'll add more events and resources, including a social media kit for those who would like to help celebrate the week.
Virtual Event Schedule
Monday, March 17th
Let's get you started with Nature's Notebook - 1pm Eastern / 12pm Cen / 11am Mtn / 10am Pacific
This webinar is for all those who are just getting started with Nature's Notebook this spring! We'll walk you through how to set up a site, add plants and animals, and enter your first observations.
Tuesday, March 18th
Nature's Notebook Campaign Convo - 4pm Eastern / 3pm Cen / 2pm Mtn / 1pm Pacific
In this webinar we'll be joined by researchers whose work inspired three of our Nature's Notebook campaigns. Learn about their research and why your data collected as part of these campaigns is so valuable, and have a chance to ask them questions!
Wednesday, March 19th
Theresa's Plantside Chat: Stories from Phenology, the book - 3pm Eastern / 2pm Cen / 1pm Mtn / 12pm Pacific
USA-NPN Director Theresa Crimmins' first book, Phenology, will be published as a part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series just in time for spring, on March 4. In this webinar, Theresa will share share anecdotes and stories from the book. It will be a great time celebrating the signs of the seasons! You can learn more about the book and read an excerpt here.
Thursday, March 20th
Create your own phenology calendar - 12pm Eastern / 11am Cen / 10am Mtn / 9am Pacific
In this webinar we will show you how to create a phenology calendar of either your own observations or observations collected by others in Nature's Notebook. The calendar will display the seasonal activity of your species of interest last year.
Friday, March 21st
Researcher Q&A - 2pm Eastern / 1pm Cen / 12pm Mtn / 11am Pacific
In this webinar we'll be joined by three researchers who have used Nature's Notebook data in the past year. You'll learn what they found with your data and have a chance to ask them questions!
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Future Phenology Weeks:
March 16-20, 2026