To get started participating in Climate Watch find a local Coordinator in your area (see Coordinator listing) or click here to explore an in-depth, visual guide to how climate watch works and learn how you can get started.
Click here to sign up to receive email updates on Climate Watch.
General Resources
- A two-page PDF to provide a general overview of the effort to participants
- One-page overview protocol document
- An overview video of the Climate Watch program (3 min)
- Climate Watch Survey Manual
- A recorded webinar about the science of Climate Watch and how to participate (45 minutes)
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Optional Climate Watch Data Collection Form and Data Collection Template for individuals not using eBird
- Climate Watch Results
Maps and Tools for Participants without a Coordinator
- Overview of scientific protocol: Story Map
- Printable maps for participating groups
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Climate Watch Planner Mapping Tool: Link to ArcGIS/Esri
Instructions on how to use the tool to explore squares and plan survey point locations.
A short video on how to place a point.
If you are asked for login credentials, please follow these steps
1. Go to arcgis.com and login with the provided credentials.
Username : ClimateWatch Password: Audubon1
2. Once logged in and while in the same window, go to the top and navigate to https://gis.audubon.org/ClimateWatch
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Claim a Climate Watch Square: Link to ArcGIS/Esri
Instructions for the Claim a Climate Watch Square tool.
A short video on how to claim a square.
- ESRI Climate Watch planner training webinar (Updated for Summer 2018 Survey Period, 30 min)
Climate Watch Coordinators
Contact a coordinator in your area to join a coordinated effort or visit the Climate Watch story map to learn how to participate on your own.
*Statewide/Regional coordinator
| State | City | Name | Organization | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Eagle | Marlys House | Eagle Community School | |
| Alaska | Shageluk | Joyanne Hamilton | ||
| Arizona | Flagstaff | Amy Zimmermann | Northern Arizona Audubon Society | |
| Arizona | Tucson | Olya Phillips | Tucson Audubon Society | |
| Arkansas | Jasper | Jack Stewart | ||
| California | Arcata | Ken Burton | Redwood Region Audubon Society | |
| California | Chico | Mary Muchowski | Altacal Audubon Society | |
| California | Glendale | Dan Sheng | ||
| California | Holtville | Alma Maclel | ||
| California | Napa | Wendy Schackwitz | Napa-Solano Audubon Society | |
| Colorado | Denver | Tracy Rackauskas | Audubon Society of Greater Denver | |
| Colorado | Denver | Virginia Dickinson | ||
| Colorado | Fort Collins | Dave Treviño | National Park Service | |
| Colorado | Mancos | Shelby Robinson | ||
| Colorado | Redstone | Delia Malone | Roaring Fork Audubon | |
| Colorado | Silverthorne | Friends of the Dillon Ranger District | ||
| Connecticut | Brookfield | Sarah Cahill | Audubon Center at Bent of the River | |
| Connecticut | Hamden | Charles Strasser | Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society | |
| Connecticut | New Canaan | David Havens | ||
| DC | Washington | Sara Fuentes | Audubon Society of the District of Columbia | |
| Florida | Boynton Beach | Doug Young | South Florida Audubon Society | |
| Florida | Dunnellon | Reggie Poling | ||
| Florida | Fort Myers | Jayne Johnston | Audubon of Southwest Florida | |
| Florida | Monticello | Shayndel Shofar | ||
| Florida | Monticello | Y Leevy | ||
| Florida | Northport | Davrick Daniel | Corkscrew Sanctuary | |
| Florida | St. Johns County | Linda Burek | St. Johns County Audubon Society | |
| Florida | Tallahassee | Liz Schold | ||
| Florida | Venice | Bob Clark | Venice Area Audubon Society | |
| Georgia | Athens | Heather Levy | Oconee Rivers Audubon Society, Lilly Branch Audubon Campus Chapter | |
| Georgia* | Atlanta | Adam Betuel* | Atlanta Audubon Society | |
| Georgia | Hahira | Robert Emond | ||
| Georgia | Helen | Maranda Stone | ||
| Georgia | Milledgeville | Katie Stumpf | Georgia College | |
| Georgia | St. Simons | Marge Inness | Coastal Georgia Audubon Society | |
| Georgia | Unadilla | Russell Titus | ||
| Idaho | Boise | Dondi Black | Golden Eagle Audubon Society | |
| Idaho | Idaho Falls | June Fraser | ||
| Idaho | Kimberly | Patricia Weber | Prairie Falcon Audubon Society | |
| Illinois | Casey | Larry Thorsen | Coles-Cumberland Christmas Bird Count | |
| Illinois | Chicago | Stephanie Beilke | Audubon Great Lakes in partnership with Chicago Audubon Society | |
| Illinois | Rockford | Larry McPheron | Sinnissippi Audubon Society | |
| Indiana | Evansville | Suze Littlefox | ||
| Indiana | Kokomo | Bonny Goodnight | ||
| Indiana | Porter | Kim Ehn | Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society | |
| Indiana | Rensselaer | Cheryl Wistrom | ||
| Indiana | South Bend | Laura S. Fuderer | South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society | |
| Indiana | Valparaiso | Natalie Rainbolt | ||
| Iowa | Atlantic | Chris Parks | Iowa Bluebird Conservationists | |
| Iowa | Ogden | Doug Harr | Big Bluestem Audubon Society | |
| Iowa | Waterloo | Tom Schilke | Prairie Rapids Audubon Society | |
| Louisiana | Abita Springs | Anita Merrigan | ||
| Louisiana | Arnaudville | Ann Reese | ||
| Maryland | Baltimore | Hugh Simmons | Chesapeake Audubon Society | |
| Maryland | Columbia | Julie Dunlap | Audubon Society of Central Maryland | |
| Maryland | Darlington | Russell Kovach | ||
| Maryland | Easton | Samantha Pitts | Pickering Creek Audubon Center | |
| Maryland | Riva | Linda Fabs | Phoenix Landing Foundation | |
| Massachusetts | Byfield | Robert Ross | Audubon Joppa Flats | |
| Massachusetts | Plymouth | Frank Mand | The Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens Alliance | |
| Massachusetts | Whitinsville | Jake Bourque | Mass Audubon - Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary | |
| Michigan | Algonac | Cindy Babisz | ||
| Michigan | Belmont | Becky Kuhn | Grand Rapids Audubon Club | |
| Michigan | Metro Detroit | Audubon Great Lakes | ||
| Michigan | Kent County | Becky Kuhn | Grand Rapids Audubon Club | |
| Minnesota | Farmington | Melissa Warfield | ||
| Mississippi | Bay Saint Louis | Maggie King | ||
| Mississippi | Byhalia | Rickey Watkins | ||
| Missouri | Fordland | Greg Samuel | Greater Ozarks Audubon Society | |
| Missouri | Joplin | Chris Pistole | Ozark Gateway Audubon Society | |
| Missouri | Raytown | Joseph Mosley | Burroughs Audubon Society of Greater Kansas City | |
| Missouri | St. Louis | Herb Huebner | Audubon Center at Riverlands and St. Louis Audubon Society | |
| Missouri | St. Louis | Jean Favara | Audubon Center at Riverlands and St. Louis Audubon Society | |
| Montana | Helena | Amy Seaman | Montana Audubon | |
| Nebraska* | Denton | Jason St. Sauver | Audubon Nebraska | |
| Nebraska | Papillion | Kathleen Boylan | ||
| Nevada | Las Vegas | Douglas Chang | Red Rock Audubon Society | |
| Nevada | Reno | Adam Bradley | ||
| New Jersey | Augusta | Marianne Ofenloch | Sussex County Bird Club | |
| New Jersey | Cinnaminson | John Gallant | ||
| New Jersey | Jackson | Mark Yuschak | New Jersey Audubon | |
| New Mexico | Albuquerque | Judy Liddell | Central New Mexico Audubon Society | |
| New Mexico | Glorieta | Albert Shultz | Sangre de Cristo Audubon Society | |
| New York | Albany | Audubon New York | ||
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New York |
Hamburg | Patricia Allen | ||
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New York |
Oxford | Michael Dewispelaere | ||
| New York | North Babylon | Christina Lorenzen | Great South Bay Audubon Society | |
| New York | Rockaway Park | Matthew Horgan | ||
| New York | Saratoga Springs | Rob Snell | Southern Adirondack Audubon Society | Email, 443-838-5857 |
| New York |
Savannah |
Donna Richardson | Audubon New York, Montezuma Audubon Center | |
| New York |
Suffolk County, Long Island |
Brooke Bateman | National Audubon Society, Four Harbors Audubon Society | |
| New York | West Hempstead | Bill Belford | South Shore Audubon Society | |
| North Carolina | Asheville | Tom Tribble | ||
| North Carolina | Burnsville | Russ Oates | High Peaks Birders | Email, 828-682-4199 |
| North Carolina | Burnsville | Aimee Tomcho | Audubon North Carolina | |
| North Carolina | Charlotte | Ken Kneidel | Mecklenburg Audubon Society | |
| North Carolina | Durham | Marcia Mandel | New Hope Audubon Society | |
| North Carolina | Fayetteville | Bridget Smith | National Audubon and Wake Audubon Society | |
| North Carolina | Raleigh | Mary Frazer | Wake Audubon Society | |
| North Carolina* | Winston-Salem | Kim Brand* | Audubon North Carolina | |
| North Carolina | Winston-Salem | Ron Morris | Audubon Society of Forsyth County | |
| North Dakota | Fargo | Mike Bush | Audubon Dakota | |
| Ohio | Canton | Allison Terlacher | Stark Parks | |
| Ohio | Columbus | Michael Goldman | Grange Insurance Audubon Center | |
| Ohio | Delaware | Stefanie Hauck | Falk School for Sustainability and the Environment at Chatham University | |
| Ohio | Loveland | Douglas Chang | Red Rock Audubon Society | |
| Oregon | Salem | David Craig | ||
| Pennsylvania | Bridgeville | Ann Wolfe | Bayer Wildlife Sustainability Team – Bluebird Monitoring | |
| Pennsylvania | Carlisle | Elizabeth Arellano | ||
| Pennsylvania | Erie | Jared McGary | Erie Bluffs State Park | |
| Pennsylvania | Huntingdon | Deborah Grove | Juniata Valley Audubon Society, State College Bird Club, PSO | |
| Pennsylvania | Irwin | Gail Meister | Voice of Westmoreland | |
| Pennsylvania | Jim Thorpe | Jon Levin | Lehigh Valley Audubon Society | |
| Pennsylvania | New Hope | Robert McGarry | Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow | |
| Pennsylvania | Norristown | Erin Rackovan | Elmwood Park Zoo | |
| Pennsylvania | Petersburg | Sean McLaughlin | ||
| Pennsylvania | Wellsboro | Sean Minnick | Tiadaughton Audubon Society | |
| Pennsylvania* | Wyncote | Leigh Altadonna | Wyncote Audubon Society | |
| Rhode Island | Lincoln | Kristen Fulton | ||
| South Carolina* | Charleston | Matt Johnson* | Audubon South Carolina | |
| South Carolina | Fripp Island | Kevin Rice | Fripp Audubon Club, Beufort County, SC | |
| South Carolina | Myrtle Beach | Dale Scholfield | Waccamaw Audubon Society | |
| South Carolina | York | Bill Hilton | Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History | |
| Tennessee | Chattanooga | John Diener | Tennessee Ornithological Society | |
| Tennnessee | Soddy Daisy | Ansley Eichhorm | ||
| Texas | Arlington | Paula Channell | Fort Worth Audubon Society | |
| Texas | Austin | Justin Bosler | Travis Audubon | |
| Texas | Bonham | Christine Miller | Bois d'Arc Master Naturalist | |
| Texas | Burnet | Martelle Luedecke | Highland Lakes Master Naturalists | |
| Texas | Fort Worth | Thomas G. Haase | Fort Worth Audubon Society | |
| Texas | Horseshoe Bay | Becky Breazeale | Highland Lakes Master Naturalists | |
| Texas | Mount Vernon | Mark Olinger | ||
| Texas | Pflugerville | Vicki Whitaker | ||
| Texas | San Antonio | Sara Beesley, Angel Poe | Mitchell Lake Audubon Center | |
| Texas | San Antonio | Ezekiel Dobson | ||
| Texas | San Antonio | Patsy Inglet | Bexar Audubon Society | |
| Texas | Tomball | Alexis Brooks | ||
| Texas | Wylie | Michael J. Cameron | Prairie and Timbers Audubon Society | |
| Utah | Cedar City | Maya Akpinar | Cedar Breaks National Monument | |
| Utah | Salt Lake City | Sheryl Onopchenko | ||
| Vermont | Burlington | Sarah Hooghuis | Audubon Vermont | |
| Virginia | Mount Jackson | Sherri Hudson | ||
| Virginia | Orange | Buzz Van Santvoord | ||
| Virginia | Virginia Beach | Alice Snyder | ||
| Washington | Cle Elum | Judy Hallisey | Kittitas Audubon Society | |
| Washington | Kennewick | Cherie Baudrand | Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society | |
| Washington | Seattle | Jennifer Lang | Seattle Audubon | |
| Washington* | Seattle | Toby Ross* | Seattle Audubon | |
| Washington | Sequim | Joyce Volmut | Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society | |
| West Virginia | Charles Town | KC Walters | Potomac Valley Audubon Society | |
| Wisconsin | Hazelhurst | Carol Maki | ||
| Wisconsin | La Farge | Ben Johnston | Kickapoo Valley Reserve | |
| Wisconsin | Madison | Position available | ||
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Karen M. Johnson | ||
| Wisconsin | Plymouth | Janet Raddatz | Sheboygan County Audubon Society |
