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
- 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.
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.
- 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 | Jennie Macfarland | Tucson Audubon Society | |
| Arkansas | Jasper | Jack Stewart | ||
| California | Arcata | Ken Burton | Redwood Region Audubon Society | |
| California | Glendale | Dan Sheng | ||
| California | Napa | Wendy Schackwitz | Napa-Solano Audubon Society | |
| Colorado | Denver | Tracy Rackauskas | Audubon Society of Greater Denver | |
| Colorado | Fort Collins | Dave Treviño | National Park Service | |
| Colorado | Redstone | Delia Malone | Roaring Fork Audubon | |
| Colorado | Silverthorne | Devyn Arbogast | Friends of the Dillon Ranger District | |
| Connecticut | Hamden | Charles Strasser | Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society | |
| 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 | St. Johns County | Linda Burek | St. Johns County Audubon Society | |
| Florida | Venice | Bob Clark | Venice Area Audubon Society | |
| Georgia* | Atlanta | Adam Betuel* | Atlanta Audubon Society | |
| Georgia | Helen | Maranda Stone | ||
| Georgia | Milledgeville | Katie Stumpf | Georgia College | |
| Georgia | St. Simons | Marge Inness | Coastal Georgia Audubon Society | |
| Idaho | Boise | Dondi Black | Golden Eagle Audubon Society | |
| 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 | Libertyville | Emma England | Lake County Audubon Society | |
| Illinois | Rockford | Larry McPheron | Sinnissippi Audubon Society | |
| Indiana | Kokomo | Bonny Goodnight | ||
| Indiana | Porter | Kim Ehn | Dunes-Calumet Audubon Society | |
| 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 | 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 | Jamaica Plain | Karla Noboa | Mass Audubon | |
| Michigan | Belmont | Becky Kuhn | Grand Rapids Audubon Club | |
| Michigan | Metro Detroit | Brian Merlos | 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 | 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 | |
| Nebraska* | Denton | Jason St. Sauver | Audubon Nebraska | |
| Nevada | Las Vegas | Warren McDonal | Red Rock Audubon Society | |
| New Jersey | Augusta | Marianne Ofenloch | Sussex County Bird Club | |
| 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 | Kelly Knutson | Audubon New York | |
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New York |
Hamburg | Patricia Allen | ||
|
New York |
Oxford | Michael Dewispelaere | ||
| 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 | Elsa Brenner | ||
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Pennsylvania | Audubon | Amanda Beisch | John James Audubon Center | |
| Pennsylvania | Bridgeville | Ann Wolfe | Bayer Wildlife Sustainability Team – Bluebird Monitoring | |
| 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 | Barbara Fogel | Lehigh Valley Area | |
| Pennsylvania | New Hope | Robert McGarry | Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow | |
| Pennsylvania | Wyncote | Leigh Altadonna | Wyncote Audubon Society | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | Rae Bronenkant | Audubon Vermont | |
| Virginia | Orange | Buzz Van Santvoord | ||
| Virginia | Virginia Beach | Alice Snyder | ||
| 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 | |
| Wisconsin | La Farge | Ben Johnston | Kickapoo Valley Reserve | |
| Wisconsin | Madison | Position available | ||
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Jennifer Ambrose | Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society | |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Karen M. Johnson |
