There are two potential roles for people interested in volunteering with the Climate Watch project: participant and coordinator. This page provides information for participants.
Climate Watch Participant: Volunteers who complete Climate Watch counts in collaboration with their group’s Climate Watch coordinator. Participants serve a critical role, collecting data that will validate the current projections of Audubon’s climate models. Participants will gain valuable monitoring and data entry skills, ensuring that trends from monitored species will be represented in the national analysis.
Click here to sign up to participate.
Click here to explore an in-depth, visual guide to how climate watch works.
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 | 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 | 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 | Dunnellon | Reggie Poling | ||
| Florida | Fort Myers | Jayne Johnston | Audubon of Southwest Florida | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Maryland | Baltimore | Hugh Simmons | Chesapeake Audubon Society | |
| Maryland | Darlington | Russell Kovach | ||
| Maryland | Easton | Samantha Pitts | Pickering Creek Audubon Center | |
| Massachusetts | Byfield | Robert Ross | Audubon Joppa Flats | |
| Michigan | Metro Detroit | Brian Merlos | Audubon Great Lakes | |
| Michigan | Kent County | Becky Kuhn | Grand Rapids Audubon Club | |
| Mississippi | Bay Saint Louis | Maggie King | ||
| Mississippi | Byhalia | Rickey Watkins | ||
| 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 Schultz | ||
| New York | Albany | Kelly Knutson | Audubon New York | |
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New York |
New City | Vanessa King | ||
| New York | Rockaway Park | Matthew Horgan | ||
| New York | Saratoga Springs | Rob Snell | Southern Adirondack Audubon Society | Email, 443-838-5857 |
| 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 | Columbus | Angelika Nelson | Columbus Audubon Society | |
| 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 | Erie | Jared McGary | Erie Bluffs State Park | |
| Pennsylvania | Huntingdon | Deborah Grove | Jaunita Valley Audubon Society, State College Bird Club, PSO | |
| Pennsylvania | Irwin | Gail Meister | Voice of Westmoreland | |
| Pennsylvania | Jim Thorpe | Barbara Fogel | Lehigh Valley Audubon Society | |
| 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 | Tomball | Alexis Brooks | ||
| Utah | Cedar City | Maya Akpinar | Cedar Breaks National Monument | |
| 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 | Brenna Marsicek | Madison Audubon Society | |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Jennifer Ambrose | Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society | |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Karen M. Johnson |
