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Phenology
They rhythmic biological events as they relate to climate.

Phenology Talkback Reports: January 31, 2017

Long Lake Conservation Center
John Latimer working with a group at the Long Lake Conservation Center

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Tim Phenology Talkback

    

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Phenology Report from North Shore Community School
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Phenology Report from Robert J Elkington Middle School
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Phenology Report from Roosevelt Elementary

Phenology is the rhythmic biological events of nature as they relate to climate.  Each week, individuals and school groups call or write to our resident phenologist John Latimer with their observations.  Have you seen something peculiar going on outside?  We'd love to hear about it!  Leave a voice mail on our talkback line 218.999.9876, email comments@kaxe.org or email john directly at jlatimer@kaxe.org.  

Interested in getting your classroom involved in phenology reporting?  Email John at jlatimer@kaxe.org and he'll work with your class to get the kiddos going in the right direction!  It's a great way for kids to engage with their natural world, get experience collecting data, and dial in their writing skills and  public speaking abilities!  

You can also always connect with other people who are enamored by the outside world by joining our Season Watch Facebook Group!  

As a mail carrier in rural Grand Rapids, Minn., for 35 years, John Latimer put his own stamp on a career that delivered more than letters. Indeed, while driving the hundred-mile round-trip daily route, he passed the time by observing and recording seasonal changes in nature, learning everything he could about the area’s weather, plants and animals, and becoming the go-to guy who could answer customers’ questions about what they were seeing in the environment.