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The U.S. Geological Survey and affiliated groups is looking for volunteers for a climate change observation force.

In an unusual collaboration of government and academic scientists, the USGS and other outfits want to build a network of "citizen scientists" who will observe and record such things as when and where plants sprout, flower and fruit, and animals reproduce, migrate and hibernate.

Anyone interested in participating in the USA-National Phenology Network can sign up at:

www.usanpn.org