Mission:
Anyone
who notices
things in nature
and can write
or draw,
can make a contribution
that will be useful
to human knowledge
of the natural world.
See also:
Aleta Karstad's hand lettered nature journals
theNatureJournal
c/o Bishops Mills Natural History Centre
30 Main St., Bishops Mills RR#2 Oxford Station, Ont. K0G 1T0 Canada
(613)258-3107
Click below to securely order theNatureJournal
|
is a system of equipment, pages, and instruction intended for the use and training of record-keeping naturalists
of all ages and levels of experience.
It is derived from the system of field note-keeping established by Joseph Grinnell, and based on our experience in describing a wide range of natural phenomena since 1969.
theNatureJournal
for the ARCHIVAL NATURALIST
and
present
the Grinnell system's "Classic" half-page size looseleaf nature journal
The importance of Journalling
So many aspects of natural history are ignored, that "everyplace" is effectively unknown. Environmental change makes everything different than it was before, and requires re-exploration of every territory. As we learn more, more detail and complexity unfolds to us. Henry David Thoreau 'travelled a good deal in Concord,' providing an unparalleled public record of the species he recognized and their relationships in natural communities, and making major advances in theoretical ecology simply by constantly re-exploring his ancestral ground.
Anyone can do for their home range what Thoreau did for Concord: notice, record, monitor, analyse, and publicize natural phenomena. Every one who goes out as a serious observer, with a field notebook or journal, is adding to our understanding of nature.
It has happened before, and it should happen more and more often in the future, that notes carefully taken by an amateur observer have helped to save a habitat, a population, or a species!
|
What does theNatureJournal contain?
NEW! Have you seen the KIDS kit?
|