University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine Sea Grant will host a series of in-person workshops for individuals interested in participating in the Signs of the Seasons citizen science project. The first training is scheduled for Thursday, April 4 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Additional workshops will be held throughout April and May in Falmouth, Wells, Augusta, Camden and Boothbay. Participants will learn how to make scientific observations of phenology (the study of cyclic and seasonal changes of plants and animals), practice