This is very exciting to see so many of you participating!
One thing I started doing a few years back was to jot down the survey number (it's the serial number looking thing in the bottom right hand corner) in my dive log. Once I wrote that number in, I knew I'd completed a survey for that dive. And it helped me keep track which ones had been entered into the database.
I'd really like to encourage you to send your surveys in a bit more frequently instead of letting them accumulate. I recently had to do a presentation regarding how many surveys Washington surveyors are doing year to year, but the numbers indicated that it's dropping! I couldn't believe it, because I think we have more than ever surveying now.
Unless they get turned in, they don't get reflected in the database and researchers and scientists can't use the data.
Also we can get a better view of which sites still need more surveys and where we're lacking data.
So turn 'em in!! Don't wait until you have a gigantic stack built up.
This has been a public service announcement. We will now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion...
- Janna
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