Citizen Science Volunteer Resources
for the Harbor Porpoise Project - Regionwide
This page has updates for citizen science volunteers working on our Salish Sea Ecosystem Initiative and the Harbor Porpoise Project across the region.
Pacific Biodiversity Institute thanks the volunteers who have helped us with observations at Burrows Pass and many other localities.
Downloadable Instructions and Forms for Taking Observational Data
These data forms and procedures are collected here for your convenience. They may be updated and the date of the current version is given below.
Marine Wildlife Identification Guide (2016). This is an illustrated identification guide to marine mammals and some of the seabirds that you will be observing and monitoring. It is a PDF document, so you will need a PDF reader, like Adobe Acrobat.
Region-Wide
Harbor Porpoise and Marine Wildlife
Observation Protocol and Guide (2016). This document describes the methods and protocols you will use for observations across the Salish Sea at various locations. It includes all the info you will need for your observations. It is a PDF document, so you will need a PDF reader, like Adobe Acrobat.
Data Sheet and Blank Observation Form to Collect and Submit Regionwide Observational Data (2016 Aug. 23).
This is the observation form. Download and save a blank copy to your computer so you can print out more copies to bring to the observation site. Use another copy to enter the data and use the ‘save as’ function to save the file with the date and your name as the filename (eg 080414ObserverLastName).Download it here as Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Or download it here as a PDF document that you can print and take with you.
Directions, descriptions and maps to marine observation locations around the region. This is a guide to numerous excellent marine observation locations on public land around the region where volunteers are observing marine wildlife and collecting observational data on porpoises and a host of other marine species.
Please note that you can now schedule your observation times on our new volunteer calendar!
Thank you for your help!
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