07 de abril de 2022

How NCNHP uses iNaturalist observations and how to share information with NCNHP

Staff of the NC Natural Heritage Program (NCNHP) are very excited to be involved with the iNaturalist community. The opportunity to share information about North Carolina's rare plants will be mutually beneficial.

Observations are used to evaluate the rarity of poorly known plants, to direct attention to special places that may need additional protection, and to monitor the status of threatened and endangered plants.

iNaturalist observation records provide minimal information as uploaded, essentially providing only presence data for the NCNHP. You can add value to your observation by including the number of plants observed and the size of the area surveyed, as well as information about their habitat (forest, trailside, roadside, wet area). This information can be included in the observation notes or by using the Observation Fields feature in iNaturalist.

Please join the Rare Vascular Plants of North Carolina Project and/or the Rare Bryophytes of North Carolina and/or the Rare Lichens of North Carolina! When you click on join you will see the list of NC rare plants that are included in the project's filter. After scrolling down (or using the 'end' key of your keyboard) you can select one of the Trust levels. The iNaturalist platform automatically sets taxon geoprivacy for taxa that are threatened by location disclosure, and this includes most of the plants included in the Rare Vascular Plants Project. By trusting this project, you will allow the project admins (and only the project admins) to access the private coordinates for conservation purposes. It is up to you whether you want to share all locations by selecting "Yes, for any of my observations" or just some by selecting "Yes, but only for my observations of threatened taxa, not when I have set the geoprivacy".

The "About" section of the Membership panel lists the Project Admins that will be able to export private coordinates. Any changes to Admins or list criteria automatically suspend the export of private coordinates for a week and sends a notification to all members to allow them time to reconsider their Trust settings.

If you have any questions, you can message ncnhp through iNaturalist.

Thank you!

Publicado el abril 7, 2022 08:19 TARDE por ncnhp ncnhp | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

13 de enero de 2014

Just getting started

I've had my own iNat account for a few years now. That experience helped me land my current position - and now I'm setting up an account for the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program. I'll be figuring out how iNat can be useful to citizens AND scientists as we consider NC's rare plants and animals.
Thanks to Suzanne Cadwell for being my iNat mentor.

Publicado el enero 13, 2014 06:14 TARDE por ncnhp ncnhp | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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