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  Lisa Watkins, Washington Sea Grant

  June 23, 2026 2:48 pm

  Hi Shawnie, One more follow up for you to mention three things in addition to our gratitude for your contribution to this project!
  1) It appears the app picked up a location that isn’t on the shore. Could you clarify where you did this search? I can update on the backend.
  2) I want to confirm that your recent searches, which you’ve submitted as “timed searches” did follow the 20 person-minute timed protocol (each report = 20 minutes of effort. if 1 person searches, timer is 20 minutes; if 2 people, 10minutes and so on). If not, I’ll recategorize them with the “opportunistic” option which captures anything you find outside of the standardized Molt Search protocols.
  3) To help your data go even future, include something of known size for scale (ruler, credit card, etc.) in your overhead photo of everything you found. This allows your report to be compared across everyone else’s efforts region-wide. Bonus, close-ups are also welcome in addition to that main photo from directly overhead and all the better if they include something for scale, as well.
  Thanks so much for being part of this work with us! – Lisa

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