After your Camera Check
1. Email a brief report of your visit to your team leader. If there are any important news/findings,
such as signs of a Level 1 species, problems with the camera or location, etc…contact your team
leader immediately upon return and cc: Conservation Northwest –and kit@conservationnw.org
and jwatkins@conservationnw.org If not critical, still please pass on any information about the
site to your team leader. The next team will greatly benefit from a brief report, including site
conditions, what you learned about animals in the area, topography, hazards, and any
outstanding questions. Team leaders will be the communication point between your team and
Conservation Northwest.
2. Upload photos from retrieved memory cards on online Dropbox (online photos sharing service)
and fill out online data form (see instructions for both below). Or you have the option of
returning the memory card(s) and data sheet(s) to your team leader or the nearest Conservation
Northwest office asap, so that we can get the photos from your camera downloaded and
reviewed and store the camera check information into our database. Mark on your data sheet
how data is being returned, in case the images become separated from it.
Cameras should ideally be checked roughly each month throughout the season, depending on the
camera location and accessibility. Your team leader will schedule checks to ensure that cameras are
being checked regularly and lure refreshed at the camera location.
Remote Camera Data Sheet and Online Photo Sharing Protocol
Options for Data Return*:
Online (Preferred Method):
See Online Data Sharing and Data Sheet instructions below
In-person
Bring in a data sheet for each camera along with a clearly labeled memory card
containing all photos, or a CD with all photos downloaded and saved onto it, and
folders properly labeled with camera location
Postal Mail - Be sure to save a copy of all images until you are sure they have reached
our office, especially if you have chosen this option
Mail a data sheet for each camera along with a clearly labeled memory card
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