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CWMP Communications Protocol
Due to the potential social and political sensitivity of some species and the importance of this work being
shared in a scientific and thoughtful manner, the Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project has a
Communications Protocol for all volunteers and staff.
All photos taken by cameras owned by the CWMP are owned by the non-profit organizations sponsoring
this effort. We strongly recommend that any cameras not owned by CWMP but contributing to our effort
follow this protocol as well.
● All photos taken by cameras and retrieved by teams are only released to people outside the
program by one of the three program sponsor organizations or by an agency affiliated with our
Advisory Council. Volunteers are not to share their results with anyone outside the program
directly.
● Photos gathered off of a camera are sent in per the protocol above for review and decisions
about communicating findings.
● If you feel you have captured a photo of your target species, you can upload it to Google Drive
and alert our staff OR email it directly to our staff. Photos can be emailed simultaneously to
lbaum@conservationnw.org and jwatkins@conservationnw.org (to ensure that even if one of us
is on vacation they are viewed).
● Selected photos are shared on our website and results are reported in our volunteer e-newsletter.
Requests for any photographs can be made through our program to lbaum@conservationnw.org.
● Photos that need further identification or discussion are taken to our Advisory Council prior to any
wider release, and we will notify you of the discussion and outcome.
● Any interaction with the media based on the results of a camera is decided upon by the host non-
profit organizations, and shared with the Advisory Council.
● An annual report is prepared at the close of each season that will share and discuss all results. At
that time, all results, with the exception of details of camera locations, are public information.
If any member of the press approaches you about the program, please re-direct them to our offices and
staff.
Contacts for Remote Camera Work for 2017:
Project Coordinator: Laurel Baum, lbaum@conservationnw.org or 206-637-9747 ext 201; Project
Director: Jen Watkins, jwatkins@conservationnw.org or 206.940.7914
