[Odonata-l] State/Regional Odonate Surveys

[Chris Hill]

(Showing bad form by responding to my own post here).

They say that if you want responses on the the internet, don't post a  
question, post an incorrect assertion, and people will jump in to  
correct you by the dozens.  So I'll try again:

Conducting a statewide survey of odonates is EASY!

Will that bring some of you out of the bushes?  I know you're out there!

Thanks Giff and Wade for their replies.

Chris

On Aug 14, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Chris Hill wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I live in South Carolina, a state whose odonate fauna has not
> received a lot of attention. (See Dennis Paulson's maps linked at
> this page for details: http://www.ups.edu/x7040.xml )
>
> Although I am chronically disorganized, so a poor candidate to
> organize anyone else, I still keep thinking (as I peck away at
> documenting the fauna of my home county) of the possibility of a
> statewide survey effort.
>
> I know some of you out there must have been involved in such, so I
> had some questions for you.
>
> First of all, do you have any recommendations for things I should
> read (about your own survey - process and/or results)?  I welcome any
> personal anecdotes and advice, but I understand completely if you
> want to save your breath and tell me "go read this."
>
> But if you're willing to offer your personal experiences...
>
> 1.  Who initiated and organized the survey?
>
> 2.  Was there any involvement from state, provincial, or other
> regional government agencies?
>
> 3.  Who did the actual surveying?
>
> [*How* was the surveying done?  I put this in brackets because I
> imagine the details for most surveys are published, but if you want
> to give a brief synopsis of who did what how, I'm all ears]
>
> 4.  What was the outcome?  Think broadly here.  For instance, I know
> Giff Beaton and others have surveyed Georgia pretty extensively in
> the last 5 years and one outcome was improvement of Giff's
> book, ,Dragonflies and Damselflies of Georgia and the Southeast.
> Even if your survey efforts had no published outcome, I'm interested
> in hearing about other positives - development of a local community
> of oders, training and increased knowledge for participants, whatever.
>
> 5.  How long did it take?
>
> 6.  If you're in or near SC, do you want to sign up?  :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
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> Coastal Carolina University
> Conway, SC 29528-1954
> chill AT coastal.edu
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>
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Christopher E. Hill
Biology Department
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC 29528-1954
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