The 2021 field season marks the 6th year of odonate surveys done at three sites in the Johnson Creek watershed in Portland, OR. Volunteers are trained by a professional entomologist and supported by staff of a local watershed council; data are reported on an iNaturalist project page. Most records are of common cosmopolitan species, but regular monitoring has allowed community changes following restoration to be tracked as well as effects of natural disasters (wildfires), and new species were added to the county list. This talk will discuss project design, lessons learned for volunteer training and retention, data usage by local natural resource agencies, and exciting dragonfly encounters.
Save the Date! Our next DSA Virtual Lecture will be next July 16th!
