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DOWNLOAD SURVEY PROTOCOL
(new for 2009-2010)

What's new for 2009-2010?

(331K PDF file)

DOWNLOAD RECORDING FORM
(new for 2009-2010)

(428K PDF file)

LIST OF SURVEY SITES

(viewable in Google Maps!)

 

HOW SHOULD I RECORD BEARINGS?

How to use a compass to record bearings easily for PSSS (PDF file)

HOW SHOULD I RECORD SIGHTINGS IN THE FIELD? 

Open this page to view a helpful
visual aid (external webpage )

ONLINE DATA ENTRY

Volunteers input their data directly into our central online database

     
     

TIDE INFO

Edmonds / Seattle / Des Moines

Tacoma / Olympia

Everett / Skagit Bay area

Port Townsend

WEATHER INFO

Port Townsend

Everett

Seattle

Tacoma

Olympia

 
     

2010-2011 Survey Schedule
All surveys are to be conducted during the same four window on the first Saturday of each month, October through April. Windows are pegged to high tide but have been shifted to start no earlier than 30 minutes after sunrise or end no later than 30 minutes before sunset.

 
  

 

 

 

high tide

PSSS census window

 

sunrise

sunset

 

October

2

2010

1:54pm

11:54am – 3:54pm

 

7:09am

6:46pm

 

November

6

2010

4:43pm

1:14pm – 5:14pm

 

8:01am

5:44pm

 

December

4

2010

2:31pm

11:48am – 3:48pm

 

7:40am

4:18pm

 

January

8

2011

7:44am

8:26am – 12:26pm

 

7:56am

4:35pm

 

February

5

2011

6:04pm

12:46pm – 4:46pm

 

7:30am

5:16pm

 

March

5

2011

5:20pm

1:29pm – 5:29pm

 

6:42am

5:59pm

 

April

2

2011

5:44pm

3:10pm – 7:10pm

 

6:46am

7:40pm

 

 

 

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