Today (Feb 4th) around 300 observations from around 100 observers were added to the project. Those added were Research Grade observations within the Great Lakes Basin. There are many more observations within the Great Lakes Basin that were not added at this moment simply due to time constraints. If you'd like to help simply add the project to research grade observations of fishes within the basin and help grow our community!

Adding observations was done to help extend the reach of the project and grow the community. More users, means more competition among those seeking biodiversity numbers, rare species, or number of observation statistics. More users also means more help with identifying species where needed, as well as greater community among those whom leave comments or seek similar goals.

More users of course also means more observations, observations are data. Shedd seeks to elevate the view of iNaturalist observations, Your data can be used to:

• Sentinel for invasive species
• Studies of when and where Migratory fishes appear
• What fish are found in harbors and how that changes through the year
• Species distributions in areas not typically sampled (You microfishers can get to things normal state and federal biologists don't have time to!)