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  <title xml:lang="eng">MDI Loon Survey - Powered by Anecdata.org</title>
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    <para>Project goal:
To gather high quality observations to better understand population dynamics of common loons on Mt. Desert Island.

About this project:
A comprehensive monitoring project of common loons on Mount Desert Island, Maine, looking at population trends, reproductive success, behavior, and habitat use. A collaborative effort involving - Somes Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary (SMWS), Loon Conservation Associates (LCA), and the National Park Service, Acadia (NPS).
http://www.somesmeynell.org/</para>
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      <para></para>
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            <para>A comprehensive monitoring project of common loons on Mount Desert Island, Maine, looking at population trends, reproductive success, behavior, and habitat use. A collaborative effort involving - Somes Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary (SMWS), Loon Conservation Associates (LCA), and the National Park Service, Acadia (NPS).
http://www.somesmeynell.org/</para>
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        <para>Anecdata is a free online citizen science platform developed by the Community Lab at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine.

Anecdata is used by hundreds of individuals and organizations to gather and access citizen science observations and provides a platform to easily collect, manage, and share their citizen science data.

How Anecdata works:
Project managers create projects, creating datasheets that participants fill out to share their observations.
Participants join projects and use the Anecdata website or mobile app to share their observations with the project.
Project data is now available for anyone to view and download!</para>
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