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Document event activity and effort

Record sampling methods, participants, and environmental conditions for an event.

  1. Select the primary activity and add notes for secondary activities. Add each sampling method, equipment count, dimensions with units, and method notes as effort records.
  2. Add the event participants and assign the appropriate event roles.
  3. In Settings > Events, choose the environmental fields to display. Hidden values remain stored and exportable.
  4. Enter observed values in the displayed units. Cloud cover uses 0–8 for eighths of the sky covered, or 9 for an obscured sky. Leave unmeasured fields empty.
  5. Enter sunrise, sunset, and moon phase from observations or a documented source; these values are not calculated by NAHPU. Follow the project’s local-time convention.
  6. Use custom fields for additional measurements. Review values and validation messages before leaving the event; environmental data is blank after event duplication.