Add a New Site using the "My Sites" box on the left side of your Observation Deck, and use the map interface to locate your site. You can locate your site using an address, which will be automatically geo-located on the map, by selecting your site on the interactive map, or by typing the latitude and longitude into the boxes below the map. Additional information on this page about your site is optional. 

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Add a New Plant using the "My Plants and Animals" box on your Observation Deck. Select the correct site from dropdown list of sites. Then click the 'Add new plant' link and begin to type the name of your species in the 'Plant species' box. Click on one of the suggestions that drops down and then fill in the answers to the remaining questions. 

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Create an Animal Checklist using the "My Plants and Animals" box on your Observation Deck. Select the correct site from dropdown list of sites. Then, select animal species from the 'Species Available' window on the left. You can filter the animals in this list using the 'State', 'Species group', and monitoring 'Partner' dropdown menus. Click the 'Add to Checklist' button in the middle to add the species to your list. Be sure to save your checklist before you switch any filter choices. Once you are finished adding animals to your checklist, click the  'Save checklist' button in the lower left corner of the screen.

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Sort your plants and animals using the "My Plants and Animals" box on your Observation Deck. Move your plants and animals by clicking on them and then using the 'First', 'Up', 'Down' and 'Last' buttons.

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