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Week 1-- 3 hrs
I reread the help information Created an account for the class. Then I went about editing the Climate change in Washington making small edits and in a sense becoming more familiar with wikipedia. Then I further researched the Climate Impact group and became familiar with the website. Making small edits and continuing to practice my wikipedia skills. I also linked to the Climate change in Washington because it was lacking in links as directed by an admin.

Week 2 -- 1.5 hrs
I continued to become more familiar with wikipedia and spent some time reading about the climate impacts group and some of the other wikipedia pages that the are linked to the environmental economics. For my sections I decided to help with the Coastal Watershed and the fisheries sections. The Coastal watershed is tied directly to the the local streams and the streams are tied to the forestry. This makes it a little difficult to separate the sections. I also added more information to the Fisheries including the money multiplier and the links to how increased amounts of salmon effect the local economy. 

Week 3 --2 hrs
The week of the midterm. I also added more information to the Fisheries including the money multiplier and the links to how increased amounts of salmon effect the local economy. I hope to further expand on this in later weeks. After the midterm we spent the last hour of class discussing the current state of the wikipedia project and what couple be improved (current state 7 pages long).

Week 4 --2.5 hrs
After discussing the necessary changes for the fisheries section I went to work organizing. The plan we discussed in class with was to create  a section in fishing for sport, commercial, and Native Americans. I adapted most of the plan and added the sport fishing section, and commercial fishing along with a section on local economies. The local economies focuses on some of the industries that impacted by climate change. The section takes a stronger look at the economics.

Side note: I looked for a picture for the state of Washington and was unsuccessful it is rather challenging to find a picture that is not copy protected and with accordance with wiki policy.

Week 5 -- 3 hrs
Some how the reference page on the bottom of the class website was not working correctly. I found this quite frustrating and took it upon myself to track down the error. The hunt for the incorrect syntax took much longer than it should have. It was a challenge and I ended up comparing the changes with that of other pages. The solution was to slowly delete articles (through the preview mode) guessing and checking to locate the mistake. It was simply a little problem with the spacing and the brackets.

My other contributions to the page consisted of expanding the local economies of the fishing section. I also spent some time reading on the links provided by someone else helping to contribute to the sport fishing. Specifically the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Week 6 -- 2 hrs
I started with an interest on the affects on the local fishing economies if the salmon were harmed. After some research there are a combination of different fish that make up several coastal towns. Dungeness crab is also a very large industry both in southwest Washington along with the Seattle/Puget Sound area. I found the this report "Allen Thomas. Washington salmon allocation to be determined today. The Daily News Online. Feb. 2008." It details the fishing allocation to the Columbia River, including limits for both Washington and Oregon fishermen. I found that during 2007, the commercial fishermen caught 43% and the sport fishermen caught 57% of the total fish.

Week 7 --2.25 hrs
The work on the fisheries is going well. I added a bunch more links from the sport and economies sections. It is really tempting to add more material but I feel like finding the appropriate link is more a better method. The steelhead and Dungeness crab both have wiki pages that contain more information than is necessary for our class page. I also looked up the Native American split of the fish. Apparently they are allocated half of the incoming run of fish according to "Deanna J. Stouder, Peter A. Bisson. Pacific Salmon & Their Ecosystems: Status and Future Options Fishery conservation/Northwest, Pacific. 1997".

I found this quite interesting after our class discussion on dividing cake. Allocating salmon and steelhead along with shrimp are like bigger more complex cakes.

Week 8 --1.5 hrs
This week I spent half an hour reviewing the fisheries and making some small edits to the fishing industry as a whole. I also spent time reading the commercial fishing section someone else added, including the website http://nfcc-fisheries.org/ir_io_fdra.html. The website details the importance of the fishing economies and in a few different years the government provide millions of dollars in federal aid. The flooding ruined fishing by flooding the rivers with excess runoff from the mountains.

Week 9 --1.25 hrs
I spent time looking for a picture to add to the main page. It is difficult to get something approved, that works. I added a picture of the elevation map. It is used in the State of Washington page. I think a better picture is needed but I'm not sure what it would be.

Week 10 -- 2.5 hrs
Fixed the broken link by S. Stansfield. Revision as of 03:40, 18 March 2008 (edit) (undo) The broken reference killed all the references at the bottom of the page.

Fixed another edit. (cur) (last) 18:55, 18 March 2008 Scarlett62 (Talk | contribs) (121,798 bytes) (undo) This edit again destroyed the reference section.

I also added to the Fishing Industry, main section. The introduction needs works to introduce the importance of fishing to Washington.