To the people saying herpers are the problem and not inat. You are correct about one thing, herpers are 100% a problem. Many people don’t know how to ethically look for animals and it can end up in habitat destruction and increased poaching in popular areas. However, Inaturalist makes it extremely easy for people who aren’t ethically herping to access these areas with the single click of a button. Something needs to change. Like I said in the previous thread about this topic, people are using inaturalist to access species with incredibly sensitive habitat such as California mountain king snakes, and are leaving it basically uninhabitable for the animals by not properly placing rocks back, destroying cap rocks, and even collecting animals in large numbers for profit. I personally have visited a few popular sites that used to be lowkey and have becoming extremely trafficked after a few inat pins had been placed. Cap rocks destroyed, logs not put back, habitat disturbed that may never return to normal because it bothered every week by people looking for animals. Inaturalist needs to obscure animals with sensitive habitat. Inaturalist shouldn’t be contributing to habitat destruction. Obscured locations are not enough. I put my theory to the test and looked at a few obscured pins in the area of an animal with very specific habitat and habits and within 5 minutes I was able to locate exactly where they came from. Inaturalist needs to make a change for the good of the animals that depend on their sensitive and minimally undisturbed habitat to survive. Someone’s observation that does nothing to further scientific research is not worth the destruction of habitat that these animals face by the very people who enjoy them.