US federal government employee observations copyright

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Agreed, but what one “should” is different from what one “does”. Not to throw anyone under the bus, but people I have worked under in the federal government when asked about this have said, go ahead and post anything you find to iNat, but obscure the sensitive species. The nuance of image copyright is not widely understood or considered by various levels of natural resource managers, even those who are particularly adept in species data. This is my point. I think we could do better as a community of getting the word out.