I want to pick up more trash when I'm out hiking (especially in populated areas on day hikes), so I put some larger trash bags in my day pack so that I don't have to remember each time I go out.

In Oregon I'm aware of the Oregon Wildlife Conservation project (from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ODFW) which uses iNaturalist data to help populate their Oregon Conservation Strategy surveys. You can read more here: https://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/success-story/oregon-wildlife-conservation-inaturalist-project/

I'm She-ra and my hiking journey started in 2002 with a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but I continued to hike and now it's all I want to do. Welcome everyone!