Hi Barbara, Since my field notes are often taken under soggy conditions, I use number 2 pencil (mechanical) and Write-in-Rain notebooks. We also generally use pencil in the lab because it can stand up to solvent spills (alcohol mostly).
Liane At 04:05 PM 6/5/2007, Barbara White wrote: >We would like to solicit people's ideas about what kind of pens or >pencils they think are appropriate for taking field notes with >respect to permanence. *************************** Liane Cochran-Stafira, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biology Saint Xavier University 3700 West 103rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60655 phone: 773-298-3514 fax: 773-298-3536 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://faculty.sxu.edu/~cochran/