“…In the subsequent 15 years, research using eDNA has proliferated (Pawlowski et al, 2020), the number of companies providing materials and supplies for eDNA sampling and analysis is growing, and calls for more rapid adoption of eDNA for natural resource decision-making by government agencies are strengthening (Lee et al, 2023). This is true, for example, in Canada (National Standards of Canada, 2021), New Zealand (Bunce & Freeth, 2022), Europe (Bruce et al, 2021), and the United States (Kelly et al, 2023;Lodge, 2022;Morisette et al, 2021;Sepulveda et al, 2020). This Aspects of this story, including some lessons learned, have been excellently told by some of my collaborators (Jerde, 2021;, a member of one of the panels that conducted formal site reviews of my laboratory (Darling, 2019), and journalists (Annin, 2018;Egan, 2018;Reeves, 2019).…”