 									<select name="feature" id="feature">
 										<option value=""></option>
 										<cfloop query="ctFeature">
-											<option value = "#ctFeature.feature#">#ctFeature.feature#</option>
+											<option <cfif variables.feature is ctFeature.feature> selected="selected" </cfif>value = "#ctFeature.feature#">#ctFeature.feature#</option>
 										</cfloop>
 									</select>
 								</td>

							<tr>
								<td>
									<label for="continent_ocean">Continent or Ocean</label>
									<input type="text" name="continent_ocean" id="continent_ocean" size="50">
								</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td>
									<label for="country">Country</label>
									<input type="text" name="country" id="country" size="50">
								</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td>
									<label for="state_prov">State or Province</label>
									<input type="text" name="state_prov" id="state_prov" size="50">
								</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td>
									<label for="county">County</label>
									<input type="text" name="county" id="county" size="50">
								</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td>
									<label for="quad">Quad</label>
									<input type="text" name="quad" id="quad" size="50">
								</td>
							</tr>
							<tr>



	<cfparam name="higher_geog" default="">
	<cfparam name="continent_ocean" default="">
	<cfparam name="country" default="">
	<cfparam name="state_prov" default="">
	<cfparam name="county" default="">
	<cfparam name="quad" default="">
	<cfparam name="feature" default="">
	<cfparam name="island_group" default="">
	<cfparam name="island" default="">
	<cfparam name="sea" default="">
	<cfparam name="geog_auth_rec_id" default="">
	<cfparam name="locality_name" default="">
	<cfparam name="spec_locality" default="">
	<cfparam name="collnOper" default="">
	<cfparam name="collection_id" default="">
	<cfparam name="MinElevOper" default="">
	<cfparam name="minimum_elevation" default="">
	<cfparam name="MaxElevOper" default="">
	<cfparam name="maximum_elevation" default="">
	<cfparam name="orig_elev_units" default="">
	<cfparam name="locality_remarks" default="">
	<cfparam name="locality_id" default="">
	<cfparam name="datum" default="">
	<cfparam name="max_err_m" default="">
	<cfparam name="coord_serv_diff" default="">
	<cfparam name="dec_lat" default="">
	<cfparam name="dec_long" default="">
	<cfparam name="search_precision" default="">
	<cfparam name="geology_attribute" default="">
	<cfparam name="geo_att_value" default="">
	<cfparam name="geology_attribute_hier" default="">
	<cfparam name="verbatim_locality" default="">
	<cfparam name="begDateOper" default="">
	<cfparam name="began_date" default="">
	<cfparam name="endDateOper" default="">
	<cfparam name="ended_date" default="">
	<cfparam name="verbatim_date" default="">
	<cfparam name="collecting_event_name" default="">
	<cfparam name="coll_event_remarks" default="">
	<cfparam name="collecting_event_id" default="">


	<table  cellpadding="0" cellspacign="0">
		<tr>
			<td>
