OakMapper webGIS for monitoring Sudden Oak Death
Karin Tuxen1, Maggi Kelly2, and Josh Klaus3
Research on and community interest in Sudden Oak Death is very high in the areas near affected forests. Because of this interest, many people want to be involved in the monitoring process. The overall monitoring strategy of the California Oak Mortality Task Force is multi-scale, multi-source, flexible, and geographically organized. Coordinated by the Monitoring Committee, it combines several on-going efforts at multiple scales. At the local level, we have developed an Internet-based GIS ("webGIS") application that distributes information about trees confirmed with Sudden Oak Death, and collects information from a wide community of users about trees suspected of having Sudden Oak Death. To date, the website has received over 300 submissions of symptomatic trees, from as far all regions of California. While these submissions are not laboratory confirmations of Sudden Oak Death and should not be considered official, they do give a snapshot of the distribution of public interest in and awareness of the disease. This poster displays examples of the interactive OakMapper webGIS application, showing both the data distribution component, and the latest results from public use of the site.
1Graduate Student, Ecosystem Science Division, Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3110; karin@nature.berkeley.edu
2Cooperative Extension Specialist and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ecosystem Science Division, Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3110; (510) 642-7272; mkelly@nature.berkeley.edu
3Staff Research Associate, Ecosystem Science Division, Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3110; joshk@nature.berkeley.edu
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