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Tracking Program Activities with ArcGIS OnlineIndiana GIS Day - 2019
Jason Wade Mike MartinLandscape Biologist Agency GIS CoordinatorDivision of Fish & Wildlife Department of Natural Resources
September 17, 2019
Division of Fish and Wildlife – Private Lands Unit
• Who are we?• Staff of 19, located in 15 different office
locations around the state• What do we do?
• Assist private landowners with wildlife habitat establishment
• Point of contact for citizens with wildlife conflicts, wildlife disease concerns, or just general wildlife questions
• Organize workshops and training opportunities for people to learn about wildlife and habitats
• Many, many more things!
Challenges
• With biologists spread across the state, how do we keep track of what we are accomplishing?
• Consistent reporting and tracking• Strategic Plan• Grant reports• Individual program reports• Employee performance appraisals
• Can we collect useful information about our interactions with our constituents?
• Can we create a system that can eventually expand to everyone in the division?
There’s got to be a better way…
• The old way:• Excel spreadsheet• Tracks only how much we did• No information about where we did
it• No information about what we did
and how we helped• No information about specifically
when we did it• Only updated monthly
Name: District:
Access Re- Final FieldIncentive Inspections Inspections Days
HPA Other HPA Other HPA Other HPA Other0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 02 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
0 Permit Permit Special0 Issued Renewal Permit0 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 01 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 0 0 0
HPA Other0 0.00 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.00 0.00
0 00 10 00 01 00 11 02 2
Prescribed Fire Wildlife Section MeetingPesticide Certification/CCH Division Meeting
Plant ID NRCS MeetingWetland Restoration SWCD Meeting
Totals: Totals:
ICTWS Workshop Law Enforcement MeetingNRCS Technical Assistance Assigned Committee Meeting
Other Other
Wildlife Watching Event CRP Fescue ConversionAssist With Implementation Pollinators
Develop, Direct and Conduct Non-CRP Fescue ConversionTotals: Idle Nesting/Brood-Rearing Cover
In-Service Training In-Service Meetings/Conferences
Other DFW Event Assitance Other 1 0Wildlife Surveys Totals: 1 0
Recruitment, Retention, Reactivation Work Plan Habitat Objective Acres
Manned Wildlife Booths Small Mammals 0 0Radio Shows Other Birds 0 0
Group Presentations Reptiles/Amphibians 0 0
Focus Articles Duck/Goose 0 0Outdoor Indiana Articles Exotic/Bear/Mt.Lion 0 0
Television Programs Coyote 0 0
Public Open Houses Species Telephone On-siteNews Articles Call Visit
Magazine Articles Deer 0 0
Continuous CRPCons. Res. Enhancement Program (CREP)
CRP GrasslandNon-Corridors (EQIP)
Corridors (EQIP)Wetlands Reserve Easement (WRE)
Totals:
Information & Education Nuisance Wildlife Complaints
Classified Wildlands ProgramPrivate Lands Habitat Assistance
Wildlife Habitat Cost-Share AgreementGame Bird Habitat Development Agreement
Game Bird Partnership Agreement
State Forest Management PlanFarm Bill ProgramsConservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Grasslands for Gamebirds & Songbirds EQIPCSP Grasslands for Gamebirds & Songbirds
VPA
Monthly Activity ReportDivision of Fish and Wildlife
Jason Wade NLB Month: February 2019
Habitat Development ProgramsLandowner On-site Plans Acres
Contacts Inspections Developed Affected
…but what does the better way look like?
• Our “need-to-have’s”• Must be able to easily generate reports• Must be easy for everyone to use
• Our “nice-to-have’s”• Accessibility from the field• Ability to submit attachments (.JPEG, .PDF)• Have the ability to expand to other DFW units in the
future• Ways to share data and information on public-facing
interfaces.
Building the System
• Goals• Address the needs • Ease of use by end users• Ease of management by steward• Minimize impact on resources
Building the System
• Questions, questions, questions• What do you want to know?• How do you want to see it?• How do you want to share it?• Who do you want to use it?• How do you want them to use it?• Where is the best place to keep the data?
Building the System
• Answers, answers, answers• What do you want to know? who does what where when• How do you want to see it? map, database, ArcGIS Desktop, AGOL• How do you want to share it? online, maps, reports, dashboards• Who do you want to use it? staff and management• How do you want them to use it? add their own data, view
system-wide and individual results in maps, reports, spreadsheets• Where is the best place to keep the data? in-house enterprise
database
Building the system• Build feature classes in enterprise
geodatabase• multiple datasets• domains• attachments• configured for editing with AGS
Building the system
• Published in ArcGIS Server as a secure, editable feature service
Building the system
• Added each feature service layer to AGOL
• security credentials stored• shared to the DFW group• gave ownership to Jason
Building the system
• Webmap• Web Apps• Dashboards
What information are we collecting?
• Points• Landowner Habitat Contacts• Wildlife Contacts
• Conflicts• Sick/Disease• General Inquiries
• Staff Activities• Polygons
• Habitat projects• Burn Plans• Access Programs• Habitat Team Activities
Entering Data
• In the office using a Webmap• This seems to be the preferred choice for
most biologists• Connectivity can sometime be an issue
• In the field using Collector for ArcGIS• A lot of people forget that this is an option• Not the most user-friendly option for
entering polygons
So what does it look like???
What else can we learn from all this data?
• We can start to learn not just what we are doing, but also where.
• Can be used to determine staffing levels and locations in the future
• Can be used to inform “landowner interest” models
• Can be used to inform future decisions regarding LCIs and conservation priority areas
• Can be used to locate possible wildlife disease or conflict “hotspots”
• Can be used to spot possible “underserved” areas of the state
Wildlife Contacts Habitat Contacts
What’s next?
• Integrating other DFW units• Creating or feeding into a larger
Wildlife Information System• Filtering and displaying
information for the public to consume
• Bringing our wildlife biometrician and other wildlife researchers in to dive even deeper into the data.
Wildlife Information System
Wildlife Research
Species/Habitat Relationship Information
Individual Species Information
Permitting
Public Lands Database Hunter/Fisher/Trapper Information
Private Lands Database
Wildlife Conflict and Disease Trends
Private Landowner Program Information
Questions?
Jason Wade, Landscape BiologistIndiana Department of Natural ResourcesDivision of Fish and [email protected]
Mike Martin, Agency GIS CoordinatorIndiana Department of Natural ResourcesMIS [email protected]