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Columbia Basin Watershed Network
Columbia Connector - February 2016
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Thursday February 25th
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11 - 12:30 Pacific, 12 - 1:30 Mountain
Introduction to Digital Mapping for Watershed Engagement and Research
with Ian Parfitt, Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre, and
Tara Lynne Clapp, CBWN
This session offers a basic introduction to the concepts of 'digital mapping.' Computer based maps can help us to picture our watersheds and engage community members, and they can also be used to help us learn new things through data exploration and research questions. Using watershed group examples, attendees will learn the basic concepts of computer based mapping, and how we can learn about our watersheds through using and gathering different kinds of data in maps and data tables. This session is designed for watershed group members that are interested in using mapping to help them learn about their watersheds and engage community members with watershed stewardship.
Key concepts defined: geomatics, GIS, GPS, scale, resolution, data registration, data model, vector, point, line and polygon data, raster data, remote sensing, attribute, data table, the Columbia Basin Watershed Network Mapping Program
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Limited Enrollment Series Google Earth and Mobile Apps for Watershed Stewardship
March 2, 9 and 16th, 2016 1-3 am Pacific, 2-4 Mountain Presented by Ian Parfitt and Justin Robinson of the Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre
hosted by the Columbia Basin Watershed Network.
Intended for volunteers and members of CBWN-member watershed stewardship groups.
Attendance limited to 12 seats, click here to applyIf you don't make it in this time, we will keep your name on a waiting list for next offering.
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Events
February - March Weekly Winter Webinar Series, online Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network
February 26, 2016, 10-11 Pacific, 11-12 Mountain
Kootenay Conservation Program
March 2, 9 and 16th Google Earth and Mobile Apps for Watershed Stewardship (see above) Columbia Basin Watershed Network March 9, 2016, 2-3 pm Pacific, 3-4 pm Mountain Kootenay Conservation Program March 11, 2016 April 25, 2016 April 26, 2016 Stats Refresher for Biologists in 'R'csoftware Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology May 27-28, 2016 Community Based Social Marketing and Teaching About Invasive SpeciesColumbia Basin Environmental Education Network May 27, 2016 Setting Water Stewardship Priorities in the North Columbia Contact usRevelstoke, BC Columbia Basin Watershed Network May 28, 2016 Spring Celebration of Environmental EducationRevelstoke, BC Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network September 30 - Oct 2, 2016 Voices for Sustainability SymposiumGlacier National Park Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network September 30 - Oct 1, 2016 (dates to be confirmed) Watersheds 2016: Building Capacity for Collaboration and Watershed Governance in BC Vancouver, BC co-hosted by the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, the Canadian Freshwater Alliance, the Fraser Basin Council, and the First Nations Fisheries Council |
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