Natural Resources Information Council Annual ConferenceNatural Resources Information Council Annual ConferenceSunday, August 10, 2008Sunday, August 10, 2008

Janine SalwasserJanine SalwasserOregon State University LibrariesOregon State University Libraries

Informing Natural Resource Issues Informing Natural Resource Issues with the with the

Oregon ExplorerOregon Explorer

What is the Oregon Explorer?What is the Oregon Explorer?

Natural Resources Digital Natural Resources Digital LibraryLibrary

Place-based resourcePlace-based resource

Supports informed natural Supports informed natural resource decision-makingresource decision-making

www.oregonexplorer.info

Oregon Explorer UsersOregon Explorer Users

Natural resource Natural resource decision-makersdecision-makers

Watershed council Watershed council membersmembers

Soil and water Soil and water conservation district conservation district staffstaff

Local plannersLocal planners Extension agentsExtension agents LibrariansLibrarians

Agency staffAgency staff ResearchersResearchers EducatorsEducators StudentsStudents Media staffMedia staff Citizen volunteersCitizen volunteers LandownersLandowners Interested publicInterested public

Oregon Explorer Basin and Topic Portals

Natural Resource Issues addressed Natural Resource Issues addressed by Explorer sites:by Explorer sites:

Land Use Land Use Salmon Recovery Salmon Recovery Wildfire RiskWildfire Risk Wildlife ConservationWildlife Conservation Watershed RestorationWatershed Restoration

Different issues addressed at

various scales

1. Learn about Land Use Issues1. Learn about Land Use Issues

Through Videos

Through Stories

Through landscape visualizations

Through maps and reports for places of interest

2. Learn about Salmon Recovery Issues2. Learn about Salmon Recovery Issues

1992 2002

Through decision-support toolsThrough decision-support tools

Higher priority locations to restore habitat

3. Learn about Wildfire Risk Issues3. Learn about Wildfire Risk Issues

Through easy and advanced mapping tools

Through archived documents

Through chart and table creation tools

Step 1 : Pick a Statistic

Step 2: Pick where to report

Step 3: View statistics

4. Learn about Wildlife Issues: T&E spp4. Learn about Wildlife Issues: T&E spp

Current Distributions: Marbled Murrelet

Historic Distributions: Marbled Murrelet

5. Learn about Watershed Restoration Issues5. Learn about Watershed Restoration Issues

Through personal stories, tools, and data

Learn about critical natural resource issuesLearn about critical natural resource issues Browse multi-media storiesBrowse multi-media stories View data and make custom maps and reportsView data and make custom maps and reports Access archived digital informationAccess archived digital information View photos, and videosView photos, and videos Search datasetsSearch datasets Download (and soon upload) GIS dataDownload (and soon upload) GIS data Access photos, videos, audio filesAccess photos, videos, audio files Contact the expertsContact the experts Submit your resources to the Explorer digital librarySubmit your resources to the Explorer digital library Give feedbackGive feedback

Review of Digital Library Review of Digital Library Services in the Explorer SeriesServices in the Explorer Series

Available for anyone who has high speed Internet access…from work, home, library, etc.

Oregon Explorer CreatorsOregon Explorer Creators

Core Partnership between and Core Partnership between and Team members with diverse Team members with diverse

backgrounds and areas of expertisebackgrounds and areas of expertise Basin and topic portal partnersBasin and topic portal partners

New & Potential Natural Resource Issues New & Potential Natural Resource Issues to be addressed by Oregon Explorerto be addressed by Oregon Explorer

initiated:initiated: Wetlands ConservationWetlands Conservation

Wetlands ExplorerWetlands Explorer

Community VitalityCommunity VitalityRural Communities ExplorerRural Communities Explorer

Hazard EvaluationHazard EvaluationSpatial Data ExplorerSpatial Data Explorer

Sustainable AgricultureSustainable Agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture ExplorerSustainable Agriculture Explorer

proposed:proposed: Water quality & quantityWater quality & quantity Invasive SpeciesInvasive Species Climate ChangeClimate Change Habitat ConservationHabitat Conservation Rural Economic DevelopmentRural Economic Development Integrated MonitoringIntegrated Monitoring Oregon Benchmarks and Key Oregon Benchmarks and Key

Performance MeasuresPerformance Measures

Questions?Questions?

For more information, please feel free to For more information, please feel free to contact either of the Oregon Explorer co-contact either of the Oregon Explorer co-managers:managers: Janine Salwasser, OSU LibrariesJanine Salwasser, OSU Libraries

Janine.salwasser@oregonstate.eduJanine.salwasser@oregonstate.edu

Jimmy Kagan, Institute for Natural ResourcesJimmy Kagan, Institute for Natural ResourcesJimmy.kagan@oregonstate.eduJimmy.kagan@oregonstate.edu