We (long distance) interview Robyn Pepin of Aspect Consulting, about a culvert operation, or how to (smartly) get those salmons (or other critical fish) up the stream!? She also talks about the GIS flow network tool.
Read MoreWe have a short episode this month due to technical difficulties, but we will be back next month with our first interview episode!
Read MoreWe talk about how we almost didn’t make it out alive in the San Juan Islands, the impacts of our armored shorelines, how to coax the hard armor off, how to use GIS to find your identity, and opportunities for shoreline monitoring.
Read MoreWe learn about how sound travels on water, creosote pilings and ghost ships, how the Samish Nation uses GIS in its marine debris removal efforts, and how to report creosote pilings or derelict vessels in the Puget Sound.
Read MoreWe discuss drought in the PNW, how the US Drought Monitor uses GIS, and how you can report drought conditions or become your own meteorologist!
Read MoreWe share a story about how we kayaked in our own urine, discuss the BEACHES marine water monitoring program and how to keep poop out of your swimming holes, the Magical Mapper shares more about templates, but this time for styles and stuff, and we highlight the Clean Marina Program.
Read MoreLearn about how fire must burn and the coming wildfire impacts on the Pacific Northwest, look super smart with geodatabase templates and hear about the EPA Smoke Sense App and some other volunteer opportunities.
Read MoreWe meet up with Jenn, the Port of Tacoma Biologist and grilled her about some of the Port’s land stewardship and restoration work, and her idea of a great birthday present. Amy attempted to spell hhhuuuvvhhh (retching vomiting sound). We share the magic of the the GIS hot spot tool and how you can participate in local restoration projects!
Read MoreWe learn more about poop! We talk about poop troubles in Thailand and poop in shellfish. We also discuss how to navigate back to a site using your mapping grade GPS data. Finally, we offer information on the student GREEN congress and how you can help connect students to their watersheds!
Read MoreThe Magical Mapper tells us some fun bee facts, and explains how honey is made. The Poop Detective shares some arguably less fun, but very important facts about bees. We share how bees are vital to commercial agriculture and other industries, and explain impacts on the food chain.
Read MoreThe Poop Detective waxes poetic about the sage grouse, and the Magical Mapper talks about how the Sagebrush Songbird Survey uses GIS and how you can get involved for their last survey season!
Read MoreWe share a frightening story from the woods, how to get cats, like cougars, like Jens, across the road, the GIS Union tool, great for determining the habitat requirements of the magical mapper cat, and some cool opportunities to help document the wildlife.
Read MoreThe Magical Mapper talks about tracking snails with tiny GPS. Then we discuss how Washington got European Green Crabs and how to treat them. In our GIS segment, we talk about the buffer tool and how to communicate data with maps. Finally, we talk about Crab Team and how cats can become crab spotters.
Read MoreWe share some strange hand dipping in the water experience, we discuss Victoria’s Pooping Habits, some basics of GPS units (and Amy gives a little history on how she became a poop detective). We close out by talking about different beach naturalist volunteer opportunities.
Read MoreWe discuss Vancouver's aggressive murder (of crows), the CrowTrax app used to track them and how to avoid being attacked by them. We also talk about what kinds of cool, useful, and fun GIS data are out there for cats to use to start a GIS project and how you can participate in the Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count.
Read MoreThe podcast hosts introduce each other, and tell you what to expect.
Read MoreWill We Make It Out Alive is a hilarious and educational bi-weekly podcast that engages people, inspires participation in the restoration of the environment, cultivates enhanced use of GIS (geographic information systems) tools, and increases awareness of citizen science opportunities.
A GIS workflow for analyzing hours of shade for a potential new (or existing) garden, using the Shadow Impact Analysis tasks provided from Esri in their Development Impact Analysis solution.
We’re on break, but we’re coming back this summer and we’re gonna be better than ever!!!
We’re postponing our episode until June 16th and we plan on having it be a shorter episode that will talk about the Plastic Free July Challenge
I struggled a lot with cartography when I was starting out. TBH, I still struggle with it today, after doing it for almost 25 years. I’m not an expert, but I’d like to share some resources that have been helpful for me over the years.
In this month’s episode, we cover how to use the Routing tool to be more efficient in your recycling collection.
Flow networks (also known as geometric networks) help prioritize fish passage barrier removal.
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Find out how Jen the Magical Mapper has been doing on her Plastic Free July challenge!