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GIS Applications In Outdoor Recreation Planning

Sergio CapozziSORP President

Brenda Adams-WeyantSORP Association Manager

Providing National Leadership and Services for Advancing the Outdoor Recreation Profession

www.RecPro.org

Our Speakers

Charlynne T. Smith, GISPNorth Carolina State University

Research AssociatePh.D. Candidate

Chelsey Walden-Schreiner, M.S.North Carolina State University

Research Associate

Darin Dinsmore, MLA, RPP, MCIP, OALA, APA, ASLACrowdbrite

CEO, Urban Planner & Landscape Architect

Webinar Outline• Part 1:

• Overview of GIS in Recreation Planning• New Developments in Participatory GIS and Volunteered Geographic

Information• Application Examples• Participant Poll – ask the audience

• Part 2:• Assessing Needs and Tools• Specialized Application Examples• Q&A

• Part 3:• Crowdbrite Examples• Q&A

• Part 4:• Discussion and Wrap-Up• Final Questions

Recreation Resource Planning

Recreation resource planning is the application of analytical tools to a systematic and deliberate process of decision making about the future management of recreation resources and recreation opportunities. Recreation planning is a rational systematic decision-making process, and as such it is a fundamental tool that deters our human tendencies to make decisions based on predisposition, bias, inadequate analysis, group-think, insular perspective, resistance to change, and excessive self- confidence. It results in decisions that are more effective, efficient, fair, reasoned, and defensible.

Principles• Recreation Resource Publics: Recreation resource

planning must try to engage and hear from all the diverse publics who value the recreation resource. The easily recognizable publics are often labeled visitors, local business, land owners and communities, but there may also be equally important publics who vicariously value the resource, ...

• Collaboration: The meaningful engagement andexchange with the public is essential throughout the planning process. Collaboration results in a clearer definition of public values, more creative alternatives, more reasoned and reasonable decisions, and a constituency that becomes better informed and committed to the plan and its implementation.

Principles

• Science-Informed Planning: It is both a legal requirementand professional imperative to duly consider the bestavailable science and expertise in the planning processand the plan’s implementation.

• Comprehensive and Integrated: Recreation planningshould consider other significant natural and culturalresources, uses, demands, and values in an integratedand comprehensive fashion. Functional planning,whereby one resource is planned for in a vacuum fromother resources, is not appropriate and contrary tocomprehensive and integrated planning.

Recreation Planning

• Requires data to inform• Knowledgeable participants in the process

• The mix of data for the decision-making process is broadand may be viewed or analyzed through any number ofmethods

• Methods of data collection varies: tabular, comments,maps, in person, online, anonymous…

• Today’s Discussion – Understanding availableoptions and selecting what is appropriate to meetyour needs.

Best Practices in Outdoor Recreation Planning

Smith, C., Walden-Schreiner, C., & Leung, Y.-F. (forthcoming). Participatory GIS in recreation resource planning. In: Baas, J., & Burns, R. (eds.), Best Practices in Recreation Resource Planning: A Resource Guide for Planners. Urbana, IL: SagamorePublishing

Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS)• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)• Participatory planning & management

• public involvement• stakeholder input

• Public PGIS• Focus on marginalized groups

• Group Spatial Decision Support System

PGIS in Africa for resource management http://www.idrc.ca

Web 2.0: changing how we engage

• Beyond one-waycommunication• not only retrieve but contribute

• Delivery via web browser• simple user interface• software• storage

Trends: Cultural, Organizational• Web 2.0 & Neogeography

• Prevalence of user-generated content, location-based services,cloud computing

• Users as Contributors• mapping is ubiquitous: mobile phones, web sites, vehicles

• Changing Technologies• Mapping of the qualitative environment• Give voice to the unspoken• Role of Cartographer: map creator to facilitator

Citizens as Sensors • Mapping – cartography, geography – typically been the

role of the government, professionally trained• Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)

• Using the Web to create, assemble, and disseminate geographicinformation provided voluntarily by individuals

• Citizen Science• Data collection and visualization methods surrounding

public input

Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)

• Research article: Elwood andGoodchild presented an inventoryof VGI to illustrate trends. Resultsrepresent– Paradigmatic shift in how geographic

data is:• created• shared (consumed)• And by whom

• Technical and social processesthrough which VGI is produced– Methods for using data in research– Emerging social and political concerns

VGI Examples

Using Existing Resources

Google Map – The BasicsI Bike Fresno

• Non-profit tech company that specializes in developingfree and open source software for informationcollection, visualization and interactive mapping.

• “Build tools for democratizing information, increasingtransparency and lowering the barriers for individuals toshare their stories.”

• “Disruptive organization that is willing to take risks in thepursuit of changing the traditional way that informationflows.”

GIS and related mapping tools in support of public participation in recreation planning process

Planning Process

Purpose Method Examples of Tools

Output(data, results, maps)

Inform / Educate Web-basedPaper-basedMobile applications(location based)

Online maps: Interactive maps with

user inputStatic maps: showing results,• Products of plans

(e.g. PDF image)Input (data collection)

Supplement data / representative input

Web-based, paper-based, mobile

Passive: GPS tracking of park visitors

Trained: recorded behavior from observing visitor activity

Crowdsource: reporting conditions, sharing ideas, describing values

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Webinar Participant Poll1. Have you used these or similar tools to gather data?2. If yes, how useful was the data gathered?3. What barriers prohibit your agency from to using these

tools or gathering useful data?4. How does your agency use technology to connect with

and engage visitors?5. How do you attempt outreach to difficult to reach

populations?6. Has your agency ever used a community based

planning process?

Technology Assessment • Decision to adopt a method, process, particular

technology• Disregarding the capacity to implement technology, such

as participatory tools, can lead to• inappropriate design of tools (usability)• tools that are costly to develop and maintain• tools that may not be used appropriately in meeting goals

• Understand Capacity through Assessment• Hard technologies – (infrastructure, hardware, software platforms)• Soft technologies – (humans – staff & user skills, abilities and

experiences)

Assessment: Define Your Purpose• What do you want to accomplish?

• Define Agency needs• Define Customer (audience) needs

Assessment: Define the Audience• Recognizing the Target Audience• Understanding Capacity to Accept and Use the

Technology• Purpose of the tool• Meeting needs of audience

User CapacityCustomer View

• I can point and click

• I can enter informationrelevant to me and getcustomized response

• I am a registered user(collaborator) to provideimportant information tothe agency

Agency View

• We push out hardcopy maps

• We provide interactiveinterface, but only offerlocational type information

• We have an interface for twoway information flow and abackend system of datacollection

Level of EngagementCustomer View

• I retrieve information• (one way: agency to

customer)

• I provide information• (one way: customer to

agency)

• We discuss information• (two-way: My input is heard

and acted upon)

Agency View

• I disseminate informationvia web map (Inform)

• I retrieve information aboutcustomers, how they useour facilities

• I seek information andrespond to what theyprovide through discussion/ feedback loops

Capacity for Implementation:Outline Resources / Needs

• If you build it will they come?• User Capacity (target audience / customer)• Agency Capacity (for implementation and maintenance)• Consider SWOT analysis in this assessment

• Strengths• Weaknesses• Opportunities• Threats

Capacity No GIS Desktop Web‐Mapping / Interactive Applications (examples)

Implem

entatio

n Ca

pacity

High Proprietary:ArcMap

Customized Map: OVNHT Crowd Mapping: data collection

Map Collaborator: uploads & discussion feedback

Medium

Google Map: routing Post Photos, Add Comments

Low Free: ArcExplorer

Google Map: featured locations

Park Scan: user input with feedback

Capacity Indicators: includes hard technology characteristics (software platform), and “soft” technology of human characteristics (staff/user skill & experience)

One‐Way Communication: Retrieve Information

One‐Way Communication: Provide Information

Two‐Way Communication: Share and Discuss Information

Level of User Interaction

Engagement

Spectrum of Engagement and Capacity

The diagonal arrow across the spectrum represents complexity for implementation. As capacity increases with the level of engagement, higher levels of developer skill, cost to maintain and support are required.

Charlynne T. Smith, 2013

Two-Way Communication

San Francisco Park Scan

Two-Way Information Exchange

Full Engagement

http://www.mapsportal.org/mapcollab_anza/

trail edits photo upload

Full Engagement

data upload

Full Engagement

Full Engagement

Specialized Applications• Designed to collect user input

• Reporting conditions• Providing feedback

• Created for a specific event, over a period of time

Participation Prism

Use Existing Resources

Advanced PGIS

• Landscape Values and PGISInstitute (www.landscapevalues.org)

• Parks Victoria (Australia) collected data in a 2009 study• Visitor experiences• Perceived environmental impacts in national parks and

historic areas for the Greater Alpine Region

• Online tool for participants to place markers to identifyexperiences

Brown and Weber, 2011

Wyoming Social Mapping (pgis)

Pocewicz, A., R. Schnitzer, M. Nielsen‐Pincus (2010) The social geography of southern Wyoming: important places, development, and natural resource management, The Nature Conservancy, Lander, WY, 16pp. Available at www.nature.org/wyoscience

THE SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTHERN WYOMING-Important Places, Development, and Natural Resource Management

Field Mapping of Visitor Use in Yosemite Valley Meadows

• Over 4 million recreation visits recorded in 2011 –majority located in Yosemite Valley

• Concentration of visitors subjects the natural resourcesto intense use pressures

• A visitor use mapping study was implemented in 2011in three meadows of Yosemite Valley to examine visitoruse patterns

Summary & Discussion

• Volunteered Geographic Information• What information is “out there” that can inform our planning efforts?• How valid is that data?• How do you use it?

• Participatory applications• Existing tools, resources we can use to gather data• Specialized tools designed for engagement• Utilizing trained volunteers and scientific methods of monitoring to

collect data to inform our planning

Considerations

• PGIS data (especially crowdsourced data) represent only one typeof public input in the planning process

• Collection can be efficient and data seem widely representative

• Sole reliance of crowdsourced data may risk ignoring importantpublic voices not being heard through these methods.

• Consider limitation due to unequal access to the technology andsocial media

Questions?

Type questions in the QUESTION pane of the Control Panel.

• Strategic • Meaningful• Actionable• Responsive• Timely (Together)

SMARTNew GIS Tools

• Improve Team Collaboration• Enhance Agency Coordination• Streamlined Project Delivery

Ongoing online and event outreach

Open house Workshop Online Workshop “go to them”

Participatory Mapping

Build on your work to-date including valuable GIS mapping and meeting results

Easily replicate your open house and workshop process online

Extend your reach in underserved communities + provide more convenient access

Capture + organize all ideas during the workshop

Prioritize actions in real time and discuss important next steps

Engage

Online Open House for 4-6 weeks after initial workshop

New Participants and Workshop attendees can add ideas at their convenience

Build on your meetings with additional opportunities for feedback

Your Reachexpand

A “high touch + high tech” method that helps build trusting relationships

A hands-on approach to engaging underserved populations through targeted outreach and “go-to-them” strategies

Reduce number of meetings Improve productivity Demonstrate action Celebrate success

Participatory GISOverview

Crowdbrite System

www.parkplanapp.net www.connectlemongrove.com

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• Fast, responsive, mobile first• Embed & connect social media• Embed in social media• Attach multimedia• Attach polls• Provide a new generation of visitor

intelligence (Track every view, hover,click, share)

• Go where people are Facebook,Twitter, Youtube

Interactive MapsCB Touch

http://www.parkplanapp.net

http://www.connectlemongrove.com

local problem solving

Gaming & Tradeoff Decisionsfun + interactive

Regional Trails & Bikeways Capital Improvement Program

WorkshopAgency + Partner

Like your Favorite

Like your Favorite

Postyour

ideas!

Review + Review +

• Work in teams on-site and off-site• Quickly organize and capture all ideas• Prioritize ideas, add sketches and

drawings• Go mobile, participate from anywhere• Multiple reporting options• Continue the conversation online

Solve Problemswork in teams

Comment

crowdsourcedSustainability Maps

meaningful informationBIG DATA

Comparative analysis• Synthesize data• Compare results

acrossneighborhoods, andteams

Demographic GAPmind the

Who lives here?

Dynamic Process• Ongoing online and event outreach• Open houses• Workshops• Online workshops• “go to them” strategies

San Francisco

Participation ChoicesWyoming State Parks - rural communities

Participation ChoicesWyoming State Parks - Overview

• 19 State Parks, Trails & Historic Sites• How might we improve them + where?• Reduced the number of meetings to 6 combined with 60

day online campaign• State Director made a video that welcomed online

participation, used Facebook & Email

Start Posting Ideas on Maps!

Wyoming State Parks - Lessons• Use Real time functionality for focus groups and

stakeholders – 10 -15 at a time• Create Interactive webinars – start with presentation then

real time brainstorming on maps• Always have real time curation (map Captain)• Now use CB Touch draft plan check in• Get the kids involved!

Recreation PreferencesUSFS – Francis Marion

Give a voice to Stakeholders and the public

Watahan is one of my favorite placeson the forest

0

Tibwin is one of my favorite places,great birding

2

Open savannahs1

Heritage and historic sites1

Where ever there are turkeys0

Awendaw Passage of thePalmetto Trail

4

Wetlands! Swamps, Carolina bays,and marshes especially!

1

Florida bay and other deprssionalwetlands

1

Open longleaf stands with diverseplant community within understory

2

I'on Swamp Trail

3

There are old cycle trails here thatwould be nice to re-open

3

Duarte Creek0

Weetee state forest0

Awendaw Savannah onFR 225 North of Hwy 17

0

Boggy head rifle range2

Wambaw creek canoetrail

1

Red cockaded woodpeper0

Uwharrie NFC is my favorite becauseof full size OHV use so I can take mywhole family camping in a jeep. Not

ATV's or dirt bikes.

0

Whole forest1

carnivorous plants0

four corners stead creek and halfwaycreek roads

0

Cat island is areally cool place to ridebikes

0

Wambaw swamp hunting the wildlifeopenings

1

swamp fox passage1

Is my childhood memories of myfamilies land on off Walleye road. Iwould do my homework there and

watch nature. This began my love oftreees, and everything to do with the

forest.

0

Boating, fishing, crabbing0

Shooting with kids0

Hellhole area for dog hunting0

Buckhall

0

Ackerman road nice place to huntquail ( dont burn both sides at once)

0

Wambaw Creek wilderness0

More campsites for OHV, horse andbike

0

Current mt. Pleasant to forest viaroads and trails

0

A particular place would be any trailswe can go as a family. Camping onthe Santee River is an annual event

for us.

0

Road bike road around fmnf0

Dog swamp0

More access to open roads.0

Red cockaded woodpecker andlongleaf pine.

0

MFN bike trail anywhere, ground trailfor family riding in fmnf

1

Back boat ramp east of Gillard Lakeoff pitch road. Swamp area

0

Deer hunting0

MTn biking0

Morgan Creek bog0

Capers island0

HugerLanding0

Upland habitat with a burn within 2-3years for quail hunting

0

Sandy forest road trails0

All Carolina Bays0

Connect locations, people with nature,all over charleston county, from ace

basin to yawkey

0

Wanamaker north, bike trail, mountainbiking

0

Wambaw Cycle Trail

1

Long leaf pine forests, particularlyyoung dry site near wither bee and

bethera

0

Bulls bay and muddy bay fishing0

Seewee outpost, awesome shrimpsalad sandwiches and restrooms

0

The dirt dash half mararthon0

Bulls island, boat ride, and views,history

0

Canoe and kayak trail with overnightcamping, southeast coast saltwater

paddling trail

1

Ponds at tidwin0

Hellhole swamp festival and run0

Protect and enhance wilderness .Truly unique and special in many

ways

0

Thompson Hill playground (ruralcommunities need/want traditional

recreation services)

0

Bonneau ferry WMA

0

Isle of Palms beach0

Fairlawn plantation0

Nicholson pond0

Cape Romain NationalWIldlife Refuge

0

Hwy 42 at santee exp. station0

Highway 402 from hwy 52 to 410

My favorite place is my childhoodmemories of my family's land off

Walleye Rd. I would do homeworkthere and watch nature.

0

Bushy park0

Wad boo Creek leading to cooperriver

0

Isle of Palms County Park0

Bulls island1

Twin ponds rifle range

0

East branch of the Cooper River0

Hampton State Park0

Santee Delta Wildlife ManagementArea

0

Santee Coastal Preserve1

Strawberry Chapel0

Pitch landing1

MacConnell's landing Santee river0

Mepkin Monastary1

St. James Santee Chapel

0

Lambada landing0

Still landing0

Somerset Point0

Wambaw landing0

Sewee shell ring

0

Sewee visitor andenvironmental education

center trails

0

Quimby Boatlanding0

McConnells Landing0

Tux bury horse trail

0

location for new mountain biking trails- terrain dependant - SOMEWHERE

OUT IN THE WILDERNESS......

0

Any location in the forest withcarnivorous plants

0

The Carolina Bay areas!1

Favorite Places

Goals

Create an interactive map to understand userpreferred places.

Objectives

1)

Legend

On the Forest

Off the Forest

Unsure

WK On Forest

WK Off Forest

• Engagement: Francis Marion Recreation Assessment andCommunity Engagement Tool

• Assessment of public capacity for online/social mediaengagement verses traditional public meetings

• Development of a custom online, visual engagementplatform

• Facilitation of Community Engagement Workshop On-site– Recreation Focus

U.S. Forest Service, Southern Region: Francis Marion National Forest Plan Revision

Identify Community Values

• Communicate information• Project History, Existing

Conditions• Capture Needs + Values

Action Plans

• Make ImportantDecisions

• Prioritize Investment• Plan Resources

Ideas + Priorities on maps

• Interactive Plans Maps• Your GIS Layers• Capture Ideas• Feedback on Alternatives

Visual Planning System

• Customized USFS Vision and Values Canvas, Online Interactive Maps, ActionPlanning Tool

• Reporting and decision analysis and support

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

0

0

0

0

enjoy the low country1

Only place I can do to photographdifferent species of flowers

0

0

1

1

View and study quality longleaf pineand cypress bay commuities as well

as rare species.

3

1

Trees and wildlife0

More bike trails and beautifulswampland

0

The larger alligator in pristine area ofswamp

0 Old-growth bald cypress0

The wildlife0

The landscape in general0

The rare plants live in the wetlands0

Flatwoods salamander1

Bald eagle in flight or nesting0

To let loose and have fun with friendsright my dirtbike

0

landowner in the francis marion forestwho appreciates that we can teach

our children to live without electricityand running water (we love to camptogether and fish, and just love the

peace and quiet!)

0

Similar to what we have now but lesslitter on the roads

0

People enjoying the forest0

Longleaf Pine ecosystem0

see four distinct ecosystems all in onearea along the palmetto trail

0

get peace and quiet, appreciate thenatural scenery. Take our family

camping for them to experience thewild and how to do without electricity

and running water

0

have OHV access at a veryreasonable cost, enjoy nature, seewildlife, easy access for children

0Gullard Lake Area

0

ride bicycles deep into the forest to beclear of noise, pollution, and trafficand to immerse myself in nature.

0

a public resource with so muchpotential, especially one that is over

1/4 million acres

0

relax and enjoy nature and thesurroundings

0

realistically, a red cockadedwoodpecker. unrealistically the ivory

billed WP or Bachman's warbler

1a large cockaded woodpecker in full

flight

0

thin basel area of longleaf pin withnative warm season grasses

0

Highway 402 at Forest servicebuilding within the oak tress

0

dolphins on the ICW taken from BuckHall

0

A vast stand of longleaf pine with agrass understory and numerous nest

trees

0

the view from buck hall campground0

scenes: FMNF 1990-FMNF 20130

Red cockaded woodpecker;prothonotary warbler

0

Families using the forest to relax witha picnic. Teaching their children to

appreciate and save our forests. Theold fishing holes (being able to fish

them again) Being able to share useof ATC's on trails

0

a kids face riding a dirt bike at thewambaw cycle trail

0

connectivity to the other surroundingtowns and cities so that the forestcould do so by biking or walking

instead of by car

0

wildlife and kids to grand parents:animals, birds, fox, plants, pines,

honeydews. Families. Autumninteraction

0

A large buck easing through theswamp,

0

See Long leaf pineecosystems

1

EXPERIENCE CERTAINTYPES OF

RECREATION

1GET AWAY FROM IT

ALL

2

SEE A DIVERSITY OFBIRDS & WILDLIFE

3

LEARN ABOUT MYHERITAGE

0

0

0

pitcher plants!0

cypress swamps and salamanders0

I place to get away from city life0

What's Special?

Goals

Develop an understanding of what is special about theforest.

Objectives

1)

Legend

Special

Other

WK Special

Stack ideas


0


2

Open savannahs1




4


1


1


2

I'on Swamp Trail

3


3

Duarte Creek0



0



1




0

Whole forest1

carnivorous plants0


0


0


1

swamp fox passage1



forest.

0


Shooting with kids0


Buckhall

0


0



0


0


for us.

0


Dog swamp0



0


1


0

Deer hunting0

MTn biking0

Morgan Creek bog0

Capers island0

HugerLanding0


0


All Carolina Bays0


basin to yawkey

0


0

Wambaw Cycle Trail

1


bethera

0



0



0


paddling trail

1

Ponds at tidwin0



ways

0



0

Bonneau ferry WMA

0



Nicholson pond0


0





0

Bushy park0


0


Bulls island1


0


Hampton State Park0


0


Strawberry Chapel0

Pitch landing1


Mepkin Monastary1


0

Lambada landing0

Still landing0

Somerset Point0

Wambaw landing0

Sewee shell ring

0


center trails

0

Quimby Boatlanding0

McConnells Landing0


0



0


0


Favorite Places

Goals


Objectives

1)

Legend

On the Forest

Off the Forest

Unsure

WK On Forest

WK Off Forest

Create custom reporting areas

The online platform created a legal public record of the results including a searchable database, summary report and visual report of the team based meeting results.

US Forest Service - Francis Marion

Reporting + Results• User Database, messaging + social media• Identify + target under represented groups• Tell a compelling story - Create visual Reports

+ Infographics

449 Total Ideas + Comments

Engagement: by the numbers


0


2

Open savannahs1




4


1


1


2

I'on Swamp Trail

3


3

Duarte Creek0



0



1




0

Whole forest1

carnivorous plants0


0


0


1

swamp fox passage1



forest.

0


Shooting with kids0


Buckhall

0


0



0


0


for us.

0


Dog swamp0



0


1


0

Deer hunting0

MTn biking0

Morgan Creek bog0

Capers island0

HugerLanding0


0


All Carolina Bays0


basin to yawkey

0


0

Wambaw Cycle Trail

1


bethera

0



0



0


paddling trail

1

Ponds at tidwin0



ways

0



0

Bonneau ferry WMA

0



Nicholson pond0


0





0

Bushy park0


0


Bulls island1


0


Hampton State Park0


0


Strawberry Chapel0

Pitch landing1


Mepkin Monastary1


0

Lambada landing0

Still landing0

Somerset Point0

Wambaw landing0

Sewee shell ring

0


center trails

0

Quimby Boatlanding0

McConnells Landing0


0



0


0


Favorite Places

Goals


Objectives

1)

Legend

On the Forest

Off the Forest

Unsure

WK On Forest

WK Off Forest

• Daily Activity Reports Delivered to your inbox• Three Report Types per Canvas• Spreadsheet• Summary Report• Poster Plot

Trail system had more loop trailopportunities

3

Had more campsites on water1

Need boat ramps on South Wandoarea (Guerins/Cainhoy areas)

1Signage to recreation sites was better

1

Had more interpretative opportunitieson forest

3

Less or more restricted ATV use4 More longleaf restoration, less loblolly

pine

1

No non-native plants used in loggingdecks and wildlife plots, local ecotype

plant materials only.

2

Keep controlling and preventing exoticinvasive species infestations

3

Less fire suppression along highways41 and 17.

2

Be more encouraging of camping inforest. I've gotten the sense some of

rangers discourage this

1

USFS needs to aquire ALL inholdingsbetween Cape Romain & Lake

Moultrie

0

There needs to be high quality mapsavailable for a fee

1Paddling trails and associatedcamping areas would be anice

addition

1

prescribed fire over 100,000 acres ayear for 5 years 2013-2018

1

Would like to see the forest serviceprepare more quail habitat areas inthe santee hunting unit. Needs roads

better kept up in the area.

1

Do more to protect wildlife1

Require hunters to microchip theirdogs

1

Open roads and trails to vehicles0No coyotes!

0

more singletrack trail to walk/run on1

eliminate loblolly focus timber producton nature, 100 year old longleaf

forest wide

0

conduct botanica survey s on aregular basis for forestwide, significant

especially rare species

0

more large parking areas for events0

provide more burn tools, torchequiped ATVs, etc. burn team

2

reorganize management from topdown to bottom up

0

hire public relations officer to do workwith residents of urban interphase

0

adjust burn prescriptions to allowmany more burn days

1Increase trails & access for those who

prefer "silent sports" eg.paddling,hiking,running & riding

2

There were specific locations or timesin the year where ORV or ATV access

is allowed.

1

Forest roads and trails areinterconnected and provide a web of

opportunities across the forest andalso connect with local communities

(e.g.: Mount Pleasant, MoncksCorner, etc., etc.). Stacked trail

system nodes of 10 plus miles areinterspersed throughout the web.

Safe and ample parking areasservicing the system are strategicallylocated throughout. Partnerships thathelp operate and maintain the system

abound.

1

Provide more recreation opportunitiesin the primitive and semi-primitive

recreation opportunity classes (i.e..:provide more unroaded areas on the

forest).

2

FS and/or partner(s) provide aVolunteer Coordinator to reach-out tovolunteer groups in order to catalyzework on the forest from trash pick-up,

trail maintenance, environmentaleducation/public engagement, etc.

3

Litter was better controlled0

Bicylists using the highways wouldn'tride abreast of each other to make

their political statements at theexpense of theirs and my safety

0

The OHV trails need better campingaccess

0

the roads to the two rifle ranges weregraded more often. They're terrible!

0

bring in professional trappers toreduce the populations of hogs and

coyotes

0Improve clean up tux bury trail access

on reflectance rd

1

connect forest trail rd on halfwaycreek to existing equstrian trails

1 improve tuxbury trail access onreflectance rd.Poor visibility trying to

cross reflectance rd.

1

Dog hunting for whitetail deer wereoutlawed on all Forest Service

property.

0

Quality deer managment practiceswere put into place to improve the

overall size and quality of our coastaldeer herd.

0Extend turkey season on the foresr tocoincide with the season for private

land.

0

My use of the forest would be better ifSunday hunting was allowed.

1

provide more interpretive materialsand events. kids now are more intothe virtual world than they are in thefascinating natural world. Places like

Sewee Center let kids dip a toe innature-maybe spark a connection,

and with luck, they'll continue trying toprotect it once we all disappear.

0

Better management for upland quailhabitat. Specifically, burning more

frequently, but in a smallercheckerboard or mosaic manner.

1

Have more streams and creeks zonedto provide a boat-free experience for

anglers, swimmers,etc. provide moreboat-free experiences.

0

allow UTV/ ATV to use more trails.1

Put the entire forest in some type offuels management program or acombination of programs. I.E. RxBurning, Mastication, Thinning,

Biomass, etc...

0

I would love to see some off roadtrails in the forest for full size vehicles.

I am part of a Jeep group and if wewant to ride any trais we have to go toeither Gultches off road park which isin Laurens S.C. or go all the way toUwharrie national park. We have a

nice forest here, and it would be greatto have trails and camp sites. Our

group would even be willing to help inthe project, whether it be making trails

or maintaining them.

0

Fix the steed creek trailhead forswamp fox, it is very small logging

deck and can't put more then a coupleof vehicles there.

0

Need more camping areas, Halfwaycreek is always pack when I try to

camp there.

0

More trailheads for swamp fox, thereis limited places to have a group meet

at other then witherbee, halfwaycreek, and buck hall.

0

Remove dirt bikes and ATV's from themountain bike trail.

0

have better signs to find trailheads.0

More enforcement of hunters. Stophunters from running off other

recreationist use the forest.

0

stop illegal planting food plots forhunters

0

need a group camping area thatallows group to hold events without

other people trying to stop the events

0

less dogs hunting days and stopSaturday dog hunts

0

Stop hunters from dumping dead deeron the hiking trails

0need a swamp Fox Trailhead around

highway 41

0More forest service people working on

weekends to answer question andclean sites up

0better information when trails are

closed due to log or fire. I get on trailand get part way into hike and trail is

closed.

0

stop have dogs running wild on trailsdays after dog hunts and owners just

leave them out

0

How to Improve the Forest?

Goals

Capture specific ideas to help improve the forest.

Objectives

1)

Legend

Ideas/Suggestions

Other

Trail system had more loop trailopportunities

3

Had more campsites on water1

Need boat ramps on South Wandoarea (Guerins/Cainhoy areas)

1Signage to recreation sites was better

1

Had more interpretative opportunitieson forest

3

Less or more restricted ATV use4 More longleaf restoration, less loblolly

pine

1

No non-native plants used in loggingdecks and wildlife plots, local ecotype

plant materials only.

2

Keep controlling and preventing exoticinvasive species infestations

3

Less fire suppression along highways41 and 17.

2

Be more encouraging of camping inforest. I've gotten the sense some of

rangers discourage this

1

USFS needs to aquire ALL inholdingsbetween Cape Romain & Lake

Moultrie

0

There needs to be high quality mapsavailable for a fee

1Paddling trails and associatedcamping areas would be anice

addition

1

prescribed fire over 100,000 acres ayear for 5 years 2013-2018

1

Would like to see the forest serviceprepare more quail habitat areas inthe santee hunting unit. Needs roads

better kept up in the area.

1

Do more to protect wildlife1

Require hunters to microchip theirdogs

1

Open roads and trails to vehicles0No coyotes!

0

more singletrack trail to walk/run on1

eliminate loblolly focus timber producton nature, 100 year old longleaf

forest wide

0

conduct botanica survey s on aregular basis for forestwide, significant

especially rare species

0

more large parking areas for events0

provide more burn tools, torchequiped ATVs, etc. burn team

2

reorganize management from topdown to bottom up

0

hire public relations officer to do workwith residents of urban interphase

0

adjust burn prescriptions to allowmany more burn days

1Increase trails & access for those who

prefer "silent sports" eg.paddling,hiking,running & riding

2

There were specific locations or timesin the year where ORV or ATV access

is allowed.

1

Forest roads and trails areinterconnected and provide a web of opportunities across the forest andalso connect with local communities

(e.g.: Mount Pleasant, MoncksCorner, etc., etc.). Stacked trail

system nodes of 10 plus miles areinterspersed throughout the web.

Safe and ample parking areasservicing the system are strategicallylocated throughout. Partnerships thathelp operate and maintain the system

abound.

1

Provide more recreation opportunitiesin the primitive and semi-primitive

recreation opportunity classes (i.e..:provide more unroaded areas on the

forest).

2

FS and/or partner(s) provide aVolunteer Coordinator to reach-out tovolunteer groups in order to catalyzework on the forest from trash pick-up,

trail maintenance, environmentaleducation/public engagement, etc.

3

Litter was better controlled0

Bicylists using the highways wouldn'tride abreast of each other to make

their political statements at theexpense of theirs and my safety

0

The OHV trails need better campingaccess

0

the roads to the two rifle ranges weregraded more often. They're terrible!

0

bring in professional trappers toreduce the populations of hogs and

coyotes

0

Improve clean up tux bury trail accesson reflectance rd

1

connect forest trail rd on halfwaycreek to existing equstrian trails

1 improve tuxbury trail access onreflectance rd.Poor vis ibility trying to

cross reflectance rd.

1

Dog hunting for whitetail deer wereoutlawed on all Forest Service

property.

0

Quality deer managment practiceswere put into place to improve the

overall size and quality of our coastaldeer herd.

0Extend turkey season on the foresr tocoincide with the season for private

land.

0

My use of the forest would be better ifSunday hunting was allowed.

1

provide more interpretive materialsand events. kids now are more intothe virtual world than they are in thefascinating natural world. Places like

Sewee Center let kids dip a toe innature-maybe spark a connection,

and with luck, they'll continue trying toprotect it once we all disappear.

0

Better management for upland quailhabitat. Specifically, burning more

frequently, but in a smallercheckerboard or mosaic manner.

1

Have more streams and creeks zonedto provide a boat-free experience for

anglers, swimmers,etc. provide moreboat-free experiences.

0

allow UTV/ ATV to use more trails.1

Put the entire forest in some type offuels management program or acombination of programs. I.E. RxBurning, Mastication, Thinning,

Biomass, etc...

0

I would love to see some off roadtrails in the forest for full size vehicles.

I am part of a Jeep group and if wewant to ride any trais we have to go toeither Gultches off road park which isin Laurens S.C. or go all the way toUwharrie national park. We have a

nice forest here, and it would be greatto have trails and camp sites. Our

group would even be willing to help inthe project, whether it be making trails

or maintaining them.

0

Fix the steed creek trailhead forswamp fox, it is very small logging

deck and can't put more then a coupleof vehicles there.

0

Need more camping areas, Halfwaycreek is always pack when I try to

camp there.

0

More trailheads for swamp fox, thereis limited places to have a group meet

at other then witherbee, halfwaycreek, and buck hall.

0

Remove dirt bikes and ATV's from themountain bike trail.

0

have better signs to find trailheads.0

More enforcement of hunters. Stophunters from running off otherrecreationist use the forest.

0

stop illegal planting food plots forhunters

0

need a group camping area thatallows group to hold events without

other people try ing to stop the events

0

less dogs hunting days and stopSaturday dog hunts

0

Stop hunters from dumping dead deeron the hiking trails

0need a swamp Fox Trailhead around

highway 41

0More forest service people working on

weekends to answer question andclean sites up

0better information when trails are

closed due to log or fire. I get on trailand get part way into hike and trail is

closed.

0

stop have dogs running wild on trailsdays after dog hunts and owners just

leave them out

0

How to Improve the Forest?

Goals

Capture specific ideas to help improve the forest.

Objectives

1)

Legend

Ideas/Suggestions

Other

Resultsnotifications + reports

US Forest Service - Francis Marion Goals• Inclusive process• Would work in rural communities• Constructive team based collaboration• Shared understanding of the issues & prioritize

investment opportunities• Improve access to the process beyond the traditional

public meeting• Results will assist the agency in making better informed

management decisions

• Focus on facilitated workshop on interactive mapsfollowed buy online open house

• People felt heard – all ideas collected• Stakeholders could log in online, add new ideas, their

comments on the ideas of others and help to prioritizeactions

• Workshops are effective but at a cost

USFS – Francis Marion - Lessons

Case StudiesShift to Fast, Easy +Flexible Participation

2013 Tahoe National Scenic Byway–TRPA + Design Workshop - Participatory mapping, Open houses, ipad application, kiosks (10+ Minute Engagement)

2014 Shift to responsive mobile first

design

CB Touch - Lemon Grove Visual Interactive Survey - A 3mile long greenway through heart of the city (3 minute engagement, +3 in you watch virtual site tour) Stakeholder Track using real time collaborative mapping www.connectlemongrove.com

Interactive Kiosks

High Touch + High Tech

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• Fast, responsive, mobile first• Embed & connect social media• Embed in social media• Attach multimedia• Attach polls• Provide a new generation of visitor

intelligence (Track every view, hover,click, share)

• Go where people are Facebook,Twitter, Youtube

Interactive MapsCB Touch

http://www.parkplanapp.net/

http://www.connectlemongrove.com/

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