EDDMapS 202015 Years of Tracking Invasive

Species in North America

Chuck Bargeron - Warnell School of Forestry and Natural ResourcesMichael Toews – College of Agriculture and Environmental SciencesJoe LaForest – Associate Director / Director – Southern IPM Center

Bilal Bush – Web Application Programmer

Jordan Daniel – iPhone Application Programmer

Sai Dasari - Web Application Programmer

Krunal Patel – Android Application Programmer

Sarah Jean Swain – Communications Coordinator

Salina McAllister – Administrative Assistant

Apurba Barman – Postdoctoral Research Associate

Sarah Hobby – Graduate Student

Lauren Perez – Graduate Student

Rachel Carroll – Citizen Science Coordinator

Rebekah Wallace – EDDMapS Coordinator

Open – Forest Health Coordinator

Open – Invasive Species Coordinator

Who?

www.bugwood.org

Current/Recent Funding

Why are we here?

Landscape-

level needs

Data from all sources shared in one place

Absence data for complete distribution

Ability to look across borders

Suitability maps

Information Management for EDRR

•What should be reported?

•How is it reported?Detection

•Who has jurisdiction?

• Is it new to the county, state, U.S?

Responders Alerted

• Is the identification correct?

•Has a risk assessment been done?Rapid Assessment

•What management options are available?

•What was done and was it effective?Response

Information NeededEDRR Action

Information Management Recommendations

Accessible Funded

Standardized Shared

Data

Ideally there would be

All taxa program focused on aggregation of existing data and

electronic early detection and education of invasive species with

partnerships at multiple levels

EDDMapS Stats

Statistics

4,827,108 County Reports

3,537,261 Point Reports

5,084 Species

23,122 Reporters/Sources

62,925 Users

Plants 3334

Wildlife 677

Insects 544

Diseases 299

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Web iOS Android

Observations sent to EDDMapS by year

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Bulk Data Plant Non-Plant

EDDMapS Update – Last Year

24,934 Web Reports15,549 iOS Reports

10,487 Android Reports

Average 138 reports a day +25

Most reports in a day: 2,444 on August 16, 2018

50,970 Reports from 4,690 reporters +8,797 reports

EDDMapS Reports by StateLast Year – Web or Smartphone

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EDDMapS Planning

EDDMapS Planning Workshops• Strategic Planning for the Further Development of EDDMapS

in the Western United States• Hosted by Utah Department of Agriculture and Food• September 25-26, 2018• Salt Lake City, Utah• 19 attendees from 9 western states

• EDDMapS Florida Strategic Plan• Hosted by FWC with help from NPS at UF FLREC• May 22-23, 2019• Davie, Florida• 7 attendees plus 6 virtually

• EDDMapS West Round 2• Hosted by Colorado Department of Agriculture• February 25-26, 2020• Denver, Colorado• 16 attendees from 7 states

EDDMapS West Plan

Core EDDMapS West Functionality Needs•ArcGIS Tab on the Website•Dashboard/reporting system•Smartphone Development•Website and Data Issues

Priorities for Education and Outreach•Annual Feature Updates•Develop comprehensive education and outreach program for EDDMapS

EDDMapS Florida• Verification

• Verifier Profiles• Documentation of how it works• Verification forwarding / Multi-level verification• Verifier Training / refresher course

• Obscuring coordinates for traps or certain species/tier access

• Tracking responses to wildlife reports in EDDMapS

• Change animal maps from treated to Observation, Roadkill, Captured

• iNaturalist data pulled more often

• Update Species Information and Images• Key to lizards of Florida

• Dashboard

• Gamification? – Funding for major refresh?

EDDMapS West Round 2

Still prioritizing short and long term plans/items

Will be available in May 2020

Planned Train the Trainer workshops at NAISMA Conference in Fall and Montana Weed Control

Association in January

EDDMapS Websites

IveGot1.org websiteComing Soon

EDDMapS One benefits• New responsive modern website design

• Unified branding

• Unified apps

• Annual training and feature release

• Improved marketing

• More efficient updates

• Shared features

• Languages

• Funding

EDDMapS App/Apps

EDDMapSEDDMapS ProWild SpotterIveGot1Ag Pest Monitor

EDDMapS One App• Dynamically pull species lists

• Low resolution images by default

• Download high resolution images on demand

• Select a project under preferences/at first launch

• Search for species not included

• Add recent species tab

• Native distribution maps

• Observations near me

• Opening tutorial

EDDMapS App

Android Available Now

iPhone Coming Soon

Tools for tracking invasive species populations over time

Positive Treated

Negative Eradicated

EDDMap Pro Stats2,603 reports in 2018

11,512 reports in 2019

593 reports 2020

8,486 revisits in 2018

19,603 revisits in 2019

439 New Tree-of-Heaven in Illinois for Spotted Lanternfly in 2019

Top States

Utah 7626

Minnesota 4180

Alabama 649

Illinois 572

Florida 527

Nevada 332

Montana 232

Wisconsin 217

Colorado 97

Massachusetts 88

12,875 iOS / 2,055 Android

Top Counties for Revisits 2019Juab County Utah 7176

Tooele County Utah 4786

Box Elder County Utah 1695

Utah County Utah 849

Millard County Utah 525

Emery County Utah 495

Wasatch County Utah 467

Cache County Utah 372

Carlton County Minnesota 352

Covington County Alabama 331

Larimer County Colorado 302

Grand County Utah 258

Summit County Utah 252

Sanpete County Utah 226

Boulder County Colorado 123

Township of Tay

ValleyOntario 116

County of Lanark Ontario 106

Houston County Minnesota 65

Conecuh County Alabama 60

Hennepin County Minnesota 57

130 Unique

Counties

EDDMapS Pro New Features• Image Projects – Before and After Pictures

• Linked to Projects

• Sharable

• Draw polygon of project and link to records

• In app verification

• My KMLs

Verifier Tools

New Report

Single Reports

Web Forms

Smartphone Apps

Embedded Web Forms

Reporting API

Bulk DataOne Time

Dumps

Data Sharing Partners

New Report

Regulated

State Agency Contact

Federal Agency Contact

Not regulated

SpeciesVerifier

Location Verifier

State Verifier

CISMA/CWMA Verifier

County Verifier

Park/Site Verifier

ProjectVerifier

No Verifier

EDDMapS Admin

Verified and Released Report

Users Alerts

By Species

By Location

By Project

Maps

State Distribution

County Distribution

Google Point Maps

ArcGIS

Custom Maps

Data Feeds

GISIN

Recent Reports RSS

API

Training Materials

Online Training Material• What is EDDMapS

• Entering Data Online

• Set up Alerts/Edit Your Profile

• Add Revisits and Edit Your Data

• Uploading Bulk Data

• Entering Negative Data

• Verification Process for Reporters and Verifiers

• Herbarium Collecting Guidelines

• Herbarium Mounting Guidelines

• Invasive Species Mapping Handbook

• How to Report a Species Not Listed

• Data Dictionary

• Bulk Data Resources• Data Collection Form – PDF

• Bulk Data Upload Procedure – PDF

• Bulk Data Entry Template – Excel

• Bulk Data Entry Collecting Instructions – PDF

Online Media Kit• Articles

• Who Should Use Which App?

• I am a county agent. Why should I care?

• I am a county weed coordinator. Why should I care?

• We are a CISMA. Why should we care?

• Posters (advertising; size 11x17, 8.5x11)• I am a county agent. Why should I care?

• I am a county weed coordinator. Why should I care?

• We are a CISMA. Why should we care?

• EDDMapS: How To

• Folding Posters• EDDMapS: How To

• Trifold Rack Cards EDDMapS for Educators

• EDDMapS for “_____” Managers• EDDMapS for Creating

Reports/Mapping Progress

• Ads EDDMapS: Find it. Map it. Track it.

• Certification Cards

Extras• YouTube/Website Testimonials (shortened bio included in blog)

• One Day “Train the Trainer” Events• Press Releases—when new app/website feature or tool comes

out that is accompanied by tutorial (PowerPoint, YouTube walk through, pamphlet)

• Newsletters (biannual)

• Blog (2x per week)• Blog to replace current

• Regularly scheduled (consistent)

• Include the following:

• Plant of the Week (e.g., noxious weeds)

• Short Features (e.g., short bio testimonials)

• Highlights (e.g., upcoming app or website features, events)

4X9 RACK CARD DESIGN EXAMPLES

11X17 ONE SIDED POSTER/AD DESIGN

11X17 TWO SIDED POSTER DESIGN

NEWSLETTER DESIGN

I AM EDDMAPS

• Press releases are sent out when an app and/or website feature or tool comes out • Press releases will be

accompanied by an appropriate tutorial (e.g., PowerPoint, YouTube walk through, pamphlet) based on details needed

PRESS RELEASES

SOCIAL MEDIA

Promotional Materials

Upcoming: Factsheets and Activity

Upcoming: Wild Spotter Badges

Examples of draft EDDMapS Badges

What is iNaturalist?“…provides a place to record and organize nature findings, meet other nature enthusiasts, and learn about the natural world. It encourages the participation of a wide variety of nature enthusiasts, including, but not exclusive to, hikers, hunters, birders, beach combers, mushroom foragers, park rangers, ecologists, and fishermen. Through connecting these different perceptions and expertise of the natural world, iNaturalist hopes to create extensive community awareness of local biodiversityand promote further exploration of local environments.”

What is Wild Spotter?“…to engage and empower citizen science volunteers to provide critical scientific support that will help better address the expanding threat of aquatic and terrestrial invasive species. Wild Spotter is a nationwide effort to complete a comprehensive map and survey of prioritized invasive species. This effort will be carried out through on-the-ground inventorying and mapping activities on America’s wild areas (e.g., National Forests, Wild & Scenic rivers, wilderness areas, and natural areas).

What’s Next for Wild Spotter

• Expand to all National Forests

• Include offline “visitor guide” maps• Include existing invasive species locations

• Expand to BLM lands in West – BLM Citizen Science grant pending

• Expand to other agencies

Bulk Data Triage

Utah Combine Points• 201,066 records

• If group in ~20 meter grid

• 25,129 pairs by species

•Reduces records to 129,260

• Earliest record saved, others moved to revisits

• Future – intelligence built into apps

7,850,064 Observations

~200,000 ”invasive species” recordsharvested

Downloads

What’s Next

Plans• Updating maps move away from Google Maps, include Canada and Mexico

• Updating forms – Bootstrap 4 and custom form builder

• Integration with Collector, Survey 123

• Deal with counties not using EDDMapS and sending non standard bulk data

• Include revisits in dashboards

• Include area in dashboard

IntegratedImage/Species Recognition

Augmented Reality

cbargero@uga.edu

Thanks!