<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone, </div><div><br></div><div>If you're interested in using geospatial tools to facilitate sustainable recreation planning and management, check out the<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> Conservation Biology Institute's <a href="https://www.americantrails.org/training/data-driven-decision-support-for-sustainable-trail-planning-and-management" target="_blank">webinar</a> in the </span><a href="https://www.americantrails.org/training/webinars" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Advancing Trails Webinar Series</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> on June 26</span><sup style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">th</sup><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> at 10:00 am </span>PT/ 1 pm ET / 5pm GMT!</div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">This webinar will showcase a custom online application created to support collaborative decision-making and data-driven evaluation of trail sustainability, developed by the Conservation Biology Institute in </span><a href="https://consbio.org/projects/trails-assessment-and-planning-tool-for-oregon-and-washington/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">partnership with the US Forest Service and the Deschutes Trails Coalition</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">. The prototype system facilitates tracking and visualizing important trail information and synthesizes spatial data into quantitative metrics covering physical, environmental, social, and economic dimensions of trail sustainability. Information summarized in the interface can be explored via interactive maps, augmenting critical on-the-ground knowledge of field crews and local managers. This application offers decision-makers and their partners a transparent means to evaluate the sustainability of both existing and proposed trails and is targeted for expansion to additional US National Forest lands. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Learn more and </span><a href="https://www.americantrails.org/training/data-driven-decision-support-for-sustainable-trail-planning-and-management" target="_blank">register here</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">! </span></div><div><br></div><div>Hope to see you there, </div>

<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- Rebecca</span></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-degagne-a6b27b9/" target="_blank">Rebecca Degagne</a>, GISP, she/they</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-size:x-small;font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.scgis.org/" target="_blank">SCGIS</a> Board, Communications Committee</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1">Senior Geospatial Scientist & Team Lead</font></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#38761d"><a href="http://www.consbio.org/" target="_blank">Conservation Biology Institute<br></a></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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