1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:03,033 - For this webinar, 2 00:00:03,033 --> 00:00:05,130 I'm gonna spend about 50% of the time 3 00:00:05,130 --> 00:00:06,690 talking about like the process 4 00:00:06,690 --> 00:00:08,540 and how we developed everything, 5 00:00:08,540 --> 00:00:11,280 and then I'll probably spend about 50% of the time 6 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:12,500 walking through the website. 7 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:16,200 So there will be kind of a different format halfway through, 8 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,320 but we'll get to click through the actual tool. 9 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:20,240 And then at the end, 10 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:22,620 hopefully if you have any questions or clarifications, 11 00:00:22,620 --> 00:00:24,323 I can provide those to you. 12 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:26,873 Great. 13 00:00:29,110 --> 00:00:30,850 So just to start at the very beginning, 14 00:00:30,850 --> 00:00:32,430 for those of you who aren't as familiar 15 00:00:32,430 --> 00:00:34,010 with our organization, 16 00:00:34,010 --> 00:00:36,240 the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative 17 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,340 is a collaborative effort between federal agencies, 18 00:00:39,340 --> 00:00:41,780 state agencies and the University of Vermont, 19 00:00:41,780 --> 00:00:44,510 and sometimes there's additional partners as well. 20 00:00:44,510 --> 00:00:46,020 And the mission of the organization, 21 00:00:46,020 --> 00:00:47,210 which I'm just going to read, 22 00:00:47,210 --> 00:00:49,840 is to serve the Northeast temperate forest region 23 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,520 through improved understanding of long-term trends, 24 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:53,400 annual conditions, 25 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,700 and interdisciplinary relationships of the physical, 26 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:58,960 chemical, and biological components of forest ecosystems. 27 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,570 So there's obviously a lot there. 28 00:01:00,570 --> 00:01:03,760 And so in order to determine what kind of projects we do, 29 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,810 the FMEC has a regional committee of cooperative members. 30 00:01:07,810 --> 00:01:11,024 So different experts from across New England and New York 31 00:01:11,024 --> 00:01:13,540 who come together from different disciplines 32 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:14,430 and different states. 33 00:01:14,430 --> 00:01:17,210 And every year or every couple of years 34 00:01:17,210 --> 00:01:19,440 depending on the funding cycle, 35 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:21,210 they decide on a regional question 36 00:01:21,210 --> 00:01:24,001 that's relevant that addresses forest ecosystems 37 00:01:24,001 --> 00:01:26,410 that they would like us to try to answer. 38 00:01:26,410 --> 00:01:27,960 And so if you know us, 39 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:31,420 you know that often these projects are web portal related 40 00:01:31,420 --> 00:01:33,120 or data aggregation related 41 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:34,920 because we have sort of a niche 42 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,380 to be able to provide the strong web development 43 00:01:37,380 --> 00:01:38,760 for an ecological organization. 44 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,010 So a lot of our projects are focused on that, 45 00:01:42,110 --> 00:01:46,430 but we have sort of an array of disciplines within our work. 46 00:01:46,430 --> 00:01:48,973 So soil, water, forest, air, wildlife. 47 00:01:50,050 --> 00:01:51,210 So this past fiscal year, 48 00:01:51,210 --> 00:01:53,150 there were two large regional projects. 49 00:01:53,150 --> 00:01:54,800 And today I'm going to talk about 50 00:01:55,777 --> 00:01:57,670 "Forest Impacts of Climate Change: 51 00:01:57,670 --> 00:02:00,090 Monitoring Indicators." 52 00:02:00,090 --> 00:02:03,480 This project came specifically from the recognized need 53 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,898 to understand more about the impacts of climate change 54 00:02:05,898 --> 00:02:07,840 as they show up in forest systems. 55 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,340 So there is, of course, a lot of research 56 00:02:10,340 --> 00:02:13,520 and effort put into the topic already in specific areas, 57 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,810 but because the field is sort of emerging 58 00:02:15,810 --> 00:02:17,310 and it's very complex, 59 00:02:17,310 --> 00:02:19,530 there's a lot of interacting components. 60 00:02:19,530 --> 00:02:24,530 It can be really challenging to find standardized data 61 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,090 and historical data to identify thresholds 62 00:02:27,090 --> 00:02:29,330 or patterns of change as they're happening. 63 00:02:29,330 --> 00:02:31,900 And so the goal of this project 64 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:34,700 is really to identify the most important factors, 65 00:02:34,700 --> 00:02:37,050 or what we're calling indicators, 66 00:02:37,050 --> 00:02:38,650 that shift under climate change. 67 00:02:38,650 --> 00:02:40,790 And this is already demonstrated in lots of work, 68 00:02:40,790 --> 00:02:42,500 so we're pulling this together. 69 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:43,910 We're not reinventing this. 70 00:02:43,910 --> 00:02:46,700 And then also to identify methods for monitoring 71 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:48,340 of these specific indicators 72 00:02:48,340 --> 00:02:50,700 and then put them in one easily accessible place 73 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:53,363 so that people can find them and build off of them. 74 00:02:54,980 --> 00:02:57,700 So to give a little bit more clarity on the background 75 00:02:57,700 --> 00:02:59,220 and how we're thinking about indicators 76 00:02:59,220 --> 00:03:01,393 in regards to this project, 77 00:03:02,350 --> 00:03:04,140 when we're talking about indicators 78 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:05,490 of the impact of climate change, 79 00:03:05,490 --> 00:03:08,730 we're thinking of the effects or changes that occur 80 00:03:08,730 --> 00:03:11,720 at what I've been calling the eco processes level. 81 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,070 So in other words, 82 00:03:13,070 --> 00:03:15,470 we're avoiding direct abiotic changes, 83 00:03:15,470 --> 00:03:17,530 like changes in precipitation or temperature, 84 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:20,140 which we believe are happening already, 85 00:03:20,140 --> 00:03:23,410 and we're more focusing on how things are being impacted 86 00:03:23,410 --> 00:03:25,740 at a more indirect ecological level. 87 00:03:25,740 --> 00:03:27,543 So, for example, 88 00:03:28,550 --> 00:03:30,080 at a community composition level, 89 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,820 you can think about changes in the presence 90 00:03:31,820 --> 00:03:34,383 or absence of invasive terrestrial plants. 91 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:36,680 It is anticipated already 92 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,350 that as climate change impacts forests 93 00:03:40,350 --> 00:03:43,890 and conditions change like increases in disturbance events 94 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:47,890 that cause forest gaps or changes in frost length, 95 00:03:47,890 --> 00:03:50,463 and first frost that invasive plants, 96 00:03:51,641 --> 00:03:54,140 particularly for warmer climates, excuse me, 97 00:03:54,140 --> 00:03:55,630 will become more prevalent. 98 00:03:55,630 --> 00:04:00,110 So being able to monitor for invasive species 99 00:04:00,110 --> 00:04:01,840 can clue us in to when climate change 100 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,470 is actually impacting forest systems 101 00:04:03,470 --> 00:04:06,253 when we start to see more presences of those species. 102 00:04:07,100 --> 00:04:09,280 Another example is more of the species level, 103 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,562 which I think is a little more common to think about 104 00:04:11,562 --> 00:04:12,960 in terms of indicators 105 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,370 and this example is just brook trout. 106 00:04:15,370 --> 00:04:18,780 They're particularly sensitive to warm temperature 107 00:04:18,780 --> 00:04:20,110 in streams for breeding. 108 00:04:20,110 --> 00:04:22,680 And so with the anticipated increases in temperature 109 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,530 due to climate change, 110 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:26,930 it is highly likely that brook trout will be impacted, 111 00:04:26,930 --> 00:04:28,300 and this is a critical species. 112 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:30,850 So if we're able to track the populations of brook trout, 113 00:04:30,850 --> 00:04:32,760 then we can give important information 114 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,360 about impacts of climate change. 115 00:04:36,620 --> 00:04:38,640 With that definition of indicators, 116 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,240 the goal of this project is to monitor 117 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:42,910 for those critical indicators 118 00:04:42,910 --> 00:04:44,950 in order to see how baselines are shifting 119 00:04:44,950 --> 00:04:47,630 and to identify more easily when they start to change, 120 00:04:47,630 --> 00:04:49,070 which would hopefully allow us 121 00:04:49,070 --> 00:04:51,720 to gain some insight into priority areas of concern 122 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,660 where we need to sort of put our monitoring 123 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:55,810 or find proactive solutions for management. 124 00:04:57,244 --> 00:04:58,970 This is a little more detailed way 125 00:04:58,970 --> 00:05:00,500 that we're thinking about this project 126 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:01,623 as we moved forward. 127 00:05:03,380 --> 00:05:07,170 So with that guidance in mind from our steering committee, 128 00:05:07,170 --> 00:05:10,540 we developed a project around a couple of core questions 129 00:05:10,540 --> 00:05:13,170 that we parsed out from our conversations with them. 130 00:05:13,170 --> 00:05:15,543 And these are specifically, 131 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,710 what do we need to be tracking 132 00:05:17,710 --> 00:05:19,970 to know when forests start to change? 133 00:05:19,970 --> 00:05:21,340 So in other words, 134 00:05:21,340 --> 00:05:23,430 are there key indicators that we need to monitor 135 00:05:23,430 --> 00:05:25,610 and what specifically are those? 136 00:05:25,610 --> 00:05:28,650 There are obviously numerous different indicators 137 00:05:28,650 --> 00:05:31,730 and ways to see changes reflected in the environment, 138 00:05:31,730 --> 00:05:35,470 but with the limitations of this being one project 139 00:05:35,470 --> 00:05:37,630 and the amount of time we had to carry it out, 140 00:05:37,630 --> 00:05:39,200 we wanted to try to really narrow it down 141 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,660 to a reasonable number. 142 00:05:40,660 --> 00:05:42,490 And we also want all of the indicators 143 00:05:42,490 --> 00:05:45,280 to be at least somewhat equally represented 144 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:46,170 across the region 145 00:05:46,170 --> 00:05:48,930 because we really want this work to inform 146 00:05:48,930 --> 00:05:51,320 a more cohesive monitoring effort 147 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,473 across all of New England and New York. 148 00:05:54,950 --> 00:05:57,680 And then the second question that we really focused on 149 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,950 while trying to develop the project is, 150 00:05:59,950 --> 00:06:01,390 how do we make monitoring efforts 151 00:06:01,390 --> 00:06:02,930 more consistent and comparable? 152 00:06:02,930 --> 00:06:06,100 So kind of dovetailing off what I was just saying, 153 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:08,230 we don't wanna reinvent the wheel with these projects, 154 00:06:08,230 --> 00:06:09,980 but we know there's a lot of monitoring 155 00:06:09,980 --> 00:06:10,813 that's already occurring, 156 00:06:10,813 --> 00:06:12,697 but it's not always easy to find it. 157 00:06:12,697 --> 00:06:14,100 And so we wanna figure out 158 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:16,160 where is monitoring happening already? 159 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:17,370 Where there are gaps, 160 00:06:17,370 --> 00:06:18,203 which might be a place 161 00:06:18,203 --> 00:06:20,810 that people could focus monitoring efforts in the future. 162 00:06:20,810 --> 00:06:23,220 And how could someone find a replicable 163 00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:25,300 and somewhat standardized protocol 164 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:27,660 for establishing a monitoring effort 165 00:06:27,660 --> 00:06:29,150 for one of these key indicators, 166 00:06:29,150 --> 00:06:30,950 if they were to move forward 167 00:06:30,950 --> 00:06:32,650 with developing their own program? 168 00:06:36,107 --> 00:06:37,300 So the outputs of this project 169 00:06:37,300 --> 00:06:38,700 as was determined by the group 170 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:43,700 and what we have now at the end of this long process 171 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,210 is a visual mapping tool. 172 00:06:46,210 --> 00:06:50,340 So the mapping tool is made to allow users to see 173 00:06:50,340 --> 00:06:52,880 where the monitoring efforts are happening in the region 174 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,700 and to read about the methodologies of a related study 175 00:06:55,700 --> 00:06:58,820 for those different efforts. 176 00:06:58,820 --> 00:07:00,510 And then the second component of that, 177 00:07:00,510 --> 00:07:04,790 which is related and connected to the mapping tool 178 00:07:04,790 --> 00:07:06,450 is a filterable database, 179 00:07:06,450 --> 00:07:08,900 which allows users to quickly find studies, protocols, 180 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:11,930 or datasets that detail how to monitor 181 00:07:11,930 --> 00:07:14,530 for the key indicators that we identify. 182 00:07:14,530 --> 00:07:16,650 And we're hoping that this database will grow 183 00:07:16,650 --> 00:07:19,910 with additions of new information 184 00:07:19,910 --> 00:07:22,060 as folks use this database. 185 00:07:22,060 --> 00:07:23,670 So it's not a stagnant thing. 186 00:07:23,670 --> 00:07:26,510 It's a version one and we're hoping it will grow. 187 00:07:26,510 --> 00:07:27,380 And then the third thing 188 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:31,030 that we're actually still in the process of creating 189 00:07:31,030 --> 00:07:32,790 is a gap analysis paper, 190 00:07:32,790 --> 00:07:35,740 which we'll be looking at 191 00:07:35,740 --> 00:07:38,560 sort of the different discrepancies in data that we found 192 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:39,980 in terms of monitoring gaps, 193 00:07:39,980 --> 00:07:41,640 and then trying to make recommendations 194 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,980 on where some of the best areas 195 00:07:43,980 --> 00:07:46,810 to put effort into monitoring is based on these indicators. 196 00:07:46,810 --> 00:07:49,670 And I'll talk a little bit more about that at the end, 197 00:07:49,670 --> 00:07:51,810 and maybe even put out a call for interested folks 198 00:07:51,810 --> 00:07:53,910 who would like to help contribute to that. 199 00:07:55,710 --> 00:07:56,720 Okay. 200 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:58,670 So that's sort of the background of the project, 201 00:07:58,670 --> 00:08:00,630 and I'm just gonna spend the next few slides 202 00:08:00,630 --> 00:08:02,620 talking a little bit more about the process 203 00:08:02,620 --> 00:08:05,550 to give you a sense of what went into developing this. 204 00:08:05,550 --> 00:08:08,210 And I've been talking about indicators 205 00:08:08,210 --> 00:08:09,100 and I won't have time 206 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:10,950 to walk through every single one of them in detail, 207 00:08:10,950 --> 00:08:13,700 but I at least wanna show you what we narrowed down to. 208 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:16,750 So I think a good place to start 209 00:08:16,750 --> 00:08:18,080 is just to acknowledge all the people 210 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,230 who are involved in working on this project 211 00:08:20,230 --> 00:08:21,660 in different aspects. 212 00:08:21,660 --> 00:08:24,840 So one of the ways that we approached this project 213 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,600 was we formed an Advisory Committee 214 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:28,570 and a Working Group Committee 215 00:08:28,570 --> 00:08:31,800 that helped us to sort of narrow down 216 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:33,400 the indicators we're including. 217 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,900 Since we're not experts 218 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:37,380 in all of these different disciplines, 219 00:08:37,380 --> 00:08:38,800 we brought together a committee of people 220 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,080 that have lots of different backgrounds. 221 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,850 And so this slide also just gives a sense 222 00:08:41,850 --> 00:08:44,430 of what sort of things people are bringing to the table 223 00:08:44,430 --> 00:08:45,860 and from where in the region. 224 00:08:45,860 --> 00:08:47,700 So you can see very quickly 225 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:50,320 that we have people who are focused on wildlife, 226 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,430 climate science, biologists, 227 00:08:52,430 --> 00:08:55,900 fire specialists, forest monitoring folks, 228 00:08:55,900 --> 00:08:58,100 and then also academics at Rubinstein 229 00:08:58,100 --> 00:08:59,970 who looked at natural resource management. 230 00:08:59,970 --> 00:09:02,290 So we have a lot of different people who came together 231 00:09:02,290 --> 00:09:05,283 to help us to determine these different indicators. 232 00:09:07,110 --> 00:09:09,650 And so with our committee assembled, 233 00:09:09,650 --> 00:09:12,140 we worked over about I think one and a half years. 234 00:09:12,140 --> 00:09:15,450 It feels closer to two now with COVID, 235 00:09:15,450 --> 00:09:18,540 but we worked over the timeline to deliver the project 236 00:09:18,540 --> 00:09:20,700 and I'll just kind of walk you through it. 237 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:22,950 So in the beginning of the process, 238 00:09:22,950 --> 00:09:24,510 we had an Advisory Committee meeting, 239 00:09:24,510 --> 00:09:25,830 which involved scoping. 240 00:09:25,830 --> 00:09:28,220 So those Advisory Committee members 241 00:09:28,220 --> 00:09:31,590 helped us to identify the initial steps. 242 00:09:31,590 --> 00:09:35,060 We put out a cooperative survey to identify the users 243 00:09:35,060 --> 00:09:36,320 and the audience for the tool 244 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:37,990 to see what was most interesting to folks 245 00:09:37,990 --> 00:09:39,320 and who might use it, 246 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,620 whether it was land owners or professionals, 247 00:09:41,620 --> 00:09:43,090 researchers, et cetera. 248 00:09:43,090 --> 00:09:44,930 And we also did an initial lit review 249 00:09:44,930 --> 00:09:47,760 so that we could suggest some key indicators 250 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:51,083 to the committee alongside their recommendations. 251 00:09:51,970 --> 00:09:53,740 From there, we convened a Working Group. 252 00:09:53,740 --> 00:09:57,760 So this included most of the Advisory Committee members, 253 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,780 as well as additional people from around the region 254 00:10:00,780 --> 00:10:03,260 who wanted to help work on the project. 255 00:10:03,260 --> 00:10:05,900 And they determined the indicators for inclusion, 256 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:08,350 and there are 24 key indicators 257 00:10:08,350 --> 00:10:10,503 that we'll look at in just a few minutes. 258 00:10:11,660 --> 00:10:13,180 After those were decided, 259 00:10:13,180 --> 00:10:15,330 we had a second Advisory Committee meeting. 260 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:18,250 Data sets were aggregated 261 00:10:18,250 --> 00:10:20,500 and brought together by our different staff. 262 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:22,150 And we designed the information portal 263 00:10:22,150 --> 00:10:24,740 and the Advisory Committee was able to review that 264 00:10:24,740 --> 00:10:28,200 and kind of give feedback at an intermediate point 265 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,770 about if the tool was answering their questions 266 00:10:30,770 --> 00:10:34,130 and if the indicators were really the ones 267 00:10:34,130 --> 00:10:35,367 that they wanted to focus at. 268 00:10:35,367 --> 00:10:37,240 So there was a couple layers of review. 269 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:38,800 We then built the web portal. 270 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,900 We had a final Advisory Committee meeting 271 00:10:40,900 --> 00:10:42,960 where the last content was reviewed 272 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,330 and suggestions were made for next steps 273 00:10:45,330 --> 00:10:47,210 and future recommendations. 274 00:10:47,210 --> 00:10:48,610 And we wrote a technical report 275 00:10:48,610 --> 00:10:50,760 and we released the version one of the web tool. 276 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,040 So that's where we are now, 277 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:53,570 which is really exciting. 278 00:10:53,570 --> 00:10:55,180 And I will just say 279 00:10:55,180 --> 00:10:57,010 I don't think I've mentioned this quite yet, 280 00:10:57,010 --> 00:10:58,900 but we're calling this a version one 281 00:10:58,900 --> 00:11:02,140 because it is complete in its ability to function, 282 00:11:02,140 --> 00:11:03,960 but we did have to set milestones 283 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,360 for the amount of information we could include 284 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:07,720 just based on time. 285 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,090 So we are hoping that in the version two, 286 00:11:10,090 --> 00:11:11,300 there'll be recommendations, 287 00:11:11,300 --> 00:11:14,340 and also there'll just be more and more data to come 288 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:15,463 and refinements. 289 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:21,090 So I've been mentioning the indicators and like I said, 290 00:11:21,090 --> 00:11:22,989 I won't be able to talk through each one 291 00:11:22,989 --> 00:11:25,990 in this presentation about why they were included, 292 00:11:25,990 --> 00:11:26,823 but I just wanna show 293 00:11:26,823 --> 00:11:30,490 that we wound up having four major categories: 294 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:33,963 trees, wildlife, aquatic systems, and forest systems. 295 00:11:34,950 --> 00:11:39,120 And then on the right side of the slide in the bold, 296 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,690 those are the actual indicators 297 00:11:41,690 --> 00:11:43,800 that we're using for each of these categories. 298 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,940 And I think it's just important to point out 299 00:11:45,940 --> 00:11:48,560 that we chose the indicators first. 300 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:53,560 So the bolded more specific terms on the right, 301 00:11:53,750 --> 00:11:55,610 and then we put them into categories 302 00:11:55,610 --> 00:11:59,260 so that it can be easily filtered through as a user. 303 00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:01,740 So that's just to point out that 304 00:12:01,740 --> 00:12:04,860 this isn't all encompassing of the larger category. 305 00:12:04,860 --> 00:12:09,050 It's just so that it can be visualized easily. 306 00:12:09,050 --> 00:12:10,250 I hope that makes sense. 307 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:13,340 And so for forest systems, 308 00:12:13,340 --> 00:12:15,960 we're looking at understory community composition, 309 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,720 Invasive Plant Abundance, 310 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:21,290 the spread of hemlock woolly adelgid population, 311 00:12:21,290 --> 00:12:22,770 southern pine beetle, 312 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:25,500 phenology and physiology of pollinators, 313 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:26,980 temporal shifts in trees, 314 00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:28,840 the distribution of vulnerable flora 315 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,993 and the distribution of vulnerable fauna. 316 00:12:32,270 --> 00:12:34,290 In our aquatic systems category, 317 00:12:34,290 --> 00:12:36,960 we're looking at amphibians, specifically wood frogs, 318 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:38,630 as well as background vertebrates, 319 00:12:38,630 --> 00:12:40,380 community composition in streams 320 00:12:40,380 --> 00:12:41,823 and brook trout populations. 321 00:12:43,110 --> 00:12:44,700 Within our trees category, 322 00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:47,520 we're looking at stand health, seedling regeneration, 323 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:48,870 community composition of trees, 324 00:12:48,870 --> 00:12:50,750 and physical damage to trees. 325 00:12:50,750 --> 00:12:52,280 And within our wildlife category, 326 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,990 we're looking at bird wintering range, 327 00:12:54,990 --> 00:12:57,670 Bicknell's thrush, black-throated blue warbler, 328 00:12:57,670 --> 00:12:59,350 changes in arrival date, 329 00:12:59,350 --> 00:13:02,320 moose population, little brown bat population, 330 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:03,630 snowshoe hare population, 331 00:13:03,630 --> 00:13:06,030 and northern flying squirrel population. 332 00:13:06,030 --> 00:13:08,220 So I know that that's a lot of information 333 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:09,530 and I don't expect you to remember it, 334 00:13:09,530 --> 00:13:11,830 but I just am sort of delaboring a couple of things 335 00:13:11,830 --> 00:13:13,160 before I go into the site, 336 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:14,460 so you have some background 337 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:17,490 and hopefully you can look at it on your own as well 338 00:13:17,490 --> 00:13:18,610 if you're interested. 339 00:13:18,610 --> 00:13:23,610 And so in my desire to really make sure 340 00:13:23,620 --> 00:13:24,860 we're on the same page before I start, 341 00:13:24,860 --> 00:13:26,010 the last thing I'm gonna show you 342 00:13:26,010 --> 00:13:28,200 is just this project vocabulary 343 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,510 that I'll be using as I talk through the web tool, 344 00:13:30,510 --> 00:13:33,500 and it's how we've defined it for this project. 345 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:38,070 So indicator, hopefully at this point it seems clear. 346 00:13:38,070 --> 00:13:40,570 This is the ecosystem process or the species of focus 347 00:13:40,570 --> 00:13:42,940 at the most detailed level. 348 00:13:42,940 --> 00:13:45,693 So that would be snowshoe hare population, for example. 349 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,970 Study for the use of this project is a monitoring effort 350 00:13:50,970 --> 00:13:53,350 or a study based in the region. 351 00:13:53,350 --> 00:13:54,810 And to be clear, 352 00:13:54,810 --> 00:13:56,770 this isn't necessarily just a study 353 00:13:56,770 --> 00:13:58,000 that's published in a journal. 354 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,780 This can also be an effort 355 00:13:59,780 --> 00:14:02,480 that's maybe done by a regional organization 356 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,350 or a state organization. 357 00:14:04,350 --> 00:14:09,210 It doesn't have to be a scientific article. 358 00:14:09,210 --> 00:14:11,039 A protocol in this particular case 359 00:14:11,039 --> 00:14:13,330 is a replicable method for monitoring. 360 00:14:13,330 --> 00:14:17,120 So we had a criteria for what needs something replicable. 361 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,340 And in short terms, 362 00:14:19,340 --> 00:14:20,750 if you aren't able to look at it 363 00:14:20,750 --> 00:14:23,140 and sort of read the whole thing, 364 00:14:23,140 --> 00:14:24,610 we didn't include it. 365 00:14:24,610 --> 00:14:26,960 And these were only protocols tied to studies 366 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,100 that we found in the region. 367 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:29,380 So these don't include protocols 368 00:14:29,380 --> 00:14:31,180 that are from outside of the region. 369 00:14:32,050 --> 00:14:36,050 Datasets are any of the data that came with these studies, 370 00:14:36,050 --> 00:14:37,480 and if they were available, 371 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:38,520 we tried to pull them out, 372 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,910 but also it was not the primary focus of this project. 373 00:14:40,910 --> 00:14:42,930 So there aren't that many yet. 374 00:14:42,930 --> 00:14:44,360 So I just wanna make that clear, 375 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,290 Sometimes that gets confusing. 376 00:14:46,290 --> 00:14:47,220 And then finally, 377 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:51,010 there's a page that shows key metrics. 378 00:14:51,010 --> 00:14:53,960 And these are the key metrics that are being used 379 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:55,930 that we categorize each study with 380 00:14:55,930 --> 00:14:56,830 that can be helpful 381 00:14:56,830 --> 00:14:59,270 in choosing what kind of protocol you want to use. 382 00:14:59,270 --> 00:15:01,670 So this might be abundance or survivorship or richness. 383 00:15:01,670 --> 00:15:04,193 So those kinds of ecological metrics. 384 00:15:05,330 --> 00:15:06,163 Okay. 385 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:09,180 I would love to stop for questions, 386 00:15:09,180 --> 00:15:10,410 but I'm gonna just keep going 387 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:12,440 because I think I have limited time, 388 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,130 but please feel free to put any of your questions 389 00:15:15,130 --> 00:15:16,860 into the chat, as Alyssa said, 390 00:15:16,860 --> 00:15:18,717 and then we can come back to them (indistinct). 391 00:15:20,212 --> 00:15:22,900 All right, so now I'm gonna actually go to the website 392 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:24,710 and take you through 393 00:15:27,140 --> 00:15:31,030 what it looks like and just click very slowly hopefully. 394 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:32,520 So here we are. 395 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,040 Alyssa, are you seeing the website? 396 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:35,930 Okay, great. 397 00:15:35,930 --> 00:15:37,370 Thank you. 398 00:15:37,370 --> 00:15:39,900 So here's the opening page of the Forest Impacts 399 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:42,840 of Climate Change: Monitoring Indicators tool. 400 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,040 And the first thing that pops up 401 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,880 is just a reminder that this is a resource 402 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,870 that we're hoping will be added to 403 00:15:49,870 --> 00:15:51,990 and is in its first stage, which I already said, 404 00:15:51,990 --> 00:15:53,650 but right on this pop-up, 405 00:15:53,650 --> 00:15:57,510 there's a easy place to provide feedback to us 406 00:15:57,510 --> 00:16:00,390 or suggest an effort or a protocol. 407 00:16:00,390 --> 00:16:01,650 And I really hope that 408 00:16:01,650 --> 00:16:03,750 people will feel encouraged to do that 409 00:16:03,750 --> 00:16:06,800 because we really want this to be useful. 410 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:07,980 And then also there's a link 411 00:16:07,980 --> 00:16:09,350 to the Climate Connections portal, 412 00:16:09,350 --> 00:16:12,440 which is a different tool that we have made 413 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,190 just looking at different climate aspects, 414 00:16:14,190 --> 00:16:15,583 more on the abiotic side. 415 00:16:17,210 --> 00:16:18,043 All right. 416 00:16:18,043 --> 00:16:19,623 So when you come to the page, 417 00:16:20,490 --> 00:16:22,480 there's a couple of different ways that you might use this 418 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,900 depending on what you're looking for 419 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:27,220 and what you know about the site already. 420 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:30,890 So the first way I'll walk through it for someone 421 00:16:30,890 --> 00:16:33,860 who is just kind of taking in all of the information 422 00:16:33,860 --> 00:16:36,650 and selecting something as they go through, 423 00:16:36,650 --> 00:16:37,930 so you can come to the site 424 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:40,960 and you'll see a basic description of 425 00:16:44,262 --> 00:16:46,660 what the indicators are and how the tool is selected. 426 00:16:46,660 --> 00:16:48,530 And if you wanna read more details about this, 427 00:16:48,530 --> 00:16:49,780 you can go to the about page, 428 00:16:49,780 --> 00:16:50,613 which I'll show you later, 429 00:16:50,613 --> 00:16:52,980 but this is just meant to orient you right away. 430 00:16:54,340 --> 00:16:56,560 Then as you scroll down, 431 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,090 you'll see the four larger categories 432 00:16:59,090 --> 00:17:00,790 that we talked about before. 433 00:17:00,790 --> 00:17:03,120 And there's a little bit more information on these 434 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,120 in a very broad sense. 435 00:17:06,120 --> 00:17:08,737 But if you were someone who was reading through and you say, 436 00:17:08,737 --> 00:17:10,480 "Oh, I have an interest in forest systems," 437 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:11,730 then you could click here 438 00:17:11,730 --> 00:17:13,640 and you could be shown the indicators. 439 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:14,520 And so on this page, 440 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,380 you get sort of the second level of (indistinct) down 441 00:17:17,380 --> 00:17:20,420 where you can read about understory plants 442 00:17:20,420 --> 00:17:21,480 or pests and pathogens, 443 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,140 which within them have their own indicators. 444 00:17:24,140 --> 00:17:27,830 And you can scroll and sort of get inspired as you look. 445 00:17:27,830 --> 00:17:29,373 So this is one way to do it. 446 00:17:31,660 --> 00:17:34,370 And then you can select your indicator. 447 00:17:34,370 --> 00:17:38,170 And I am going to select Invasive Plant Abundance, 448 00:17:38,170 --> 00:17:39,260 for example. 449 00:17:39,260 --> 00:17:41,350 So if this is where you wound up being interested, 450 00:17:41,350 --> 00:17:43,390 you get taken to an individual page 451 00:17:43,390 --> 00:17:45,900 that's just about Invasive Plant Abundance, 452 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:48,883 and every indicator has one of these pages. 453 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,090 These buttons here just take you down the page 454 00:17:52,090 --> 00:17:54,960 to the individual sections that are represented, 455 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,980 and I will just scroll through to show you. 456 00:17:56,980 --> 00:18:00,710 So the first thing you have here is a list of protocols 457 00:18:00,710 --> 00:18:02,050 that are associated with studies 458 00:18:02,050 --> 00:18:03,810 for Invasive Plant Abundance. 459 00:18:03,810 --> 00:18:04,960 And if you're here, 460 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:09,810 you can click on one and immediately get taken to a PDF 461 00:18:13,860 --> 00:18:16,970 of whatever the protocol is, 462 00:18:16,970 --> 00:18:19,203 so you can just access it in this version. 463 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,050 Oh, okay. 464 00:18:22,050 --> 00:18:22,883 Sorry. 465 00:18:35,970 --> 00:18:37,810 Well, I guess I can show you this other way to get there 466 00:18:37,810 --> 00:18:39,940 while I've taken us back a step. 467 00:18:39,940 --> 00:18:41,020 So if you already knew 468 00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:43,670 you wanted to get to invasive plant species, 469 00:18:43,670 --> 00:18:45,430 you can see all of the indicators here 470 00:18:45,430 --> 00:18:48,090 in the upper navigation tool. 471 00:18:48,090 --> 00:18:49,850 And so I'll just bring us back 472 00:18:49,850 --> 00:18:51,953 by clicking on Invasive Plant Abundance. 473 00:18:54,590 --> 00:18:57,750 So you can get your protocols here. 474 00:18:57,750 --> 00:19:00,600 And then if you scroll down a little bit further, 475 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,960 you'll see the key metrics that I was referring to before. 476 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,480 These aren't clickable at this time. 477 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,170 So you can't click distribution 478 00:19:07,170 --> 00:19:09,470 and see the 20 studies that are related, 479 00:19:09,470 --> 00:19:11,460 but we're hoping to connect that 480 00:19:11,460 --> 00:19:13,050 as we have more information in the future, 481 00:19:13,050 --> 00:19:15,050 if that's something that people are interested in. 482 00:19:15,050 --> 00:19:15,883 But in general, 483 00:19:15,883 --> 00:19:18,330 it kind of lets you see what sort of metrics 484 00:19:18,330 --> 00:19:21,070 you might use when organizing your study. 485 00:19:21,070 --> 00:19:22,740 And then here, 486 00:19:22,740 --> 00:19:26,160 we have the tabular and a map view of the 34 studies 487 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,140 that are related specifically to Invasive Plant Abundance. 488 00:19:29,140 --> 00:19:30,560 So these have already been filtered 489 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,883 through the larger database for just this indicator. 490 00:19:34,750 --> 00:19:37,180 The table here shows you the study name, 491 00:19:37,180 --> 00:19:38,660 which you can click to, 492 00:19:38,660 --> 00:19:41,130 as well as the protocols that are related to the study. 493 00:19:41,130 --> 00:19:42,820 And if there's any datasets, 494 00:19:42,820 --> 00:19:44,300 they pop up here. 495 00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:46,790 You can also see the same information on the map. 496 00:19:46,790 --> 00:19:48,990 So if you're interested in seeing 497 00:19:48,990 --> 00:19:51,470 which state it's related to, 498 00:19:51,470 --> 00:19:53,790 you can just go here and look. 499 00:19:53,790 --> 00:19:58,060 And I'm going to click New Hampshire 500 00:19:58,060 --> 00:20:02,970 and select Floristic Diversity of Experimental Watersheds. 501 00:20:02,970 --> 00:20:04,890 And so any study that you click 502 00:20:04,890 --> 00:20:07,680 will have this additional information and pop up 503 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,240 and it gives you a little bit more detail 504 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,060 on what the project is about, 505 00:20:12,060 --> 00:20:13,450 which indicators are monitored. 506 00:20:13,450 --> 00:20:15,200 And this one just happens to only have 507 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,240 Invasive Plant Abundance, 508 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:18,450 but many (indistinct) several indicators 509 00:20:18,450 --> 00:20:19,513 that are included in them. 510 00:20:19,513 --> 00:20:21,310 You can see the contact names, 511 00:20:21,310 --> 00:20:22,270 a link to the study, 512 00:20:22,270 --> 00:20:23,820 which because of what just happened, 513 00:20:23,820 --> 00:20:25,250 I'm not going to do now, 514 00:20:25,250 --> 00:20:28,430 but it should take you to the actual study. 515 00:20:28,430 --> 00:20:30,450 And then you can also see 516 00:20:30,450 --> 00:20:33,030 the more specific location information 517 00:20:33,030 --> 00:20:34,080 on where this takes place. 518 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,760 So on the bigger map, 519 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:38,260 we only go down to the state level, 520 00:20:38,260 --> 00:20:39,660 but within the study info, 521 00:20:39,660 --> 00:20:42,410 if there is more information to see exactly where it is, 522 00:20:42,410 --> 00:20:43,510 you'll find that here. 523 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,390 There's also tabs at the top 524 00:20:46,390 --> 00:20:48,610 where you can see any associated datasets. 525 00:20:48,610 --> 00:20:50,540 So this has one data set 526 00:20:50,540 --> 00:20:52,790 and you can link to the download here. 527 00:20:52,790 --> 00:20:55,170 And then this one doesn't have any protocols 528 00:20:55,170 --> 00:20:59,080 that were replicable or that were made available. 529 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,790 So we don't have protocols for every study, 530 00:21:01,790 --> 00:21:04,380 but there are others that do and it'll look the same. 531 00:21:04,380 --> 00:21:07,700 So this one always has a lot of protocols. 532 00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:08,930 There's five here 533 00:21:08,930 --> 00:21:11,473 and you can access them based on the study type. 534 00:21:14,810 --> 00:21:15,643 Let me think. 535 00:21:15,643 --> 00:21:16,640 Anything else to share here? 536 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,910 So this is the same information as I said before, 537 00:21:19,910 --> 00:21:23,843 and you can sort by the year or the location, 538 00:21:24,810 --> 00:21:26,280 by the study protocol as well, 539 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:27,530 which I guess if you know the name, 540 00:21:27,530 --> 00:21:29,670 it's helpful and you can look and see if there's data sets 541 00:21:29,670 --> 00:21:31,570 if that's your primary goal. 542 00:21:31,570 --> 00:21:34,110 So this is sort of one way to use the site 543 00:21:34,110 --> 00:21:36,670 if you're specifically interested in one of the indicators 544 00:21:36,670 --> 00:21:39,150 and you wanna just go straight to the protocols 545 00:21:39,150 --> 00:21:40,500 or straight to the studies. 546 00:21:43,420 --> 00:21:47,260 The other option might be that you start at the homepage 547 00:21:47,260 --> 00:21:50,700 and you just wanna take a look at the map right away. 548 00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:52,890 So you can either click on this thumbnail of the map 549 00:21:52,890 --> 00:21:54,500 or you can click on this monitoring tab. 550 00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:56,100 They take you to the same thing. 551 00:21:59,350 --> 00:22:01,520 This area will show you 552 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,910 all of the filtering capabilities of the map. 553 00:22:03,910 --> 00:22:05,840 Right now, they're all selected. 554 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,200 So when you look at the map, 555 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,900 you'll see all of the studies that show up 556 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:12,400 that are included right now for the indicators. 557 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:13,510 And then you can drop down 558 00:22:13,510 --> 00:22:17,270 through this hierarchical filtering system. 559 00:22:17,270 --> 00:22:18,900 So I'm gonna turn some of them off 560 00:22:18,900 --> 00:22:22,310 so that we can get a better sense. 561 00:22:22,310 --> 00:22:23,960 Right now, it's the whole region, 562 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:29,630 but we can continue to look at the same indicator. 563 00:22:29,630 --> 00:22:32,360 So if you look at forest systems within it 564 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:33,660 are the larger groups, 565 00:22:33,660 --> 00:22:35,350 and then within understory plants, 566 00:22:35,350 --> 00:22:36,490 there's Invasive Plant Abundance. 567 00:22:36,490 --> 00:22:37,610 So this is all selected. 568 00:22:37,610 --> 00:22:38,443 For all of these, 569 00:22:38,443 --> 00:22:40,670 you can turn them on or off. 570 00:22:40,670 --> 00:22:42,600 And then when you click on the states, 571 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,840 you can see all of the studies 572 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:47,590 just like you did from the table version 573 00:22:47,590 --> 00:22:49,710 within the indicator itself, 574 00:22:49,710 --> 00:22:51,260 but you can have several things selected 575 00:22:51,260 --> 00:22:53,810 from different categories as well. 576 00:22:53,810 --> 00:22:56,890 So now if I click New York, 577 00:22:56,890 --> 00:22:59,300 I'll see the two different categories color coded, 578 00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:00,133 and if they're all on, 579 00:23:00,133 --> 00:23:01,340 you'll see all of them. 580 00:23:01,340 --> 00:23:03,020 And you can see how many studies 581 00:23:03,020 --> 00:23:07,733 are related to each larger category from this aspect. 582 00:23:08,690 --> 00:23:11,940 You can also select a time range if you'd like, 583 00:23:11,940 --> 00:23:13,350 so you can type something in here 584 00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:17,060 and it will choose information for you that way 585 00:23:17,060 --> 00:23:18,570 and you can search the study title. 586 00:23:18,570 --> 00:23:21,670 So this is a little bit easier for searching a study 587 00:23:21,670 --> 00:23:22,778 if you know what it is, 588 00:23:22,778 --> 00:23:24,930 or you know some keywords to the study title, 589 00:23:24,930 --> 00:23:26,183 you can put that in here. 590 00:23:27,430 --> 00:23:29,890 And again, if you go to the map, 591 00:23:29,890 --> 00:23:31,760 I mean, sorry, to the table, 592 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:36,290 you'll get the same information and it keeps the filtering. 593 00:23:36,290 --> 00:23:40,170 So if you're just looking at forest systems in the map, 594 00:23:40,170 --> 00:23:41,110 when you go to the table, 595 00:23:41,110 --> 00:23:42,300 that's also what will show up. 596 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:47,300 So it's hopefully a helpful aspect of the filterability. 597 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,800 And here, a slight difference from the way that it's set up 598 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:58,730 on the indicator page is that you have the study clickable. 599 00:23:58,730 --> 00:24:02,320 So again, you can see more information here 600 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,650 about where it's taking place. 601 00:24:04,650 --> 00:24:08,450 However, the protocols aren't listed out in this area. 602 00:24:08,450 --> 00:24:11,560 So this is more of a study-focused avenue to look at things, 603 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,120 but you can still quickly access protocols 604 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:16,430 or datasets that are associated. 605 00:24:16,430 --> 00:24:17,790 You can see organizations 606 00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:19,960 and the indicator categories that are included. 607 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,905 So, as I said before, 608 00:24:21,905 --> 00:24:23,140 several studies, 609 00:24:23,140 --> 00:24:24,853 I think many of the studies 610 00:24:24,853 --> 00:24:27,860 include several indicators at the time. 611 00:24:27,860 --> 00:24:31,433 So that's something to be aware of as you look through. 612 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:36,993 You know what? 613 00:24:36,993 --> 00:24:37,946 I'll take us... 614 00:24:37,946 --> 00:24:40,280 So I think that's most of the functionality of the tool. 615 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:41,113 And at the end, 616 00:24:41,113 --> 00:24:42,440 I'm happy to go back to anything 617 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,257 and click through if folks have questions. 618 00:24:45,257 --> 00:24:47,970 The final thing I'll show is just that 619 00:24:47,970 --> 00:24:50,560 if you wanna read more about what we did specifically 620 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,060 in our methodology, 621 00:24:52,060 --> 00:24:54,060 we have an about page here 622 00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:56,580 and it gives you an overview of the tool, 623 00:24:56,580 --> 00:25:00,240 which in less detail, I guess, in this webinar, 624 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,410 but it gives you that information, 625 00:25:02,410 --> 00:25:04,270 more information about the project 626 00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:07,470 and then access to the products like the technical report 627 00:25:07,470 --> 00:25:09,610 where you can read in great detail 628 00:25:09,610 --> 00:25:11,430 how we sort of made these selections 629 00:25:11,430 --> 00:25:13,480 and the justification for each thing 630 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,350 and our lit review process. 631 00:25:15,350 --> 00:25:18,270 So this is just more information 632 00:25:18,270 --> 00:25:20,840 for those who want to provide input 633 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,440 or learn more about what we did. 634 00:25:24,210 --> 00:25:25,763 And what time am I at? 635 00:25:26,770 --> 00:25:27,939 Okay, I'm doing good. 636 00:25:27,939 --> 00:25:30,440 I think all I'm gonna show right now for the web tool, 637 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:31,273 we can come back to it. 638 00:25:31,273 --> 00:25:34,270 I'm gonna pop back over to the presentation 639 00:25:34,270 --> 00:25:37,410 and just talk about some of the preliminary gaps 640 00:25:37,410 --> 00:25:39,360 that we found in the project 641 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:42,600 and then open it up for any questions to walk through. 642 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,913 So let me get back there really quickly. 643 00:25:53,010 --> 00:25:54,123 All right. 644 00:25:54,123 --> 00:25:56,323 And you're seeing the slide show again? Yay. 645 00:25:57,370 --> 00:25:58,203 Great. 646 00:26:01,330 --> 00:26:04,890 So, as I mentioned earlier in the presentation, 647 00:26:04,890 --> 00:26:06,360 one of the outputs of the project 648 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:08,470 is to conduct an in-depth gap analysis 649 00:26:08,470 --> 00:26:10,150 with monitoring for the indicators 650 00:26:10,150 --> 00:26:12,560 to potentially identify or recommend areas. 651 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,020 So right now, as you just saw in the tool, 652 00:26:15,020 --> 00:26:16,300 you can access information 653 00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:18,380 and you can see quickly 654 00:26:18,380 --> 00:26:22,280 where there are studies across the region geographically, 655 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:26,440 but we're hoping that we can use this information 656 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:29,020 to also see where there are areas 657 00:26:29,020 --> 00:26:29,950 where there are not studies 658 00:26:29,950 --> 00:26:30,870 or there's not studies 659 00:26:30,870 --> 00:26:33,250 that are crossing administrative boundaries 660 00:26:33,250 --> 00:26:35,770 or monitoring efforts crossing administrative boundaries 661 00:26:35,770 --> 00:26:38,810 that will actually be able to focus on 662 00:26:38,810 --> 00:26:40,320 and have it be applied to 663 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:44,110 so there can be some cohesion in the data that we have 664 00:26:44,110 --> 00:26:47,290 and to be put into our database and shared externally. 665 00:26:47,290 --> 00:26:49,810 So we haven't completed this gap analysis yet. 666 00:26:49,810 --> 00:26:51,660 The goal is to, in the next month, 667 00:26:51,660 --> 00:26:55,300 work with some different experts in different disciplines 668 00:26:55,300 --> 00:26:58,410 to get their sort of input on what we're seeing, 669 00:26:58,410 --> 00:27:01,330 but I'm just gonna show some of the general steps 670 00:27:01,330 --> 00:27:03,680 of what we accomplished in this version one, 671 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,160 and some areas that might wind up 672 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:07,903 being areas of recommendation. 673 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:13,300 So overall, the project evaluated 24 indicators, 674 00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:16,370 which you saw in four different categories. 675 00:27:16,370 --> 00:27:18,070 Across all indicators, 676 00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:21,560 there were 346 distinct studies that were included. 677 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,050 And so if you're looking at this map 678 00:27:23,050 --> 00:27:25,520 and it looks like more than 346, 679 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:28,530 it's because the way that it's counted in the tool, 680 00:27:28,530 --> 00:27:30,170 it's individually by state. 681 00:27:30,170 --> 00:27:33,610 So if a study covered New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire, 682 00:27:33,610 --> 00:27:36,620 each one of those states on the map has a click. 683 00:27:36,620 --> 00:27:40,890 So individually, unique studies, 346. 684 00:27:40,890 --> 00:27:43,660 And then of those 346 studies, 685 00:27:43,660 --> 00:27:47,380 they were 168 protocols that were deemed replicable 686 00:27:47,380 --> 00:27:49,450 and relevant to the Northeast. 687 00:27:49,450 --> 00:27:52,130 And so just to clarify on that a little bit more, 688 00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:54,680 because some of these are monitoring efforts, 689 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,500 an agency might say that they conduct a certain effort 690 00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:02,460 every year for covering which specific indicators 691 00:28:02,460 --> 00:28:04,300 and distribution of that indicator, 692 00:28:04,300 --> 00:28:07,500 but they might not have put their protocol on the website 693 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:08,877 in a way that we have access to. 694 00:28:08,877 --> 00:28:11,880 And so they will often be monitoring efforts 695 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,210 that don't have linked protocols, 696 00:28:13,210 --> 00:28:14,610 but that's also something that we're hoping 697 00:28:14,610 --> 00:28:16,360 we'll fill in with this project 698 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:18,250 is that if folks know what protocols 699 00:28:18,250 --> 00:28:19,940 are associated with those monitoring efforts, 700 00:28:19,940 --> 00:28:21,570 they can be added. 701 00:28:21,570 --> 00:28:22,403 But for now, 702 00:28:22,403 --> 00:28:25,683 there are 168 that are available. 703 00:28:27,070 --> 00:28:29,193 And the dispersion across the states, 704 00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:32,840 it's hard to tell just by looking at this 705 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,520 because the states are all different sizes, 706 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:36,440 but proportionally, 707 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:40,410 they all have a very similar number of studies per indicator 708 00:28:40,410 --> 00:28:41,243 across the state. 709 00:28:41,243 --> 00:28:45,130 So most of the states are looking at the indicators 710 00:28:45,130 --> 00:28:46,777 sort of equivalently. 711 00:28:48,490 --> 00:28:50,420 So that being said, 712 00:28:50,420 --> 00:28:52,390 we're looking at sort of three main ways 713 00:28:52,390 --> 00:28:53,710 that there are discrepancies 714 00:28:53,710 --> 00:28:56,230 in the representation of indicators. 715 00:28:56,230 --> 00:29:00,260 And those are by topic, by geographical area, 716 00:29:00,260 --> 00:29:03,540 and by their coverage in terms of if they're regional 717 00:29:03,540 --> 00:29:05,760 or if they're single state topics. 718 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,563 And so I have this table up. 719 00:29:08,563 --> 00:29:10,610 It's included in our technical report 720 00:29:10,610 --> 00:29:12,370 if you'd like to look at it. 721 00:29:12,370 --> 00:29:14,110 You don't need to look at it closely right now, 722 00:29:14,110 --> 00:29:16,610 but I think the purpose of this table 723 00:29:16,610 --> 00:29:20,610 is to show that there are several indicators 724 00:29:20,610 --> 00:29:22,530 that have significantly fewer studies 725 00:29:22,530 --> 00:29:24,360 related to them than others. 726 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,470 So, for example, the northern flying squirrel 727 00:29:26,470 --> 00:29:28,330 only has four that occurred in the region 728 00:29:28,330 --> 00:29:31,240 while black-throated blue warbler has 34. 729 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,130 So even though they're both indicator species, 730 00:29:33,130 --> 00:29:36,060 they have really different numbers of studies. 731 00:29:36,060 --> 00:29:37,530 And so it's possible, 732 00:29:37,530 --> 00:29:38,960 and this is what we're gonna try to identify 733 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:39,970 in our gap analysis, 734 00:29:39,970 --> 00:29:44,210 it's possible that we have missed some of these studies 735 00:29:44,210 --> 00:29:47,690 just because we had to set milestones for search effort. 736 00:29:47,690 --> 00:29:51,740 However, we did try to find at least 20 studies 737 00:29:51,740 --> 00:29:54,080 for each indicator before saying we were done. 738 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,720 And so anything that has below 20, 739 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,010 we couldn't find record of. 740 00:29:59,010 --> 00:30:01,850 So if this is the case that they don't exist, 741 00:30:01,850 --> 00:30:03,690 this is a great gap that we can recommend 742 00:30:03,690 --> 00:30:05,320 that there'd be more effort put towards 743 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,510 since northern flying squirrel 744 00:30:07,510 --> 00:30:09,030 is considered an important indicator, 745 00:30:09,030 --> 00:30:10,590 but doesn't have information 746 00:30:10,590 --> 00:30:13,080 that's publicly available to other folks 747 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,653 in order to be able to look at baselines and monitoring. 748 00:30:17,540 --> 00:30:19,550 So we'll see if this turns out to be true, 749 00:30:19,550 --> 00:30:21,323 but this is what we're seeing right now. 750 00:30:22,590 --> 00:30:25,460 So the second aspect of coverage is geographic. 751 00:30:25,460 --> 00:30:27,640 And this is just an example. 752 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,920 We have these great visualizations that Matthias made 753 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,260 for all of the different indicators. 754 00:30:34,260 --> 00:30:36,386 And I just selected one as an example, 755 00:30:36,386 --> 00:30:38,360 but we're also trying to see 756 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:43,360 if there are gaps in the distribution of indicator studies 757 00:30:43,470 --> 00:30:44,780 across the region. 758 00:30:44,780 --> 00:30:46,810 And so there's an example here 759 00:30:46,810 --> 00:30:50,490 where you can see that moose population studies 760 00:30:50,490 --> 00:30:53,070 seem to be most prevalent in the Adirondack region 761 00:30:53,070 --> 00:30:54,800 and Northern New Hampshire, 762 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:58,350 but then when you look at Vermont in the same latitude, 763 00:30:58,350 --> 00:30:59,910 that doesn't seem to be very much there, 764 00:30:59,910 --> 00:31:02,040 which may or may not make sense 765 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,230 based on moose population ranges. 766 00:31:04,230 --> 00:31:07,010 And so this is something that we wanna figure out. 767 00:31:07,010 --> 00:31:09,410 If we're missing studies, 768 00:31:09,410 --> 00:31:11,710 then we just need to get access to those. 769 00:31:11,710 --> 00:31:13,800 And if it's maybe an administrative issue 770 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:15,100 or an issue of our search effort, 771 00:31:15,100 --> 00:31:17,050 or if there truly are a lack of studies 772 00:31:17,050 --> 00:31:20,050 about moose in Vermont, which seems hard to believe, 773 00:31:20,050 --> 00:31:21,210 but if there isn't, 774 00:31:21,210 --> 00:31:22,690 or if they're not cohesive, 775 00:31:22,690 --> 00:31:25,390 this is a great opportunity to add information 776 00:31:25,390 --> 00:31:28,450 that will allow us to look at moose populations 777 00:31:28,450 --> 00:31:29,900 across their natural range, 778 00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:34,050 as opposed to just based on administrative boundaries. 779 00:31:34,050 --> 00:31:35,530 So this is something we'll also be looking at 780 00:31:35,530 --> 00:31:38,373 in our gap analysis which will hopefully come out soon. 781 00:31:40,340 --> 00:31:42,170 And then finally, 782 00:31:42,170 --> 00:31:45,110 the area that I think has maybe the most importance to us 783 00:31:45,110 --> 00:31:48,290 and we're hoping will be important to others 784 00:31:48,290 --> 00:31:50,460 is the discrepancy in coverage. 785 00:31:50,460 --> 00:31:55,160 So a lot of the studies that we have included in the project 786 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,420 only covered monitoring one state, 787 00:31:57,420 --> 00:31:59,530 sometimes a couple of states, 788 00:31:59,530 --> 00:32:01,920 but very few of them have regional coverage. 789 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,530 And because we're a regional organization, 790 00:32:04,530 --> 00:32:06,810 we think it's really important to have efforts 791 00:32:06,810 --> 00:32:08,120 that look across the states 792 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:12,160 or that are standardized in a way that can be put together 793 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:17,160 because the forest, although it is impacted by politics, 794 00:32:17,380 --> 00:32:18,500 doesn't necessarily stop 795 00:32:18,500 --> 00:32:19,790 just because there's a state boundary. 796 00:32:19,790 --> 00:32:24,030 So we really wanna help sort of be able to see the story 797 00:32:24,030 --> 00:32:27,690 of the ecology of the forest across these boundaries 798 00:32:27,690 --> 00:32:30,560 and having regional monitoring is really important. 799 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:34,700 And so our goal as an organization really is to promote 800 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,900 cooperation across the region. 801 00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:41,650 And hopefully, as this database grows, 802 00:32:41,650 --> 00:32:46,420 we'll be able to have more studies that are regional. 803 00:32:46,420 --> 00:32:48,850 And you can see that, so far again, 804 00:32:48,850 --> 00:32:52,030 we're gonna check this to make sure that it's true, 805 00:32:52,030 --> 00:32:55,150 but we're just not seeing a lot of monitoring 806 00:32:55,150 --> 00:32:57,483 that's happening outside of individual states. 807 00:32:59,920 --> 00:33:04,920 And then our first quick look at which indicators 808 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,710 specifically are showing up in high, low, 809 00:33:08,710 --> 00:33:10,280 or contradicting categories. 810 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,510 So the northern flying squirrel, 811 00:33:12,510 --> 00:33:14,230 the snowshoe hare population, 812 00:33:14,230 --> 00:33:19,230 and aquatic community composition all have low coverage 813 00:33:19,420 --> 00:33:23,020 in topical, geographic and regional dispersion. 814 00:33:23,020 --> 00:33:25,650 So it means that there's a lot of discrepancies 815 00:33:25,650 --> 00:33:27,010 or missing pieces. 816 00:33:27,010 --> 00:33:27,843 So theoretically, 817 00:33:27,843 --> 00:33:30,740 these would be three really good indicators to start with 818 00:33:31,780 --> 00:33:34,450 in order to fill in monitoring information gaps 819 00:33:34,450 --> 00:33:36,640 if they need to be targeted. 820 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:37,580 On the other hand, 821 00:33:37,580 --> 00:33:39,680 there's high coverage in all categories 822 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,280 for all of the bird biodiversity indicators, 823 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,300 which include individual species 824 00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:49,300 as well as changes arrival in date and migration dynamics. 825 00:33:49,370 --> 00:33:52,860 And these potentially provide a good example 826 00:33:52,860 --> 00:33:56,030 of what could be done to make projects more regional 827 00:33:56,030 --> 00:33:57,910 or geographic or topically covered. 828 00:33:57,910 --> 00:34:00,380 And it probably has to do with 829 00:34:00,380 --> 00:34:02,260 some of the larger organizations 830 00:34:02,260 --> 00:34:05,250 that carry out these regular monitoring incentives 831 00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:07,500 and the way that they share their information. 832 00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:09,640 but if this is accurate, 833 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,760 this could be a really great model 834 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,800 for how to promote regional efforts. 835 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:16,670 And then finally, 836 00:34:16,670 --> 00:34:21,233 there's also these contradicting coverages of categories, 837 00:34:22,578 --> 00:34:24,710 and in those are invasive species abundance, 838 00:34:24,710 --> 00:34:26,830 moose population, seedling regeneration, 839 00:34:26,830 --> 00:34:29,130 and understory composition. 840 00:34:29,130 --> 00:34:34,130 And these either have a lot of studies, 841 00:34:34,230 --> 00:34:38,430 but they're all in one place or they're not very regional, 842 00:34:38,430 --> 00:34:42,210 but they geographically are covering the state, 843 00:34:42,210 --> 00:34:43,300 I mean, covering the region. 844 00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:44,760 So there are studies in every state, 845 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,012 but they're not related to each other. 846 00:34:47,012 --> 00:34:50,310 So those I think are most interesting 847 00:34:50,310 --> 00:34:53,200 in just sort of targeting the dynamics 848 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:54,033 that are happening there 849 00:34:54,033 --> 00:34:57,070 or seeing if there's an easy way to fill in the information 850 00:34:57,070 --> 00:34:58,430 with a little bit more collaboration 851 00:34:58,430 --> 00:35:01,110 from the external groups 852 00:35:01,110 --> 00:35:04,020 that haven't contributed to the project yet. 853 00:35:04,020 --> 00:35:05,700 So these are sort of the preliminary things 854 00:35:05,700 --> 00:35:06,533 that we're seeing. 855 00:35:06,533 --> 00:35:10,150 And I would love to hear anyone's thoughts on these as well, 856 00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:12,710 outside of the conversation or in the Q&A 857 00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:15,700 because this is sort of something we're still working on. 858 00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:18,160 And I think having input from folks 859 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:20,400 who work in these different disciplines 860 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:21,233 would be really helpful. 861 00:35:21,233 --> 00:35:22,770 So that's my little plug, 862 00:35:22,770 --> 00:35:24,320 but just let me know your thoughts 863 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:25,620 on what we're seeing here. 864 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:27,833 And then finally, 865 00:35:27,833 --> 00:35:29,710 I'll just sort of wrap up by telling you 866 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:32,920 what our next steps are and opening up for questions. 867 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,970 So, to sort of recap, 868 00:35:35,970 --> 00:35:38,460 the final outputs that we have right now for this project 869 00:35:38,460 --> 00:35:40,610 is that we wrote a technical report, 870 00:35:40,610 --> 00:35:43,030 which I encourage you to read, 871 00:35:43,030 --> 00:35:44,760 and a gap analysis paper, 872 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,700 which is pending and will be coming out soon, 873 00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:49,150 as well as this web tool 874 00:35:49,150 --> 00:35:50,790 with the interactive database of studies 875 00:35:50,790 --> 00:35:55,037 and the protocols of the 24 identified indicators. 876 00:35:55,037 --> 00:35:58,630 And so it has the visual tool and the database as well. 877 00:35:58,630 --> 00:36:02,240 And then also these individual indicator pages 878 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:04,520 that give you a little bit more clarity 879 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,060 on specific indicators 880 00:36:06,060 --> 00:36:08,510 and allow you to click through that very quickly. 881 00:36:09,690 --> 00:36:11,593 And so for our next step, 882 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,020 again, mentioning the gap analysis 883 00:36:15,020 --> 00:36:17,550 and the hope that we'll be able to recommend 884 00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:21,400 important areas for upgrading or adding monitoring efforts. 885 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:23,790 We also wanna add more studies and protocols 886 00:36:23,790 --> 00:36:26,250 that are not tied to specific monitoring efforts. 887 00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:28,860 So, as I mentioned before, 888 00:36:28,860 --> 00:36:32,240 all of the protocols are related to a study that we found 889 00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:35,420 and we had to make a decision on directionality 890 00:36:35,420 --> 00:36:37,290 and how to include things, 891 00:36:37,290 --> 00:36:41,153 but in the way that we chose the study focused way, 892 00:36:43,420 --> 00:36:45,840 I think that there's probably more protocols 893 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:46,910 that can be included 894 00:36:47,778 --> 00:36:49,950 if we select things that are not related to study. 895 00:36:49,950 --> 00:36:52,550 So we wanna figure out how we can also add in protocols 896 00:36:52,550 --> 00:36:54,220 that are important, 897 00:36:54,220 --> 00:36:56,620 but not driven by a study in the region. 898 00:36:56,620 --> 00:36:57,453 And then finally, 899 00:36:57,453 --> 00:36:59,130 we'd like to add recommendations 900 00:36:59,130 --> 00:37:01,630 and input from experts to the tool 901 00:37:01,630 --> 00:37:05,030 to help users identify ideal or model protocols. 902 00:37:05,030 --> 00:37:07,440 So we have just anything that we found that's replicable, 903 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:12,050 but it would be great to have some key protocols 904 00:37:12,050 --> 00:37:13,970 that can be used for each indicator 905 00:37:13,970 --> 00:37:16,960 that might serve as sort of a standardized methodology. 906 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,840 And so overall, if successful, 907 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,210 we really hope that this project 908 00:37:20,210 --> 00:37:23,230 leads to increase monitoring or sharing of efforts, 909 00:37:23,230 --> 00:37:25,350 and will allow other researchers and professionals 910 00:37:25,350 --> 00:37:28,560 to then look at the tipping points or look at the thresholds 911 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,130 and be able to do some analysis 912 00:37:31,130 --> 00:37:33,420 and create proactive management strategies 913 00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:35,900 and hopefully mitigate some of the impacts of climate change 914 00:37:35,900 --> 00:37:38,050 and an increased ecosystem resiliency. 915 00:37:38,050 --> 00:37:41,760 And we really hope it can be done across the regional scale, 916 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,930 and we're always looking for input. 917 00:37:43,930 --> 00:37:46,270 So thank you everyone 918 00:37:46,270 --> 00:37:48,940 and thank you to those who have provided input already. 919 00:37:48,940 --> 00:37:51,160 I would like to acknowledge our Advisory Committee panel 920 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:54,420 and also our Working Group who got so many emails from me 921 00:37:54,420 --> 00:37:57,020 in a time when there were already so many emails coming in. 922 00:37:57,020 --> 00:37:58,680 So thank you so much for your effort 923 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,880 and taking the time to work with us on this project 924 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,570 and your enthusiasm, 925 00:38:02,570 --> 00:38:05,010 and thank you to everyone for coming. 926 00:38:05,010 --> 00:38:07,360 And I'd love to open it up for questions 927 00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:11,320 or to review things on the website if anyone is interested. 928 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:12,223 So thank you! 929 00:38:15,550 --> 00:38:16,900 - Thank you, Pia. 930 00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:18,610 And yeah, if anyone has any questions, 931 00:38:18,610 --> 00:38:20,670 feel free to raise your hand 932 00:38:20,670 --> 00:38:24,230 or type in a question into the Q&A, 933 00:38:24,230 --> 00:38:25,063 and we can 934 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:29,783 let you speak or answer your question. 935 00:38:38,530 --> 00:38:42,880 - Oh, also I'm gonna give you all the link to the website 936 00:38:44,850 --> 00:38:45,683 in the chat. 937 00:38:46,670 --> 00:38:48,013 So that's been released. 938 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,120 Our host and panelists are silent and not everybody. 939 00:38:53,180 --> 00:38:54,560 So I know this is a lot chicken. 940 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:58,150 Please feel free to look at the 941 00:38:58,150 --> 00:38:59,930 or feel encouraged, I guess, to look at the website 942 00:38:59,930 --> 00:39:01,220 and try to use it. 943 00:39:01,220 --> 00:39:03,140 And I also just wanna add that 944 00:39:03,140 --> 00:39:05,890 Alyssa has been working on some case studies 945 00:39:05,890 --> 00:39:07,640 with people outside of the organization 946 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,810 to see how they're using the tool 947 00:39:09,810 --> 00:39:11,010 and how it might be useful. 948 00:39:11,010 --> 00:39:13,640 So if you're interested in working with us 949 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:15,140 on a case study at all, 950 00:39:15,140 --> 00:39:18,240 let us know and that information will come out sometime. 951 00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:20,020 Alyssa, do you wanna share anything about that? 952 00:39:20,020 --> 00:39:21,800 - No, but thank you for the (indistinct). 953 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:22,974 - Okay. - Yeah. 954 00:39:22,974 --> 00:39:23,807 (both laughing) 955 00:39:23,807 --> 00:39:24,640 - Okay, great. 956 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,370 Yeah, so we're trying to see how different people 957 00:39:27,370 --> 00:39:28,670 might use the information. 958 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,070 Oh, I see the question. 959 00:39:37,070 --> 00:39:38,723 So I'll repeat it back. 960 00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:41,900 How's a study or protocol get added to the database? 961 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:43,810 Should group strictly contact you to add them 962 00:39:43,810 --> 00:39:45,390 and what is the timeline like? 963 00:39:45,390 --> 00:39:48,840 So thank you for asking those questions. 964 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,060 Definitely contact me, 965 00:39:52,060 --> 00:39:54,660 or Jim Duncan or anyone who works for FEMC. 966 00:39:54,660 --> 00:39:56,420 We're a relatively small organization, 967 00:39:56,420 --> 00:39:58,660 but I'm the primary contact. 968 00:39:58,660 --> 00:40:02,060 And I can send out my email address to folks, 969 00:40:02,060 --> 00:40:04,210 but you can also find me on the UVM website. 970 00:40:04,210 --> 00:40:08,260 And it's a pretty straightforward process. 971 00:40:08,260 --> 00:40:09,900 I imagine our web development team 972 00:40:09,900 --> 00:40:12,500 would prefer that if we get kind of a bunch of things 973 00:40:12,500 --> 00:40:14,610 all at one time and then upload them to the website, 974 00:40:14,610 --> 00:40:16,990 but it can be happening on a regular basis. 975 00:40:16,990 --> 00:40:19,040 So anytime we get something that comes in 976 00:40:20,630 --> 00:40:22,880 there will probably be a format that we'll share with you 977 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,270 about what sort of fields we'd like to include 978 00:40:25,270 --> 00:40:27,510 in the upload of the data, 979 00:40:27,510 --> 00:40:29,660 and then it can just go right in 980 00:40:31,110 --> 00:40:34,030 because we have a detailed metadata framework. 981 00:40:34,030 --> 00:40:35,600 I think I'm kind of going into the weeds, 982 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,940 but yes, contact me and we can get any information put in 983 00:40:39,940 --> 00:40:42,280 and that would be great. 984 00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,060 - And the way that they can contact you 985 00:40:44,060 --> 00:40:46,390 is also on that pop-up screen. 986 00:40:46,390 --> 00:40:49,700 When you first go on the page, 987 00:40:49,700 --> 00:40:52,338 there's the pop-up that says, 988 00:40:52,338 --> 00:40:55,330 do you have something to suggest? Click here. 989 00:40:55,330 --> 00:40:59,580 It directs you directly to (indistinct) email. 990 00:40:59,580 --> 00:41:01,940 So- - Thanks Alyssa. 991 00:41:01,940 --> 00:41:03,143 Yeah. Yes. 992 00:41:24,607 --> 00:41:28,160 - I know that as I have explored it, 993 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,150 I have really appreciated the ability to 994 00:41:33,710 --> 00:41:35,270 look at the map 995 00:41:35,270 --> 00:41:39,270 and see how the things are connected to each other. 996 00:41:39,270 --> 00:41:44,270 And that there's a study that has a protocol connected 997 00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:48,020 and you can really dig into that 998 00:41:48,020 --> 00:41:50,930 and see what else is happening around the region. 999 00:41:50,930 --> 00:41:52,330 And it's been really interesting 1000 00:41:52,330 --> 00:41:56,113 and fun to learn about a lot of different projects. 1001 00:41:59,020 --> 00:42:00,440 - Yeah, agreed. 1002 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,370 So I really hope that if you have a chance to use it, 1003 00:42:02,370 --> 00:42:05,910 that you let us know what things aren't working as well, 1004 00:42:05,910 --> 00:42:07,690 especially since this is our first version, 1005 00:42:07,690 --> 00:42:10,410 I'm sure there'll be something that we didn't anticipate. 1006 00:42:10,410 --> 00:42:11,640 So I would love to get that feedback 1007 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,660 so we can make it useful. 1008 00:42:13,660 --> 00:42:14,890 The goal is for everyone to use it 1009 00:42:14,890 --> 00:42:18,120 and I'm looking forward to it because I find 1010 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,630 trying to look for protocols to add to the tool, 1011 00:42:20,630 --> 00:42:25,410 they are really buried sometimes and hard access. 1012 00:42:25,410 --> 00:42:28,060 So I'm hoping that this is a pretty straightforward way 1013 00:42:28,060 --> 00:42:28,893 to get them now. 1014 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:33,593 All right. 1015 00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,873 - And I will just mention again, 1016 00:42:39,433 --> 00:42:41,980 that this was recorded 1017 00:42:41,980 --> 00:42:44,660 and so it will be available for viewing again. 1018 00:42:44,660 --> 00:42:46,110 Of course, you can always visit 1019 00:42:46,110 --> 00:42:48,010 and just play around with the website. 1020 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:54,297 And this webinar was eligible for SAF credits. 1021 00:42:55,270 --> 00:42:57,230 So please complete the survey 1022 00:42:57,230 --> 00:42:59,570 that you will receive at the end of this 1023 00:42:59,570 --> 00:43:01,793 if you are interested in those credits. 1024 00:43:04,459 --> 00:43:05,690 - All right, thank you all so much for coming. 1025 00:43:05,690 --> 00:43:06,523 I really appreciate it. 1026 00:43:06,523 --> 00:43:08,400 And please let me know if you have any questions 1027 00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:09,510 in the future. 1028 00:43:10,910 --> 00:43:11,743 Thanks Alyssa. 1029 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:14,913 Bye!