Napa Valley Watershed Information Center Presentation to the Napa River Watershed Conservancy and WIC Board December 18, 2002

Scope of WIC The WIC is an interactive, evolving web site that functions simultaneously as a site for public education, communication and feedback, as a bibliography and database to assist scientists with long-term data storage and sharing, to enable scientists to access data for transformation into relevant information for watershed managers, to disseminate research information to a variety of audiences, to monitor and evaluate the success of proposed restoration projects and other management initiatives, and as an informational resource for individual land owners, environmental managers, and decision makers, all working to protect, restore and enhance the biological health of the Napa River and its watershed. --WIC Statement of Work

Goal To support restoration and protection of the Napa Valley watershed through an open and freely accessible communication resource that serves all interests in the Napa Valley, (insulated as much as possible from political and funding pressures) to ensure unbiased information is available to all interested parties and to provide a forum for public involvement on science-based management priorities and goals. --WIC Statement of Work

In one sentence… The WIC is a decision support system for community-based watershed planning and analysis.

What is a Decision Support System? Information repository Information repository Data and file storage Data and file storage Knowledge management Knowledge management Query, share, manage and communicate information Query, share, manage and communicate information Science and Adaptive management Science and Adaptive management Ongoing research, monitoring and analysis Ongoing research, monitoring and analysis

Information Repository: Data and file management Document Manager Document Manager Accepts all file types Accepts all file types Users anywhere at anytime can upload or download files (assumes appropriate privileges) Users anywhere at anytime can upload or download files (assumes appropriate privileges) Saves common document metafile information Saves common document metafile information Documents can be private, shared or public Documents can be private, shared or public

Knowledge Management: Query, share, manage and communicate Discussion Manager Discussion Manager Calendar Manager Calendar Manager “Clickboard” “Clickboard” Search Search Notification Notification Hot Topics Hot Topics Interactive Mapping Interactive Mapping

Science and Adaptive management: Ongoing research, monitoring and analysis More timely and comprehensive access to shared data and information More timely and comprehensive access to shared data and information Collaboration across space and time is easier and more efficient Collaboration across space and time is easier and more efficient Ability of the WIC to improve management decisions increases exponentially with use and time Ability of the WIC to improve management decisions increases exponentially with use and time

Groups What makes the WIC community-based? Open and freely accessible Public, Private and Shared Virtual Spaces Public Group 2 Group 3 Group 1 Group 4 Groups Public

How will the community managed? Follow best practices for online communities Follow best practices for online communities Self-policing Self-policing Sound and clear policies for guidance Sound and clear policies for guidance Overall content administrator(s) Overall content administrator(s) Need to intimately understand content and policy Need to intimately understand content and policy Group content administrator(s) Group content administrator(s) Need to intimately understand group-level content and policy Need to intimately understand group-level content and policy

How will the information be differentiated? Initially, four designations are envisioned: Initially, four designations are envisioned: Federal peer review process (e.g. NMFS) Federal peer review process (e.g. NMFS) WIC Technical Review WIC Technical Review Recognized Groups Recognized Groups Pending review by recognized group or WIC Pending review by recognized group or WIC

What will the core content consist of?

Next Steps Develop “pre-release” plan (Jan 03) Develop “pre-release” plan (Jan 03) Test-bed data sharing with Napa County (Feb 03) Test-bed data sharing with Napa County (Feb 03) Complete data inventory and gap analysis (Mar 03) Complete data inventory and gap analysis (Mar 03) Build-out interactive mapping functionality (June 03) Build-out interactive mapping functionality (June 03) Complete core (static and dynamic) content (June 03) Complete core (static and dynamic) content (June 03) Site design (June 03) Site design (June 03) Continue debugging and testing (ongoing) Continue debugging and testing (ongoing) Refine group/individual permission schema (June 03) Refine group/individual permission schema (June 03) Refine document coding schema (June 03) Refine document coding schema (June 03) Pre-release and begin live testing (June 03) Pre-release and begin live testing (June 03)