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Evaluating Oregon Communities at Risk using the Wildfire Risk Explorer GIS in Action 2007 Vancouver, Washington April 18, 2007 Kuuipo Walsh Institute for Natural Resources www.oregonexplorer.info/Wildfire/
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Natural Resources Digital Library Vision Oregon Explorer™ as the “go to” place for natural resources information Create a “purposeful” digital library Information and map- making tools to help people learn about and make better natural resource decisions throughout the State Address importance of “place” and access to geo-referenced information Oregon Explorer Public Release in June 2007
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Wildfire Risk Explorer Released in October 2006 www.oregonexplorer.info/Wildfire/ Funded by ODF
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Wildfire Risk Explorer Users: Natural resource decision-makers Community Wildfire Protection Planners Wildfire Protection Agencies Land Management Agencies At-risk communities Homeowners Landowners Interested citizens
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Exploring Wildfire Risk in Your Area Wildfire Risk in Your Area Select a Community …
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Mitchel City community has a rating of high risk
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Generating a report with the statistics wizard
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Choose between a report on overall fire risk rating & Total acres of wildland urban interface
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Choose the watersheds, counties, or communities you want to evaluate and or compare
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Compare and contrast acres at low, medium and high risk
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Making a map with the advanced mapping tool
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What have we learned We discovered that 201,584 acres were potentially at high-risk in Umatilla county. We discovered that 106,632 acres were potentially at high-risk in Morrow county. The Mitchel City community was rated to be at high risk
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For more information, you can contact the Oregon Explorer co-managers Janine Salwasser, OSU Libraries Janine.salwasser@oregonstate.edu Jimmy Kagan, OSU Institute for Natural Resources Jimmy.kagan@oregonstate.edu
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