Use of a Web Site for Coordination of a Collaborative Response to Control of Salvinia molesta

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Use of a Web Site for Coordination of a
Collaborative Response to Control of Salvinia
molesta

• Chad King, Kevin Fitzsimmons, Sangho Choi, Bob
  Pitman

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Overview

• The origins of the website
• The present Website as collaborative
  coordination

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Website Origins

• ANS page by the University of Arizona
• Public awareness
• Forum for sharing drafts of state ANS plan

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Present Website as Collaborative Coordination

• www.lcrsalvinia.org
• Housed at the College of Agriculture, University
  of Arizona
• Developed and maintained at the Environmental
  Research Lab, U of A
• Contracted from US Fish Wildlife service

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Information Dissemination

• General public and stakeholders
• News items
• Identification pictures and description
• Maps of S. molesta infestations

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Task Force Coordination

• For stakeholders
• Information and communication forum
• Accountability
• Budgeting
• Accomplishments

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Contacts and Communication
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Meetings Reminders and Minutes
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Survey and Trial Results
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Action Items
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Environmental Assessments

• Place for public comment
• Allows sharing of works in progress
• Reduces paperwork

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Suggested Treatments
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Biological Control Study
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Calendar
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Accomplishments

• Where work is happening and control is working
• What action items have been completed
• Who has completed their tasks
• How grant money has been used
• Why more money should be appropriated

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Photo Gallery
Coming soon, we need your help with any photos
you might have of Salvinia, control work,
meetings, etc.
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Crosscutting Budgeting

• Centralized information
• Links to RFPs and granting organization/forms
• Amount of funds appropriated from each agency
• Matching funds available

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Conclusions

• Websites can be much more than information
  disseminators
• Dynamic, functional sites can coordinate response
  efforts
• Cost-effective, transparent, accessible,
  accountable
• Great potential
• We welcome your feedback, check out the site at
  lcrsalvinia.org

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Acknowledgements

• U.S. Fish Wildlife Service
• Bob Pitman
• Kevin Fitzsimmons

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Questions?