Citizen, Science, Highways, and Wildlife: Using a Web-Based GIS to Engage Citizens in Collecting Wildlife Information

dc.contributor.authorLee, Tracyen_US
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, Michael S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDuke, Danahen_US
dc.coverage.countryCanadaen_US
dc.coverage.regionNorth Americaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:49:44Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:49:44Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-07-14en_US
dc.date.submitted2009-07-14en_US
dc.description.abstract"Road Watch in the Pass is a citizen-science project that engages local citizens in reporting wildlife observations along a 44-km stretch of Highway 3 through Crowsnest Pass in southwestern Alberta, Canada. The numbers of wildlife vehicle collisions and a recent proposal to expand the highway have raised concerns from both human safety and wildlife conservation perspectives. Through the use of a web-based GIS, interested citizens can contribute information that will be instrumental in making final decisions concerning measures to mitigate the effects of highway expansion. Currently, 58 people have contributed over 713 observations to Road Watch. We performed a preliminary comparison of 11 months of Road Watch observations and wildlife mortality data for the same time period to demonstrate that the use of citizen science not only augments more conventional approaches, but also results in the emergence of new knowledge and insights. A Kappa index of agreement of 14% indicates poor agreement between the data sets, highlighting that wildlife successfully cross the highway in areas not identified by the wildlife mortality data. This has important implications for design and mitigation efforts for Highway 3 and other roadways."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalEcology and Societyen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthJuneen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber1en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume11en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/2407
dc.subjectroadsen_US
dc.subjecttransportationen_US
dc.subjectGISen_US
dc.subjectwildlifeen_US
dc.subject.sectorSocial Organizationen_US
dc.subject.sectorNew Commonsen_US
dc.subject.sectorWildlifeen_US
dc.titleCitizen, Science, Highways, and Wildlife: Using a Web-Based GIS to Engage Citizens in Collecting Wildlife Informationen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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