Primary agency

Primary contact

Brief project summary

Topic

Target Audience

Delivery Mechanism

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Department of Forestry

Dr. Jeff Kirwan

540-231-7265

www.AugustaSprings.org

The objective of this project was to develop an interactive Web site to educate visitors of the Augusta Springs center. The Web site is meant to facilitate on-line scheduling and communication with local school groups and enable school groups to prepare volunteers who lead groups through the center. The site also allows approved users (educators, teachers, etc.) to add their own content to share through this Web site.

Wetland conservation

K-12

Web site

The Nature Conservancy, Indiana

Katherine Howe

317 951 8818

 

Ms. Ellen Jacquart

Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) Training for Eastern United States

The objective of this project was to develop informational and training materials to be used for remote CWMA training workshops in Eastern US through two on-line training sessions and one teleconference.

Invasive Plant Management

Practitioners

• In class training workshops
• On – line training sessions
• teleconferences

Northeast Minnesota Forestry Industry

Brian Brashaw

218-720-4248

Demonstration of a Community of Practice to Enhance Economic Development

The objective of this project was to develop a community of practice for the NE MN Forest Products Action Team and the regional wood products industry using Web-pages, on-line plant visit reporting forms, Web-based seminars, chat rooms, e-newsletters, and archives as tools to accomplish sustainable economic development of the wood products industry in NE MN.

Economic development of wood product industry

Practitioners

• Webinars
• Meeting software

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin

Michele Nickels

715 365 4685

Forest Resources and Ecology: A Distance Education Network Model

The primary objective of this project was to develop an interactive educational program using the Interactive Television (ITV) technology for seven Nicolet Distance Education Network (NDEN) school districts to inform teachers, students and parents about the issues facing the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. The goal was to prepare students and teachers for hands-on conservation education projects by developing their skills to address forest issues and enabling them to share their knowledge and lessons learned through ITV and NDEN Web site.

Conservation Education

K-12

ITV

The Nature Conservancy,Michigan

Randy Swaty

906 225 0399

 

Lisa Niemi

Stewardship Network

Native Plants Learning Network: Propagating restoration through technology

The objective of this project was to develop a multimedia online learning network focused on native plant conservation and restoration. The goal was to maximize relevant information sharing while minimizing time and travel by using interactive information technology such as video-conferences, Web sites and Web chats

Native plants

Practitioners

• Webinar
• Video Conference
• Web site

Shelburne Farms and Green Mountain National Forest

Megan Camp

802 985 8686

 

Ms. Kathleen Diehl

Public Affairs Officer

Green Mountain National Forest

Promise of Place Interactive Web site

The objective of this project was to develop an interactive Web site, Promise of Place, to serve as a forum for sharing curriculum, best practices and other information regarding place-based education models that address natural resource related issues in the northeast.

Natural resources and conservation

K-12 and educational community based programs

Web site

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension

Dr. William Hubbard

706 542 7813

 

Mr. Matthew Howell

IT Senior Manager

 

Ms. Laurie Schoonhoven

Sustaining White-tailed Deer and Forests: An Electronic Resource Center

A year-long effort to develop and market a single web site that would help communities around national forests facing deer overabundance to carry on informed dialog and develop solutions.

Population Control of White-Tail

Practitioners

Web site

University of Minnesota Natural Resource Research Institute

Brian Brashaw

218-720-4248

Web-based Learning and Technology Transfer of Inspection Methods for Historic Wood Structures

The objective of this project was to develop a community of practice for the historic inspection of wood structures using Web pages, Web-based seminars, video-streaming, chat rooms, e-newsletters, a marketplace and archives to provide direct assistance to owners of historic wood structures enabling better inspections, maintenance and safety of these structures. As a subset of this project, the project team conducted a Webinar for the City of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina. The City of New Orleans contacted Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) and NRRI for information that could be used to train building inspectors about the specific problems associated with flooded wood-frame homes and other buildings. The FPL and U of MN prepared and completed a Web-based seminar that New Orleans inspectors accessed via computer.

Inspection of historic wood structures

• Owners of historic wood structures
• Inspectors of historic wood structures
• Practitioners

• Webinar
• Web site