September 30, 2005

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Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute
Geographic Information Technology Program
The RAVEN Project

• A GIS for Wildlife Rescue, Inc. of New Mexico

Presenter Anne C. Russell
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Overview

• Wildlife Rehabilitation
• Wildlife Rescue Inc. of New Mexico
• Prototype RAVEN Project
• TVI GIT Program Special Problems Course

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Wildlife Rehabilitation

• Cooperative effort
• Rescuers
• Wildlife information providers
• Wildlife rehabilitators
• Veterinarians and technicians
• Researchers
• Administrators
• Educators and speakers
• Regulatory agents
• Donors

Wildlife Rehabilitation The managed process
whereby a displaced, sick, injured or orphaned
wild animal regains the health and skills it
requires to function normally and live
self-sufficiently.
International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council.
What is Wildlife Rehabilitation?. July 23, 2005
http//www.iwrc-online.org/about/whatis.html
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Wildlife Rehabilitation

• The United States Fish and Wildlife Service
  (FWS)
• permits
• annual report

• Wildlife rehabilitation educational programs
  reach over 8 million people every year
• Over 260,000 telephone calls concerning wildlife
  in the U.S. every year
• 70,000 birds, 34,000 mammals, and 5,000 reptiles
  and amphibians treated by wildlife rehabilitators
  every year

National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association.
NWRA Facts about National Wildlife
Rehabilitators Association. July 22, 2005. July
23, 2005 http//www.nwrawildlife.org/page.asp?ID
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Western Kingbird, Nestling --- Denise Coil,
Wildlife Rescue of New Mexico www.wrinm.org
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Wildlife Rescue Inc. of New Mexico (WRI)

• Non-profit organization in Albuquerque dedicated
  to rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife
• To rehabilitate and release to the wild injured
  and/or orphaned wild animals that are found by
  the public.
• To come to the aid of displaced wildlife and the
  concerned people who find them.
• To disseminate scientifically correct information
  about the wildlife of New Mexico.
• To educate New Mexicans about the necessity for
  the preservation of natural habitat for
  wildlife.

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Wildlife Rescue Inc. of New Mexico (WRI)

• Incorporated 1980
• All-volunteer organization
• Clinic opened May 2003 at the Rio Grande Nature
  Center State Park
• 2000 animals annually
• About 80 birds, 17 mammals, 3
  reptiles/amphibians
• Hotline (voice-mail system)
• Roughly 5000 calls annually
• Educational Program
• Events, schools
• Educational birds raptors, hummingbirds, blue
  bird

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Prototype RAVEN Project

• Spring semester 2004 GIT203 course
• Developed prototype geographic information system
  (GIS) using WRI data
• To explore and demonstrate possibilities of using
  GIS technology to store, analyze, and present WRI
  data

Research Analysis Verification Education
Networking
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Prototype RAVEN Project

• Focus on 3 species for years 2001 to 2003
• Mourning Doves (MODO)
• Black-chinned Hummingbirds (BCHU)
• House Finches (HOFI)
• Hot spot in relatively same place all 3 years
• Doesnt appear to be correlated spatially with
  parks, arroyos, etc.
• Very different distribution from HOFI and BCHU

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Prototype RAVEN Project

• International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
• 27th Annual International Conference
• Portland, Oregon, October 2004

14 Students 2 Instructors Fall 2005
TVI GIT Special Problems course designed
and accepted Spring 2005
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RAVEN Project Course
GOALS

• Work with existing data collection, storage,
  retrieval, and analysis systems to develop a
  database and GIS for WRI
• Design, develop, and implement sophisticated
  multi-user database, including web applications
  and customized environments
• Conduct surveys, field work, other data-gathering
  and research activities to provide supplemental
  info

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GOALS

• Using database and GIS, research, investigate,
  and perform experiments with WRI dataset
• Create and implement a training program to
  educate WRI staff in use and management of data
  system
• Present activities and results to TVI, WRI, and
  others

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RAVEN Project Course
POSSIBLE ANALYSIS PROJECTS
Population movements Success (release)
rates Human-wildlife interactions Population
breeding Disease and other stresses Habitat
health Wildlife rehabilitator demographics Animal
caseload Caseload distribution Survivability
during rehabilitation

• Trends and Patterns
• Descriptive Statistics
• Modeling and Prediction

Class Training day at WRI Clinic September 17,
2005
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RAVEN Project Course
BENEFITS
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The End

• Thank you