The Russian River Interactive Information System:

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The Russian River Interactive Information System
A tool for enhancing community watershed
restoration efforts
http//rriis.migcom.com

• What is the Russian River Interactive Information
  System (RRIIS) ?
• A tool for enhancing community-based restoration
  efforts in the Russian River basin
• An evolving interactive website for improving
  public education and communication
• Informational resource for managers and decision
  makers working to protect, restore and enhance
  the Russian River watershed
• A collection of communication tools, online
  content, web GIS sites, and GIS data
• Funded by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the
  California Resources Agency
• Overseen by the Russian River Watershed Council

• Why the Russian River basin?
• Three endangered species of salmonids occur in
  the basin (chinook, coho, steelhead trout)
• Large amount of GIS data available (Russian
  River Watershed GIS)
• Management issues common to the rest of
  California
• (sediment, water temperature, land ownership
  patterns, invasive species, water rights, forest
  fragmentation )
• Active watershed groups, agencies, and a
  basin-wide watershed council

• Who is the target audience?
• Community restoration groups
• Agencies
• Scientists
• Local landowners
• Others interested in salmonid restoration

• Components of the RRIIS
• Discussion manager

C. Calendar tool
D. Online content
B. Document manager
Here a local GIS users group has put a public
notice about an upcoming meeting
Example of the Dutch Bill Watershed group
discussing new documents about their watershed
they have posted to the RRIIS. Groups can
control their membership, who has access to
documents (privilege system)
Example of documents related to watershed
salmonid habitat assessment
Content example a description of the salmonid
life cycle
Users can ask their own questions about their
watershed with the ArcIMS sites
Maps hotlink to table of watershed data
Contact information Colin Brooks University of
California, Berkeley cbrooks_at_nature.berkeley.edu P
hone 707-744-1270 Research groups
website http//hopland.uchrec.org RRIIS
website http//rrriis.migcom.com Acknowledgement
s Thank you to Circuit Rider Productions and the
California Department of Fish and Game, Russian
River Program for many of the images used in this
poster. The RRIIS development team are MIG
Steke Kokotas, David Banks, Kevin Okamoto, Paul
Sumner Circuit Rider Productions Karen Gaffney,
Cheryl Dean, David Bennett University of
California Berkeley Colin Brooks, Zeb Young,
Adina Merenlender
E. Maps ArcIMS-based interactive web mapping
Easy-to-use 4-button site
Site with large amount of watershed data

• GIS data for download
• Over 137 data layers with metadata
• are available for
• download from the RRIIS
• Salmonid habitat data
• Hydrology data
• Restoration projects
• DEMs
• Land-use / landcover
• Physical geography

Here, a user is looking at a GIS layer showing
levels of in-stream canopy cover to see where a
restoration project should take place

• The RRIIS is still under development
• First beta test was this June by Watershed
  Council members
• Site is due to be completed 9/2004
• Watershed groups gaining access later this year
• Site is already making GIS data easier to
  visualize and access

The non-expert user can click on a single button,
and GIS data relevant to the question is
displayed. Here, the Restoration button has
been clicked, displaying the locations of
restoration projects in the basin.
In-stream fish habitat, a DEM, an orthophoto,
and restoration projects are being displayed
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