Area Steward--Components and Methods for Fostering a Local Data Sharing Network

Author: Mark Sorensen
Organization: University of Redlands

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Building and maintaining a locally relevant geographic information infrastructure to support multiple stakeholder interests and multidisciplinary decision making comprises substantial opportunities and challenges. This paper will address how the Center for Environmental Management at the University of Redlands is addressing this challenge in support of the Salton Sea Restoration Project in Southern California.