The community group Baxter Creek Watershed Alliance (BCWA) is delighted to announce an in-kind donation by the company Esri Canada which is contributing software and services to BCWA worth over $12,000 as well as guidance, consultation and technical support.
What is Esri? Esri is a state of the art Geographic Information System (GIS) that allows multiple layers of information to be displayed on a single map. This will be an extremely useful tool in the precise mapping of the Baxter Creek watershed which is so important to the present and future environmental and physical security of the Cavan Monaghan community.
Esri Canada – “Environmental Systems Research Institute”, called “Ez-ree” by users, is a global distribution partner in the ESRI worldwide network. Esri Inc. was established in California in 1969 by Jack Dangermond. Jack Dangermond, a renowned horticulturist and landscape architect, and close friend of Jane Goodall, is extremely supportive of conservation work and believes that highly detailed GIS mapping can help influence conservation efforts for the human good.
Esri Canada is a 100% privately owned Canadian company which was founded in 1984 by Alex Miller who is still president and is also supportive of incisive detailed mapping and identifying rural environmental assets.
Fleming college students will be using the Esri Hub through BCWA for their GIS projects with a live demonstration at Fleming Geo Community Open House on June 30th. Their work is being added to a new Baxter Creek Watershed Hub page at www.baxtercreekwatershed.org/baxter-creek-hub.
By Baxter Creek Watershed Alliance
