5. Situation:
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Invasive Species of North America:
Boll Weevil - Texas
Army Worms - Nova Scotia
Pine Beetles - Wyoming
Emerald Ash Borer - Indiana
Japanese Beetles - Illinois
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Utilization of previously existing social media.
Encourage public to participate through
technology.
Make data available for scientific research
and databases.
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7. Facebook
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Facebook page dedicated to
photo sharing.
Location services allow accurate
pinpoint of problem species.
Ease of sharing would
effectively spread the message.
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8. Instagram
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Photos may be
uploaded for species
identification.
Implement a hashtag
for uploaded photos to
share data for species
in different areas.
Built in Location
services for an accurate
location.
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9. Potential Partnerships
● Department of Natural Resources
○ Helping control the spread of invasive species
● 4-H Clubs & Newsletters
○ Encouraging our clubs to join/participate
● Advertizing
○ Newspapers, Flyers, Social Media Sites, etc.
● USDA
○ Warn farmers about potential spread of pests
● Farm Supply Chemical Company
○ Connect FS with potential customers for
pest extermination.
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11. Overview
Objective:
● To get more involvement in science
● Teaching science through helping them make
the videos
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12. Video Content
4-H STEM Youtube channel
It will contain:
● Promotional videos
● How to videos
● Fun facts
● Science experiments
● Assistance with 4-H projects
● Explanation of general citizenship science
● Information on rare and unique species
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The videos will be maintained by volunteers.
Individual communities can get involve.
Statewide video contests can be held to
involve youth.
Youth create a youtube channel and if it
becomes popular, they can make profit.
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16. Plant and Tree Mapping
Objective: Provide a geospatial application for
government and private entities to use in plant
and tree species data collection by youth groups.
● Standardized data collection
● Organizations can use collected data in their
GIS workflow
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17. Past Plant and Tree 4-H Projects
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18. Trail Mapping
Objective: Provide trail mapping trainings and
facilitate in the mapping of trails
● Use geospatial technologies such as GPS or a
smartphone, combined with software such as
ArcGI.
● 54,000 miles of
National Trails, many
are not mapped.
Copy of the Chimney Rock, NC NFS Trail Map
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