Highbanks Metro Park

Review of Naturalist Apps:  HerpMapper:  This is an app that I have been using for years now! It is designed for citizen scientists to be able to catalog and inventory species of reptiles and amphibians in their area. The way the app works is by allowing you to take a picture of a reptile or amphibian, the app then guides you and asks for basic information such as location, time, and date. after that is completed you then have the option to also upload a call from the animal if there is one. this allows for animal calls to be uploaded into the database as well. Once the picture or call has been uploaded, the user is then asked to select the species. the menu for selecting this can be challenging and intimidating if the person is not very knowledgable on species. it starts by asking you to select the family of the species then allows you to look at the genus and finally species. After the species has been selected the user is asked to review all of the information before submitting. Onc

Web Soil Survey: Wastewater and irrigation discharge into the Olentangy River   Review: I am very much a beginner in using the tool, but it was interesting to see how it worked. it is very similar to how GIS works, so getting the hang of it was pretty easy. I really enjoyed being able to see the tools that were provided to see different layers on the map. I chose to look at irrigation discharge and food and manure discharge to see how much, if any goes into the Olentangy River that sits along the park. Since a lot of my interest focuses on reducing nutrient pollution in water this is a really good tool that will be useful to look further into that! 

Weather and Climate Links: Climate Change in Ohio   What Climate Change means for Ohio Climate Records Weather History I chose simple climate links for my study. I decided the most important data a resources would be on how exactly the climate in Ohio is and how it is changing. I also added weather and climate history to see how much it has changed over time.