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Following a historically destructive wildfire season and the global coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 2 million lives, the annual Starker Lecture Series is set to return to Oregon
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KLCC’s Aubrey Bulkeley reports about a collaboration to provide information about Oregon parks in one place.
The website mapping tool shows amenities, Covid prevalence and crowding potential. It also links to any relevant websites that may contain more details.
Credit Knot, Oleg Pashkovsky & Lika Borisova, Oregon Office of Outdoor Recreation
At the beginning of the pandemic, Portland landscape architecture firm, Knot, received a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program. They decided to use the money for public service efforts and reached out to government agencies.
The Oregon Office of Outdoor Recreation responded with an idea for a website to combine information from land management organizations.
Online mapping tool helps plan for safe outdoor recreation amid COVID-19
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon s Office of Outdoor Recreation is promoting the use of Parkpulse.io as a web tool to plan outdoor recreation opportunities during the pandemic.
Parkpulse.io is an online mapping tool which provides information about most of Oregon’s publicly accessible recreation areas including city, county, state, and federal lands.
This web resource displays nearby recreation opportunities based on a user’s location and shows detailed information for each site, such as; available amenities, the potential for encountering crowds and an estimate of site specific COVID-19 prevalence.