Hey folks, we’re currently running a survey to learn more about the market/business/needs end of the FarmOS: Conservation Planner application that Mike is working on with Erin Pearse.
We’re looking for people who are, or are in the domain, of conservation planning to fill out the below survey. This actually will make a big difference in the sustainability of the project, so if you know anyone or you yourself are a planner, a technical assistance provider, work for the NRCS, or work at a related institution (like the forest service or land grant institutions) that interface with conservation ag planning, please read below or pass along to your networks.
Thanks!
Greg and Erika
Hello!
FarmOS, Point Blue, Our Sci, CalPoly Initiative for Climate Leadership and Resilience and the Upper Salinas-Las Tablas Resource Conservation District are designing a new, low cost, open-source software for Conservation Planning for both producers and planners. The software includes onboarding, conservation practice and resource planning, auto-generation of reports, report templating and will expand from there to monitoring, verification, additional planning activities, and beyond. We are in the prototype and discovery phase, collecting information about current software use and asking for your feedback. These tools are made to be used independently or alongside Conservation Desktop and similar existing software to create more efficient workflows. Most importantly, they are open source and designed by and for those who use them.
If you are involved in the conservation planning process, please take 5-10 minutes to fill out this survey. Your voice really matters! It will be used in a needs assessment report, to continue supporting this work, and be summarized (and anonymized) for the software developers to expand in new and useful directions. We want these tools to streamline the workflow and unlock the maximum amount for conservation implementation.
Click here to take the 5-10 min [u]Conservation Planning Software Survey[/u]. Please share with other conservation planners and reach out to Greg Austic with questions (greg@our-sci.net).
Thank you,
Greg Austic
PS if you want to see an very early demo of the software, watch here (start at minute 3)