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GIS Partnership Summary
Erie
County's Dissemination of
GIS Data and Technology to Municipalities
Partnership Purpose and Goal
The long-term partnership between the Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) was recently expanded to include a shared staff person with Erie County's Department of Environment and Planning. This shared position will reinforce efforts to coordinate dissemination of GIS data and technology to municipalities throughout Erie County. It builds on earlier efforts to promote GIS through the USDA sponsored "GIS and Conservation Technologies" AmeriCorps team that was based in the East Aurora Service Center over a two year period.Participants and Resource Contributions
- Erie County Soil
and Water Conservation District - software, hardware, partial funding
- Erie County Dept.
of Environment and Planning - software,
hardware, partial funding
- USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service - software,
hardware, partial funding
Time Frame
Date Partnership
Began: July 2002
Completion Date: On-going
Deliverables
Data dissemination and technology transfer.Brief Summary of Partnership
For many years the East Aurora Field Office of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District (ECSWCD) and the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning (ECDEP) have informally shared data and supported each other's GIS needs . For two years, this informal relationship was supported by the efforts of a USDA sponsored AmeriCorps "GIS and Conservation Technology Team." This team helped develop and assemble many of the data sets that remain part of the base data used by all three agencies, which have been widely distributed to public and private users throughout the region, and are used in the County's web page: www.erie.gov/maps.ECSWCD and ECDEP have entered into a contract to bring on a GIS analyst, shared between the agencies and housed at the ECSWCD/NRCS office. The partnership efforts have been formalized with the objective of providing all municipalities in Erie County the opportunity to involve themselves in internet-based GIS. Additionally, the partnership expects to assist municipalities in setting up and maintaining their own local GIS operations if needed. The objective of the partnership is to provide public officials and departments within local municipalities with GIS access while enabling the sharing of necessary applications, data and training.
Additional Information Available
On-line
http://www.erie.gov/maps
Contact Information
John Whitney
District Conservationist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
50 Commerce Way
East Aurora, NY 14052
Phone: (716) 652-8480
Fax: (716) 652-8506
E-Mail: john.whitney@ny.usda.gov
Dale Morris
GIS Director
Erie County Department of Environment and Planning
95 Franklin Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: (716) 858-8390
E-Mail: morrisd@bflo.co.erie.ny.us
Cally Miklasz
Executive Secretary Treasurer
Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District
50 Commerce Way
East Aurora, NY 14052
Phone: (716) 652-8480
Fax: (716) 652-8506
E-Mail: cally-miklasz@ny.nacdnet.org