Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program Hub and StoryMap

About the Program

Category: Information Technology (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Miami-Dade County Regulatory and Economic Resources (RER) Department in collaboration with the Information Technology Department (ITD), developed a series of applications with a Geographic Information System (GIS) focus that is integrated into the Division of Environmental Resources Management’s (DERM) Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program’s ArcGIS Hub and StoryMap. A strategy was developed by RER and ITD to implement a suite of solutions that would automate and integrate through an ArcGIS Hub and StoryMap, all the establishing mandates of the EEL Program. These solutions helped streamline processes, automate paper intensive workflows (thereby stopping the destruction of forests), and provide more effective and efficient ways to communicate and educate the public. RER and ITD collaboratively created and introduced innovative technologies such as an online community volunteer pre-registration program, interactive maps (acquisition, management, and conservation lands), ecosystem services/green infrastructure dashboards, and forest and wetland communities’ restoration monitoring tools to offer a cohesive and engaging web collection of technology tools and community engagement resources.