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Paving Paradise
Paving Paradise
A Maryland community fights a distribution center from being developed in their own backyard.
Gabriel Watson
May 13, 2022
Hey Alexa, look up swimming conditions near me: Water Reporter Assistant v1.0
Hey Alexa, look up swimming conditions near me: Water Reporter Assi...
With the rollout of Water Reporter’s Beta API, our team has been hard at work identifying approaches to make our platform’s data and…
R. John Dawes
Apr 22, 2022
How healthy is Bellingham Bay’s stormwater?
How healthy is Bellingham Bay’s stormwater?
This article is republished with permission from RE Sources. You can find the original article here.
Kirsten McDade
Apr 14, 2022
Upgraded Account Management
Upgraded Account Management
FieldDoc System Update March 2022
Erin Hofmann
Apr 5, 2022
Water Reporter In Action: Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
Water Reporter In Action: Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
BNW’s water monitoring program delivers information for improving their watershed from federal legislators to community members.
Erin Hofmann
Mar 29, 2022
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The Water Reporter Station Card
The Water Reporter Station Card
A deep dive into an API-driven R Shiny Application
Gabriel Watson
Mar 23, 2022
NFWF Chesapeake Program 2022 Funding Opportunities Announced
NFWF Chesapeake Program 2022 Funding Opportunities Announced
Applicants will use FieldDoc to share practice installation information
Erin Hofmann
Mar 10, 2022
2022 NFWF Delaware Program Funding Opportunities Announced
2022 NFWF Delaware Program Funding Opportunities Announced
Applicants will use FieldDoc to track restoration practice information
Erin Hofmann
Mar 8, 2022
Feature Release: The Public Beta API is now Live!
Feature Release: The Public Beta API is now Live!
A primer on Water Reporter’s API and the power of software integrations
Gabriel Watson
Mar 1, 2022
Overcoming Information Blindness
Overcoming Information Blindness
with Data Visualization Design
Erin Hofmann
Feb 24, 2022
The New Era of Oil and Gas
The New Era of Oil and Gas
Analysing Facility and Permit Data from EIP’s Oil and Gas Watch Database
Gabriel Watson
Feb 7, 2022
Oil and Gas Watch
Oil and Gas Watch
Tracking the Impact of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Expansion
R. John Dawes
Feb 1, 2022
Haw River Watch
Haw River Watch
Sharing Monitoring Data to Improve Water Quality Initiatives in North Carolina
Erin Hofmann
Jan 20, 2022
The Patuxent: Good from Afar, Far from Good
The Patuxent: Good from Afar, Far from Good
Human induced climate change is increasing air temperature. From the Arctic to Death Valley, the past century and particularly the past…
Gabriel Watson
Jan 10, 2022
California Multi-Stakeholder Response to Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring
California Multi-Stakeholder Response to Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring
A case study of successful partnership and collaboration
Erin Hofmann
Dec 20, 2021
Respect the Shenandoah
Respect the Shenandoah
The Shenandoah River in Virginia flows through 100 mile long forks — the North Fork and the South Fork — as well as a mainstem before…
Erin Hofmann
Dec 14, 2021
Integrating APIs
Integrating APIs
A primer on building an integration quality checklist
R. John Dawes
Dec 8, 2021
Welcome to The Commons Ivan!
Welcome to The Commons Ivan!
We are proud to welcome a new full stack and development operations engineer to The Commons. Hailing from Serbia, Ivan Trajkovic has spent…
R. John Dawes
Oct 22, 2021
Technology Innovator Interviews: Open Environmental Data Project, Defenders of Wildlife & The…
Technology Innovator Interviews: Open Environmental Data Project, Defenders of Wildlife & The…
The following is a repost from the Environmental Policy Innovation Center, as part of the Digital Service for the Planet series. The…
R. John Dawes
Oct 12, 2021
Why API?
Why API?
Decoding this critical piece of infrastructure
Gabriel Watson
Sep 22, 2021
Robbie O’Donnell Joins The Commons as Water Data Collaborative Coordinator
Robbie O’Donnell Joins The Commons as Water Data Collaborative Coordinator
The Commons proudly welcomes Robbie O’Donnell to The Commons as the inaugural Water Data Collaborative Coordinator. In this newly created…
R. John Dawes
Aug 31, 2021
Documenting Compliance Across 9k Facilities and Sites Throughout the State of MD
Documenting Compliance Across 9k Facilities and Sites Throughout the State of MD
Working in partnership with Chesapeake Legal Alliance, The Commons has successfully deployed the Maryland Violation Tracker, a web mapping…
Gabriel Watson
Aug 23, 2021
Richard K Mellon Foundation Begins Project and Program Tracking for the Western Pennsylvania…
Richard K Mellon Foundation Begins Project and Program Tracking for the Western Pennsylvania…
Software solutions and partner collaboration inform investment and progress to achieve business plan goals
Erin Hofmann
Jul 14, 2021
Partners Highlight James River Water Quality Achievements
Partners Highlight James River Water Quality Achievements
New StoryMap and Tracking System Shows 3 Years of Progress
R. John Dawes
Jul 8, 2021
James River Watch 2.0
James River Watch 2.0
Aggregating Data to inform Swimming, Boating, and River Activities
Gabriel Watson
Jun 22, 2021
Our Project Scoping Approach
Our Project Scoping Approach
Strategies that keep teams on track and clients on board
Erin Hofmann
May 24, 2021
Cleveland Water Alliance’s Smart Citizen Science Initiative
Cleveland Water Alliance’s Smart Citizen Science Initiative
A network of monitoring groups have come together to showcase water quality across the Lake Erie Region
Erin Hofmann
May 6, 2021
With Great Impact, Comes Great Visualization
With Great Impact, Comes Great Visualization
Building a map to highlight Save the Sounds incredible impact on the Long Island Sound. e
Gabriel Watson
Apr 16, 2021
Water Data Collaborative, a New Program at The Commons
Water Data Collaborative, a New Program at The Commons
The Commons is honored to have the new responsibilities of hosting the multi-stakeholder Water Data Collaborative (WDC)
Erin Hofmann
Mar 9, 2021
Verifying Management Practice Implementation and Performance with Volunteer Water Quality…
Verifying Management Practice Implementation and Performance with Volunteer Water Quality…
For both planning and reporting, models help transform the flow of information and effective decision-making power of investors…
Erin Hofmann
Feb 16, 2021
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