Student and volunteer placements list GIS

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1 Student and volunteer placements list GIS No Section Topic Outputs Location Contact Status G1 Spatial analysis and of recent conservation projects Produce GIS map and list of site visits, conservation advice, and contact with landowners and organisations over the past 5yrs. Purpose = to show to DWT members and funders where we have been working and what we have been doing. To track work locations and to identify gaps in the locations of conservation works. Also potentially to place on the website. GIS map of conservation action sites and landowner visits G2 Wild Places Habitat map digitising Creating a digital GIS map of the Phase 1 urban site habitat mapping which was produced by the Wild Places project Digitised data within GIS David Peace G3 Setting up a long term volunteer digitising project Researching and investigating a suitable method for a long term volunteer project (e.g. over 1yr) to create a Phase 1 habitat map of Co Durham using only GIS information and aerial photographs. a full coverage map showing the field by field habitats present in the county. Steps include how to digitise over aerial photographs, date of photographs, keeping track of areas of the county that have been covered. Purpose = to provide an estimate of how long the project might take to complete and to provide a step by step instruction booklet students to use Method for project Step by step instructions. Estimate of how long it takes per 1km square to do the survey G4 Compiling list of available free GIS data suitable for nature conservation use Compiling a check list of all currently free and available GIS data under research or noncommercial license or available to wildlife trusts and charities. List under heading types - e.g. social / environmental / pollution / population etc. Purpose = to ensure that DWT uses all available GIS data. To highlight to other Wildlife Trusts the range of data currently available for use in conservation projects. Table of data in word format G5 Landscape + membership services Where to see wildlife in County Durham Produce 1 composite map of the best locations to see wildlife in county Durham colour coded or labelled by either species or season. Also 4 individual maps, 1 for each season showing locations to see wildlife. GIS map of wildlife watching location

2 Student and volunteer placements list Reports / factsheets No Section Topic Outputs Contact Status R1 General Wildlife factsheets for website Produce a summary wildlife guidance factsheet / document max 4 sides A4 on particular wildlife conservation topics. E.g. - Wildlife friendly gardening - Ponds and wildlife - Park management / open spaces / grass cutting - Wildlife and buildings. To research the topic, examine other websites / factsheets etc and write material and ref all suitable sources. To include suitable photographs and technical drawings. To clear all necessary copyright so the material can be placed on the web. Purpose = to promote to the public and DWT members ways of achieving conservation and to be able to direct members of the public who phone us up to our website for further detailed information. Finished. Sources material and copies of any references and websites / Julie R2 R3 R4 waterways R5 General / Reserves R6 Landscape + Membership services Flood plain restoration techniques waterways practical and academic examples of river and floodplain restoration (see below) Researching in the academic literature and on websites etc the current range of practical conservation management techniques - with examples of where they have been successful Purpose = to ensure that projects have best available information to choose the best techniques when designing conservation schemes of current project methods around the UK Listing existing living landscape projects Wildlife Trusts - research and listing all current active living landscape projects by other Wildlife Trusts extracting and noting all projects methods, partners, funders, and conservation works / outcomes and how presented on each Trust s website. Purpose = to ensure that DWT is aware of other ongoing conservation project to learn from them, to be aware of up to date methods and to be aware of all funding organisations Opportunity mapping Listing current biodiversity opportunity mapping projects Wildlife Trusts, Natural England and Environment Agency to categorise and discuss the methods used Purpose = to provide a resource for DWT when we undertaken biodiversity opportunity mapping so that we can choose and select available methods and learn from other previous projects Durham Wildlife Trust conservation Calculating our land area of reserves and species as proportion of the total in Durham (GIS + ) Where to watch wildlife in County Durham Project to compile a list of the best location to see particular wildlife in county Durham - need to draw up a list of species, species groups, and habitats. Research and investigate the locations where each occurs, list who owns site, highlight those owned by DWT, is there visitor facilities?, car park? etc, when is best time to visit to see each feature. Consult local experts / and GIS records then - List all in a table ready to produce a map. Michael Rogers?

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4 Student and volunteer placements list Fundraising / volunteering / project planning / publicity No Section Topic Outputs Contact Status V1 General Rainton Meadows Office Volunteer co-ordinator To maintain overview and summary of office based and contacts at Rainton Meadows. To review links to schools / colleges and initiate and mange volunteer placements. Research potential funding for transport / materials etc and keep overview of volunteer related application deadlines (generally smaller funds larger funds will be dealt with by Sarah ). Finished. Sources material and copies of any references and websites / Julie V2 General Funding development volunteer research To complete on line applications and adverts to research the relative need / desire for different types of volunteer activity potentially carried out by the trust e.g. bring in to compile level of interest statistics for use in future funding bids. V3 General Member and visitor surveys and research Research methods to find why members of the public are interested in the work of the trust, the best methods to communicate our work to them via leaflets, locations etc, etc, - marketing and publicity style and how to get them more involved in our work. Potentially design a questionnaire or articles to be sent to members / public to request ides initiatives / projects or schemes or particular locations with the County to benefit from conservation. V4 Project planning V5 Funding / project partners V6 Ecologist / planning applications Project planning volunteer To meet with members of staff to discuss potential future conservation project ideas (to be initiated in 2 + yrs time). To research similar projects in other Wildlife Trusts and Local Authorities around the country, contact other Trusts for advice / methods and documents and to then put together a project plan outlining how the project could be delivered e.g. timescale / costs etc. Research / investigate novel project partners and funders Consider the range of potential future projects at the Trust (see V4) then research current work conducted by other Wildlife Trusts. Review all potential new / novel project partners and funding sources that have not yet been explored by Durham Wildlife Trust. Eg health / European / etc. Volunteer ecologist / planning application officer conjunction with the Landscape Co-ordinator devise a procedure to assess and reply to priority planning applications that may have wildlife implications in the local authority areas covered by the Trust. Procedure and method note / Sarah Various various

5 V7 V8 Big society wildlife officer terpretation / education Review contacts with local authorities planning departments and ecologists. itiate a system to review, assess and reply to priority planning applications as a standardised procedure. Big Society Wildlife support officer Research scope for a volunteer post to support big society projects e.g. local friends of, management groups, right to buy schemes, etc. Research potential scope of post, write outline tasks, guidance and research funding vestigate planning application that may impact local communities / identify wildlife areas with potential to be managed by local communities. terpretation / outreach materials conjunction with staff review, update and improve project and topic outreach publicity materials concentrating on producing powerpoint presentations with maps and photographs of key Durham wildlife habitats and species and conservation project for use in staff talks publicity / Trust magazine / promotion events. Procedure and method note Powerpoint materials for multiple topics? various