Tools We Are Using

Watch Duty — wildfire.watch duty.org Real-time wildfire monitoring, evacuation zones, fire perimeters. The institutional case study and a practical tool simultaneously.

SILVIS Lab WUI Maps — silvis.forest.wisc.edu National WUI maps at the parcel level, downloadable by state as GIS files. The foundational spatial dataset for understanding where development meets wildland across the US.

iNaturalist — inaturalist.org Citizen science platform for biodiversity observation. Directly useful for bobcat sightings, arundo documentation, post-fire wildlife surveys. Has a robust Southern California user community.

QGIS — qgis.org Open source GIS software. 

SW Maps — by Soflyy Field data collection app used for GPS logging and asset mapping.