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Commission previews interactive NRI StoryMap; members ask that town host link and add sharing instructions
Summary
Presenter Matt walked the Warner Conservation Commission through a new interactive Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) StoryMap, showing an intro, quick recommendations, device‑display disclaimers and share options; commissioners asked that the link be posted on the town website and that a visible edit date appear for town‑meeting materials.
Matt, the presenter, guided the commission through the new NRI StoryMap, an interactive companion to the NRI PDF that places key recommendations and visuals at the top and provides pop‑ups and swipe examples to clarify map layers.
"There's the title and, some some credits going on. This intro section is quite new," Matt said as he demonstrated the StoryMap features, including a prominent abbreviated recommendations section for quick readers and direct links to the full NRI document.
Commission members asked practical questions about device compatibility and distribution. Matt said the StoryMap is responsive but that some map visuals show best on a desktop and that the link auto‑updates so edits appear immediately; he offered to add a visible edit date. Alice said, "I think this is a huge improvement," and Nancy asked that the commission post the link on the Town of Warner site and on the conservation commission page so the StoryMap appears prominently in town notices.
Members discussed whether to provide a small number of paper copies for the library and for town‑meeting display; Doug and others agreed a dozen poster copies would be useful. Matt and commission members also agreed to add short instructions explaining how to share the StoryMap link from the site’s share button so residents can distribute it easily.
Matt said the StoryMap’s co‑occurrence layers (used for visualizing overlapping resources) would not update instantly if conservation‑land inputs change; those layers require a rerun of underlying weights. He said, however, that the StoryMap can reflect interim updates to basic layers (for example, updated conservation boundaries) without a full recalculation.
The commission thanked Matt for the presentation and asked staff to coordinate on where the StoryMap link should be hosted and how the poster maps and a dated StoryMap export could be prepared for the March 11 town meeting.
