1997: Sandra Coveny, Oregon Coast Range Association OR
Sandra leading sessions with Michael Hamilton at the first official SCGIS conference in 1997
in the San Bernardino National Forest (photo C. Convis)
2019: Sandra (photo, below) on the Oregon Coast at Waldport, with visiting friend Michael Hamilton and children Kiyomi (R) and Adin (L). Adin is a second-generation SCGIS volunteer!
He joined the Camera & Documentary crew of the 2018 SCGIS Conference.
2019: Sandra relates her story of she became involved with SCGIS:
“I first learned about the conservation GIS community and about Esri’s conservation program in 1991 as a first year graduate student after I published an article in Wild Earth journal explaining the benefits of using GIS for conservation. Having been on the front lines of the spotted owl controversy in the Pacific Northwest (and using mylar overlays on USGS maps to draw in owl habitat and monitor timber sales), I wanted to continue being an activist, but gain scientific and technological background to benefit conservation efforts. The target audience for my article, and the journal itself, was both activists
