The document describes how East Bay Regional Parks District uses GIS technology to manage parks and natural resources. It discusses several projects involving data collection and mapping of issues like invasive plants, hazardous trees, infrastructure improvements. GIS data is collected using a Trimble Juno GPS unit and uploaded into the ParkView system to analyze spatial information and document maintenance needs across the 13 park sites in the district.

1. GIS at East Bay Regional Parks
District

2. East Bay Regional Parks District
 Anthony Chabot
 Ardenwood Historic Farm
 Black Diamond Mines
 Coyote Hills
 Del Valle
 Garin
 Lake Chabot
 Mission Peak
 Redwood
 Shadow Cliffs
 Sunol
 Tilden

3. Parkview

4. Artichoke Thistle Project
 Monitoring Artichoke Thistle at East Bay
Regional Parks
 Ex:
 Movement
 Effected by weather conditions
 What pesticides kills it?
Invasive plant that has a spiny thistle from the sunflower. Limits
movement of livestock, and not good for hikers or runners on
trails. It also takes water, space, and nutrients away from native
vegetation

5. GIS at EBRPD
Planning Division
 Working with data parcels
outside of East Bay Regional
Parks District
 EX: obtaining new land
GIS Analysis
 Working with data parcels
inside of Easy Bay Regional
Parks District
 EX: analyzing biotic and
abiotic organisms

6. Hazardous Tree Project
Documenting potential trees that
could be hazardous to
infrastructure, trail gazers, and
overall flow through EBRPD
trails.

7. Hazardous Tree Project
 A tag number is placed on the tree
 A form is filled out that contains the
following
 GPS coordinates
 Tree tag number
 Lean
 Circumference of trunk
 Type of Tree
 Height
 Level of Hazard (1-3)
 Disease/Health
 Date

8. Hazardous Tree Project
 The Juno (GPS) makes a polygon of all the
trees that are located in a specific area
 EX for Tilden: upper/lower farm, Jewel
Lake, EEC, upper Laurel Trail
 Then polygon data is uploaded in Parkview
along with all the data that is filled out from
the form (like attribute table data)

9. TCP (Trails, Creeks, Ponds) Project
 Clear/Replace Existing Culvert
 Install Headwall/Tail wall
 Remove Debris
 Install Articulated Ford
 Replace Levee
 Install rock weir
 Install span bridge
 Restoration
 Dredge Silt Basin

10. Trimble Juno GPS unit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p4M27Iw_UE

11. Trimble Juno GPS unit
Collects data such as:
Points, lines, polygons
GPS coordinates
Camera
PDA functions
Ect.
https://youtu.be/i7WQocsPVEQ

12. Repair and/or Replace Stream Bank Rip-rap
1. Work Request or Appendix #:___________________________________
2. Observer name: __________________________ 3. Date of field assessment: ____________________
4. Park or Regional Trail name: ____________________________________________________________
5. Brief project site name: ____________________________________________________________________________
6. GPS location:
Latitude: Longitude*:
Units in Decimal
Degrees? (check if in same
format as example)
__ __ . __ __ __ __ __ __ __ . __ __ __ __
(Example: 37.xxxx or 38.xxxx) (Example: -121.xxxx or -122.xxxx)
**Decimal degrees is the default unit on your Juno**
------------------------------------------------------------ OR --------------------------------------------------------------
Units in Degrees,
Minutes, Seconds? (check
if in same format as example)
__ __ °__ __’ __ __” __ __ __ °__ __’ __ __”
(Example: 37°xx’xx” or 38°xx’xx”) (Example: 121°xx’xx” or 122°xx’xx”)
**If units are in this format, GPS coordinates will need to be converted. Please go to the TCP ParkView page for more
information.**
7. Source of the Lat/Long values (check one): GPS (Juno) OR ParkView
8. Take photos of site using the Juno GPS camera (complete all and check when completed):
Upstream view Downstream view Side view
9. Drainage name description: ____________________________________________________________
10. Length of rip-rap (in feet): ____________________________________________________________
11. Average width of rip-rap (in feet): _____________________________________________________
12. Total area of impact (in square feet) (length x average width): _______________________________
13. Total area of impact (in acres) (=square feet / 43,560): _____________________________________
14. Equipment required to complete project: Mechanized equipment includes an excavator, backhoe,
ten-wheel dump truck, and soil compactors.
15. Days required to complete project: _______1-8 days _______
16. Project description: Use the example and space provided on the back of this form to write the
project description.
(Example: 150 feet)
(Example: 2 feet)
Example: Brandon Trail
Example: Grass Valley Creek
Highlighted fields = need to be filled out in the field
Example: 150 x 2 = 300 square feet
Example: 300/ 43,560 = 0.007 acres
Contact Renee Robinson (RRobinson@EBParks.org; (510) 690-6650) with questions
* Remember to include the negative sign,
even if it is not shown on the Juno!
_
When you return from the field, use the instructions
downloaded from the TCP ParkView site to upload the
photos and submit the information to ParkView.
Repair/ReplaceStreambankform

13. Lower Packrat Trail

15. Dredge Silt Basin 1. Work Request or Appendix #:___________________________________
2. Observer name: __________________________ 3. Date of field assessment: ____________________
4. Park or Regional Trail name: ____________________________________________________________
5. Brief project site name: ____________________________________________________________________________
6. GPS location:
Latitude: Longitude*:
Units in Decimal
Degrees? (check if in same
format as example)
__ __ . __ __ __ __ __ __ __ . __ __ __ __
(Example: 37.xxxx or 38.xxxx) (Example: -121.xxxx or -122.xxxx)
**Decimal degrees is the default unit on your Juno**
------------------------------------------------------------ OR --------------------------------------------------------------
Units in Degrees,
Minutes, Seconds? (check
if in same format as example)
__ __ °__ __’ __ __” __ __ __ °__ __’ __ __”
(Example: 37°xx’xx” or 38°xx’xx”) (Example: 121°xx’xx” or 122°xx’xx”)
**If units are in this format, GPS coordinates will need to be converted. Please go to the TCP ParkView page for more
information.**
7. Source of the Lat/Long values (check one): GPS (Juno) OR ParkView
8. Take photos of site using the Juno GPS camera (complete all and check when completed):
Upstream view Downstream view Side view
9. Drainage name description: ____________________________________________________________
10. Average length of dredging area (in feet): _______________________________________________
11. Average width of dredging area (in feet): ________________________________________________
12. Average depth of dredging (in feet): ____________________________________________________
13. Volume of silt to be dredged (in cubic yards) [= (length x width x depth)/27]: __________________
14. Equipment required to complete project: Mechanized equipment includes an excavator, backhoe,
ten-wheel dump truck, and small trucks.
15. Days required to complete project: __________1 – 7 days_____________________
16. Project description: Use the example and space provided on the back of this form to write the
project description
(Example: 45 feet)
(Example: 20 feet)
Example: Tilden Nature Area, Silt Basin 2
Example: Wildcat Creek
Highlighted fields = need to be filled out in the field
(Example: 6 feet)
Example: (45 x 20 x 6)/27 = 200 CY
Contact Renee Robinson (RRobinson@EBParks.org; (510) 690-6650) with questions
* Remember to include the negative sign,
even if it is not shown on the Juno!
_
When you return from the field, use the instructions
downloaded from the TCP ParkView site to upload the
photos and submit the information to ParkView.
DredgeSiltBasinform

16. Jr. Ranger Pond