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GIS helps fight noxious weeds in King County

The responsibilities of county government are many, including elections, criminal justice, property value assessment and taxation, and dozens of others. One obscure but economically important responsibility of King County is to reduce and, if possible, prevent the negative impacts of noxious weeds.

August 15, 2019 in Data, General News, GIS for Best Run Government, Project Spotlight.
Picture of the view from within the Sound Guardian

GIS on the SoundGuardian

King County’s marine research vessel, the SoundGuardian, spends much of its time on Puget Sound monitoring water quality, collecting samples to check on marine health, and maintaining marine buoys. Recently though, it went on its latest mission as part of a multi-year project to survey the King County saltwater shorelines and I was aboard.

June 4, 2018 in General News, GIS for Best Run Government, Project Spotlight.

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