Project Overview
The City of Elk River is home to over 40 parks, each with trails and other amenities. The City’s park system provides open space, land conservation, and recreation opportunities for the community and beyond. However, the City’s current GPS technology is difficult to use in parks due to dense tree coverage, and the City needs to create maps that can easily be updated when trail courses change. Students will create digital maps of trails in the William H. Houlton Conservation Area (Elk River’s newest park, not opened to public yet).
Project Overview Poster
City Outcomes
The City of Elk River will is using this infomraiton to create a new and accurate map of trails for the William H. Houlton Conservation Area.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
Sustainable Communities Partnership Contact Info
University Faculty Contact
David Kelley
Geography
dwkelley@stthomas.edu
6519625569
Local Government / Community Contact
Kristin Mroz
Enviornmental Technician