Abby Hardy-Moss (Vice President of Stewardship, Planning, and Technology) and Becca Smalley (GIS Specialist) from the Essex County Greenbelt Association will help us learn about various data layers that can be used to help identify parcels of interest and gain a better understanding of their conservation values. An overview of Greenbelt’s Conservation Prioritization GIS analysis project will be provided including a case study of how Greenbelt uses the prioritization to identify and prioritize potential land protection projects. This event is being hosted by the Early Career Conservation Network, an interest group of the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition whose mission is to provide networking and training opportunities for those in their first 10 years of a career in land conservation.
Abby Hardy-Moss
Abby is the Vice President of Stewardship, Planning, and Technology for Greenbelt. She manages all aspects of the geo-spatial program, which includes the GreenbeltGo trails app, interactive mapping, data analysis, database design and management, and kiosk and trail map design. In addition to her work at Greenbelt, Abby has served as an adjunct professor of GIS at Salem State University’s Geography and Sustainability Department. Abby has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Policy & Planning from Tufts University and a Bachelor's in Communications from Emerson College.
Becca Smalley
Becca is the GIS Specialist in the Stewardship, Planning, and Technology department at Greenbelt. She brings her geographic, analytical, and technical skills to support all of Greenbelt’s departments and core mission. She creates maps and web map applications, helps maintain and update Greenbelt’s database, and implements significant GIS analysis projects such as Greenbelt’s Land Conservation Prioritization. She is a Certified Remote Pilot under the FAAs Part 107 rules where she creates high resolution maps and collects imagery and footage of Greenbelt's properties. Becca has obtained a Master's Degree in Geo-Information Science and Bachelor's in Cartography from Salem State University.