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10 2017 Annual Report G I S T E A M W I N S I N T E R N A T I O N A L A W A R D The Game and Parks GIS team's advanced use of technology earned it international recognition in 2017, when it received the Special Achievement in GIS Award by ESRI, an international supplier of geographic information system software. Game and Parks was one of only 180 organizations selected from more than 300,000 eligible candidates around the world to receive this special recognition. The award specifi cally recognizes the team's latest accomplishment, an online open data portal, which provides authoritative GIS data to the public in a variety of formats. The team implemented an Enterprise GIS system. This system manages datasets in a central location, promotes collaboration, and provides a platform that citizens, state and federal agencies, and private organizations can access in order to build maps, create apps and view geospatial data. S T R E A M L I N I N G P R O C E S S E S F O R E N V I R O N M E N T A L R E V I E W S A N D C O N S E R V A T I O N P L A N N I N G Game and Parks launched the online, interactive Conservation and Environmental Review Tool (CERT) for staff and partners to conduct environmental reviews and assist in conservation planning eff orts. This tool provides conservation information on biological diversity, protected lands and other natural resources to help plan for the future. People who use this tool for conservation planning can look at projects in a broader picture to understand the opportunities and ideal locations to focus conservation measures that will be most benefi cial to the natural resources. It also aff ords consultants, partners and staff the ability to submit proposed projects for review of potential impacts to threatened, endangered and species of concern. This tool updates the agency and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service environmental review process, which will reduce the time waiting to receive an environmental review. People who use the tool can submit project information online and will receive an environmental review report within about 10 minutes. DIRECTOR DOUGLAS (FAR LEFT) PRESENTS THE GIS TEAM WITH THE AWARD.