{"id":2759,"date":"2020-02-25T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/habitat.fisheries.org\/?p=2759"},"modified":"2020-02-25T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T07:00:01","slug":"fish-habitat-partnership-releases-new-infographic-reaching-wider-audiences-in-todays-visual-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/habitat\/fish-habitat-partnership-releases-new-infographic-reaching-wider-audiences-in-todays-visual-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish Habitat Partnership Releases New Infographic: Reaching Wider Audiences In Today\u2019s Visual World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If\nyou follow fish habitat advocacy in the United States, there is a good chance\nthat you have run across the National Fish Habitat Partnership. Since 2006,\nthis group has been coordinating with local and regional organizations to match\nfederal funding (typically at a 3:1 ratio) for high-priority habitat projects\nsuch as rehabilitating estuaries on the Atlantic Coast and recovering imperiled\ndesert fish in the Mohave Desert. So far, 935 projects have been funded across\n50 states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\nscientists, we take pride in the final product of our boots-on-the-ground\nrestoration work, but these projects begin long before putting waders in the\nwater and even before the office meetings and email chains. Habitat restoration\nprojects like the ones completed through the Partnership often begin with communication\nand education. They begin perhaps as early as the first time you asked yourself\nin that first-grade classroom where fish like to live. They begin with people\nthat care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nthat end, the Partnership recently released their third infographic to highlight\ntheir accomplishments and motivate future investment in fish habitat. The\ninfographic uses a blend of images, diagrams, and words to convey the growth\nand impact of the Partnership over the past 13 years.  I reached out to Ryan Roberts, program manager\nfor the Partnership, to hear his thoughts on the benefits of this new\ninfographic: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\nfeel that the use of infographics helps to tell a great story graphically and\nhelps to cut down on displaying too much information through text. Infographics\ncan be compelling tools to get people’s attention\u2026 they have been great to use\nto tell our story and have as leave-behind information to get people interested\nin our efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\nseems to me that the Partnership is doing what any successful organization\nneeds to in order to survive and thrive: adapting. It is a strategy of\nself-introduction to our highly visual world that greets 2020 with a hello and\na vital message – that fish habitat still is, and always has been, incredibly\nimportant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists\nexcel at the process of collecting, interpreting, and sharing data with other\nscientists\u2013 however, we have not quite cracked\nhow to best share what we know with the rest of the world, or why our knowledge\nmatters. One more infographic won\u2019t change that overnight \u2013 but it is a great\nplace to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nmore information about the Partnership:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan\nRoberts <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFHP\nProgram Manager<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

rroberts@fishwildlife.org<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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