CANA and Colorado Mountain Club Team Up For The Win!
- Kassie McRostie
- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min read
The Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) recently received the 2020 Public Lands Alliance (PLA) Innovative Product Award for the CMC Recreation Impact Monitoring System (CMC RIMS). CANA is a proud technology partner of CMC and helped develop and currently maintains the CMC RIMS. PLA’s Innovative Product Award recognizes an interpretive product of any medium created in partnership by a nonprofit organization and land management agency that embodies a path-breaking approach to achieve a public lands mission.
The CMC RIMS includes a mobile app, data environment, and dashboards. The CMC RIMS Mobile App is free to all users and allows crowd sourcing of outdoor recreation use and assessment data to capture impacts on outdoor recreation natural resources. The data environment provides a collection point for multiple data sources - including the mobile app data - that is then delivered to Natural Resource Land Managers, counties and municipalities for use in making resource allocation decisions.
The CANA Foundation provided the initial version of the RIMS Mobile App. Since then, CANA has been partnering with CMC to maintain the app and develop the data environment and dashboards.
The CANA team including, Dan Sterrett (Principal Software Developer) and Norm Reitter (Chief Analytics Officer), and CANA’s partners at ReconInsight have been working with CMC’s Conservation Director, Julie Mach, to develop the CMC RIMS and provide resources for stakeholders including, public land managers, counties, local municipalities, and conservation-minded volunteer groups. CMC RIMS has proven to be a key technology enabler to help CMC build their tools, networks, and capacities supporting their Strategic Plan 2025 Conservation & Stewardship goals. Find out more about the CMC's Strategic Plan 2025 Conservation & Stewardship goals on page 16, here.
We encourage anyone interested to download the free CMC RIMS app onto your Android or Apple Device from the Google Play or Apple Store! From there, you can either complete the app’s Online Training - just 20 minutes - to get access to the full assessment monitoring capabilities in the app or track your activities or enter basic impact data wherever you recreate! Check out our CMC RIMS brochure for a more detailed explanation of how CMC RIMS works.
Thank you, CMC, for allowing us to be a part of this innovative project and congratulations! Please watch their acceptance video below.
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Congratulations to CANA and the Colorado Mountain Club on this impressive achievement! Using technology to monitor recreation impacts and support conservation is a great example of how innovation can help protect natural and cultural destinations. Similar approaches can benefit popular travel experiences around the world, including Kathmandu Day Tours, where preserving heritage sites and managing visitor experiences are essential for sustainable tourism.
This is a great example of how technology and conservation can work together to protect natural spaces and support responsible recreation. Similar efforts are valuable on remote routes like the Manaslu Circuit, where better monitoring and sustainable practices can help preserve the region’s unique landscapes and trails for future trekkers.
It’s great to see the CANA and Colorado Mountain Club teams being appreciated for their strong efforts. Their commitment to conservation and responsible land management mirrors the careful practices needed to protect Lobuche East Peak, helping keep the mountain environment safe, clean, and enjoyable for future climbers.
Great to see the CANA and Colorado Mountain Club teams recognized for their outstanding work. Their focus on conservation and smart land management reflects the same responsible approach that helps preserve the beauty of the Everest Three Pass Trek for future adventurers.
Congratulations to the CANA and Colorado Mountain Club teams on this well-deserved recognition. It is inspiring to see technology supporting conservation and better land management. This also connects well with trekking routes like the Annapurna Circuit, where responsible travel matters. Wishing continued success for the CMC RIMS project and its positive impact on outdoor recreation.