Highlighting Oregon's WildLands (HOWL)

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v0.9.2^Beta

About this site

Welcome to HOWL (Highlighting Oregon's WildLands), an interactive 3D/4D mapping and visualization tool for presenting information relevant to the protection of wilderness and wildlife in Oregon.

HOWL is a volunteer project made for Oregon Wild. HOWL is open source and uses open data.

Data sources

World Imagery basemap from Esri
OpenStreetMap basemap from OpenStreetMap
USA Topo Map basemap from Esri
Oregon state boundary from the United States Census Bureau
Historic wildfire data from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS)
Oregon's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) old growth forests, clearcuts in Federal lands, current/potential wilderness areas, and OR7 journey route information from Oregon Wild
Oregon ecoregions data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
OR7 Expedition Story Map from the Wolf OR-7 Expedition Documentary Site (license)
Wolf model from Joshua Crown via OpenGameArt.org
Recent wildfires data & active wildfires layer from Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GeoMAC)

Open source components

Cesium Javascript library for globe and 3D mapping
Bootstrap for mobile friendly navigation bar and dialogs
jQuery mobile-friendly Javascript utility library
Chart.js charting library
Masonry cascading grid layout library
Magnific Popup photos lightbox effect

This is a work in progress. Please report bugs and omissions. We are continually testing and enhancing this application over time. You are welcome to fork this open source project and contribute to its development.

To learn more about this project, head over to this blog.

Feedback and questions are greatly appreciated

Help

To pan the view in the map area

Left-click and drag, or
Command-click and drag, or
Single finger drag gesture

To zoom the view in the map area

Right-click and drag, or
Mouse wheel scroll, or
Two finger pinch gesture

To rotate the view in the map area

Middle-click and drag, or
Control-click and drag, or
Two finger rotate gesture

Use the right side HOWL view panel to

See view legend
Select display options
Control timeline animation playback when available

Animation playback keyboard control

Spacebar: toggle play/pause
Up/Down arrow: faster/slower
Left/Right arrow: start/end

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World Imagery OpenStreetMap USA Topo Maps

State Boundary

Forest Land

Landsat Live Old Growth Forests on BLM Lands State-wide Clearcuts Wilderness Areas Potential Forest Wilderness Areas

Data provided by:

Tiles © Esri — Source: Esri, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, GeoEye, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, UPR-EGP, and the GIS User Community
Mapbox Landsat Live
Oregon Wild, BLM, USFS, Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA
Oregon Wild

Data attribution

May 18 2025 20:00:00 UTCMay 19 2025 00:00:00 UTCMay 19 2025 04:00:00 UTCMay 19 2025 08:00:00 UTCMay 19 2025 12:00:00 UTCMay 19 2025 16:00:00 UTCMay 19 2025 20:00:00 UTCMay 20 2025 00:00:00 UTC

May 20 2025 00:00:00 UTC

The Journey of Wolf OR-7

Display Options

Keep animation speed constant

Make camera track OR-7

Timeline playback

[Running @ 3 seconds per year]

Use buttons for playback control
Spacebar toggles play/pause

Wilderness Crossings

Wilderness Area
Potential Wilderness Area

Move the slider to adjust transparency

Public Land Crossings

Hide crossings

National Forest
Bureau of Land Management

Move the slider to adjust transparency

Hangout Areas

Hide labels

Hangout Area Boundary

Move the slider to adjust transparency

OR7 Expedition Story Map

Display story map overlay

Move the slider to adjust transparency

Journey log

OR-7 Information Links

Press Coverage Sample

OR-7 Wolf: Can the Legendary Border Crosser Save His Endangered Species?
Where is Oregon’s most famous wolf now?

Oregon Wild

Don't Stop Believing: The Journey of Wolf OR-7

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Wolves in Oregon

Photos - Mammals: Canine; Wolves

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

OR-7 – A Lone Wolf's Story

Documentaries

Wolf OR-7 Expedition

OR7 - The Journey

Books

Journey: The Amazing Story of OR-7

Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7

Data Sources: Oregon Wild, Wolf OR-7 Expedition