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ESRI, the GIS juggernaut, awarded Connecticut’s Changing Landscape, created by a UCONN student, first place in the Science/Technology/Education category of the Esri Storytelling with Maps Contest today. The presentation uses satellite imagery to track changes between 1985 and 2010.

Its a evocative storyline with appealing maps and charts telling the story of Connecticut's changes in land use and how it affects natural areas and resources Some interesting tidbits from the presentation:

• Turf and grass now cover more of Connecticut than agricultural fields.
• Between 1985 and 2010, 29,661 acres in the riparian zone were converted to developed or turf & grass.
• In 2010, CT had 1716 watersheds with impervious cover levels indicative of poor watershed health, representing over 25% of the 6851 local basins in Connecticut.