Posts by Scott Kaiser — Contributor

Scott Kaiser is an environmental planner specializing in urban watershed management and building climate resilient communities around the world. He has a strong interest in the application of geospatial technologies to better inform resource management decisions and is an all-around urban planning nerd.

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  Salt with care to protect your drinking water

  Public SafetyBy Renee Bourassa (Guest Contributor), Scott Kaiser (Contributor) January 8, 2018 11

  Every winter nationwide we dump more than 20 million tons of salt onto our roadways, parking lots, driveways, and sidewalks. Road salts are increasingly contributing to poor water quality in our streams, rivers, and lakes across the country.  Keep reading…

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  Here are the answers to this week’s mystery map post

  ParkingBy Scott Kaiser (Contributor) November 13, 2015 1

  Earlier this week, we posted a map of something in DC and asked if you could identify what it was showing. The map shows parking lots and parking garages within a quarter of a mile of Metro stops in the District. Did you get it right?  Keep reading…

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  Here is a map of… something in DC. Can you guess what?

  By Scott Kaiser (Contributor) November 11, 2015 77

  Here is another map of… something in DC. Last time we showed a map of buildings most likely to be inundated by a hurricane surge, and everyone who guessed got it right. Do you know what this one is showing? This week’s clues are the zoom-in maps themselves.   Keep reading…

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  Here is a map of… something in DC. Can you Guess what?

  By Scott Kaiser (Contributor) October 28, 2015 55

  This is our fourth post of a map of… something in DC. Our last map was a challenge for most of our readers. Last time, the map showed the number of times each station had appeared in the other Greater Greater Washington game, WhichWMATA. Can you guess what this one is showing? If you need clues, there are five after the jump!  Keep reading…

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  Here’s another DC mystery map! Can you guess what it’s showing?

  By Scott Kaiser (Contributor) October 14, 2015 59

  This is our third post of a map of… something in DC. Last time we showed the locations of historic districts in the District. This week we venture over the District Line on Metro. Can you guess what this one is showing? If you need clues, there are two after the jump!   Keep reading…

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  Here’s another DC mystery map! Can you guess what it’s showing?

  By Scott Kaiser (Contributor) September 23, 2015 86

  We’ve now run two posts with maps of… something in DC. The last one showed the location of community gardens. Can you guess what this one is showing? If you need clues, there are two after the jump!   Keep reading…

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  Here’s a map of… something in DC. Can you guess what?

  By Scott Kaiser (Contributor) September 2, 2015 102

  Last month, we posted about a map of Georgetown that was unclear about what, exactly, it was mapping. We eventually got to the bottom of it, but the experience gave us the idea to create a mystery map of our own. Can you guess what this one is showing?   Keep reading…