Idea for MidTerm continued

So after thinking about it, I'm still really interested in the wildlife of the area. Before my focus was probably more on the dogs and dog owners who seemed to frequent the park but after visiting it the last time, I realized that there are a lot more than just dogs running around. I was especially fascinated by all the little critters running around; the mice and gophers. Thats when I had the idea to incorporate this interest into the project.

Since my group members are interested in the different aspects of human use around the park and I'm interested in the wildlife, I thought that we could do two different and yet connected advertisement pamphlets... It could maybe even be combined into one depending on how it works out. Each pamphlet would have a separate target audience:

Pamphlet #1) Humans, which would show pictures and give details about why come to Glen Canyon Park, what to expect there, importance/human relationship to the creek, relationship with wildlife, brief history, etc.

Pamphlet #2) Wildlife, or more specifically from the point of view of the mice that live there. This one would have all the same elements/components but directed towards other wildlife or mice looking for a good place to move to and live. This could describe food sources, dangers (birds, coyotes, etc), the best real estate and communities (the clearing where we saw the most activity), a guide on how to co-exist with humans, etc. The ultimate purpose of doing it through the point of view of the mice is to describe how animals are able to survive and prosper in the city; a very unlikely place. It would be a way to point out to us humans that even though we think that we live in an urban setting, nature and wildlife is still all around and (possibly) still depend on the creek; something that most humans have forgotten.

BOTTOM LINE: 2 very different point of views of the Glen Canyon Park area, illustrating its different purposes.

This way, both human and animal interests are addressed. As for the digital mapping component, this could be where we saw human activity and mouse/animal activity... kind of like a comparison of how a bunch of different beings can co-exist in a particular area and how they use certain parts of the park differently.

This Glen Canyon Park pamphlet served as the inspiration for my idea....