# Clear Lake Watch v0.1 Evidence Summary

**Audience:** Career Services, internship reviewers, scholarship reviewers, and mentors  
**Prepared:** 2026-05-14  
**Project stage:** late prototype / early MVP  

## One-Sentence Summary

Clear Lake Watch is a public watershed intelligence dashboard prototype for Clear Lake, California that integrates public environmental data, GIS context, source-freshness metadata, map-review status, and cautious methodology notes into a static GitHub Pages dashboard.

## Best Links To Review

- Live dashboard: <https://coreytshaffer.github.io/clear-lake-watch/>
- Internship review start here: [internship-review-start-here.md](internship-review-start-here.md)
- GitHub repository: <https://github.com/coreytshaffer/clear-lake-watch>
- One-page outreach summary: [portfolio-outreach-summary-2026-05-17.md](portfolio-outreach-summary-2026-05-17.md)
- Methodology: <https://coreytshaffer.github.io/clear-lake-watch/methodology.html>
- Project page: <https://coreytshaffer.github.io/clear-lake-watch/project.html>
- Portfolio evidence index: [portfolio-evidence-index.md](portfolio-evidence-index.md)
- Reviewer demo notes: [reviewer-demo-notes.md](reviewer-demo-notes.md)
- Dashboard anatomy review guide: [dashboard-anatomy-review-guide.md](dashboard-anatomy-review-guide.md)
- Career Services handoff packet: [career-services-handoff-packet.md](career-services-handoff-packet.md)
- Project delivery and EHS positioning: [project-delivery-ehs.md](project-delivery-ehs.md)
- Accessibility review: [accessibility-review.md](accessibility-review.md)
- Mobile reviewer path review: [mobile-reviewer-path-review.md](mobile-reviewer-path-review.md)

## What Exists Now

- Static public dashboard deployed with GitHub Pages.
- Internship-facing start-here path with the three best reviewer links and outreach language.
- Public data products for FHABS reports, USGS observations, site registry, shoreline geometry, analytics, source manifest, weather context, and reviewed-field-observation placeholder data.
- Source-freshness and stale-source warnings that distinguish dashboard generation time from underlying source observation dates.
- Map QA cues that keep unresolved site assignments visible instead of silently treating them as authoritative.
- Reviewed public-source weather context kept separate from lake-health interpretation.
- Methodology, project, reviewer-demo, public-backlog, and evidence-index documentation.
- Accessibility review note for descriptive reviewer links, screenshot captions, and reviewer-path clarity.
- Mobile reviewer path review note for sticky navigation, link wrapping, and narrow-screen reviewer flow.
- PowerShell validation script for checking required public mirror files, JSON shape, and publication guardrails.

## What This Demonstrates

- Environmental data integration across multiple public source types.
- GIS and spatial communication using shoreline context, site registry logic, and map QA status.
- Data validation and source-provenance thinking.
- Conservative public communication around sensitive environmental-health data.
- Static web deployment and documentation discipline.
- Ability to turn a local environmental problem into a reviewable technical portfolio artifact.
- Project delivery and EHS-informed workflow as supporting layers for environmental systems work.

## What It Does Not Claim

Clear Lake Watch is not:

- official public-health guidance,
- an official advisory,
- recreation or water-safety guidance,
- emergency guidance,
- a validated forecast,
- a deployed sensor network,
- a public submission system,
- or a replacement for official monitoring or advisories.

The project should be presented as a public-data snapshot and research-planning prototype, not an operational lake-safety product.

## Strong Resume Language

Built a late-prototype watershed intelligence dashboard for Clear Lake, CA, integrating public hydrology and harmful-algal-bloom report data, GIS map context, reviewed public-source weather context, source-freshness metadata, site-registry QA, and conservative public methodology guardrails.

## Roles This Supports

- Environmental data intern
- GIS or watershed planning intern
- Water quality monitoring assistant
- Environmental science research assistant
- Climate resilience or community science intern
- Technical writing or public-interest data communication role

## Skills Evidence

| Skill area | Evidence |
| --- | --- |
| Environmental data systems | Public data products, source manifest, source-freshness validation, and dashboard integration. |
| GIS / spatial analysis | Shoreline geometry, site registry, lake-arm grouping, and map QA status. |
| Water quality context | FHABS report context, USGS hydrology, and public-health boundary language. |
| Software implementation | HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON data products, and PowerShell validation workflow. |
| Public communication | Methodology page, project page, reviewer notes, and claim-boundary language. |
| Research readiness | Source audit, forecast boundary, evidence index, and mentor-review brief. |

## Best Review Path For Career Services

1. Open the live dashboard and inspect the snapshot status strip.
2. Open the methodology page and confirm the public-health boundary.
3. Open the dashboard anatomy review guide for a guided read of the main interface zones.
4. Open the Career Services handoff packet for appointment email language and review questions.
5. Open the reviewer demo notes for screenshots and captions.
6. Open the resume and LinkedIn snippets for copy-ready application language.
7. Use the portfolio evidence index to route different reviewers to the most relevant artifacts.

## Best Review Path For Internship Reviewers

1. Open the live dashboard: <https://coreytshaffer.github.io/clear-lake-watch/>.
2. Read the internship review start-here note: [internship-review-start-here.md](internship-review-start-here.md).
3. Open the reviewer demo notes for screenshot-backed evidence: [reviewer-demo-notes.md](reviewer-demo-notes.md).
4. Use the resume and LinkedIn snippets for copy-ready application language: [resume-linkedin-snippets.md](resume-linkedin-snippets.md).

## Next Development Steps

- Refresh remaining public-facing portfolio copy as new review work is completed.
- Use the one-page outreach summary for Career Services, mentors, and internship reviewers.
- Use the variable register, field validation plan, official method source spine, and Secchi mentor-review packet for bounded technical feedback before any field pilot decision.
- Continue preserving the distinction between public-source context, private review, and future telemetry.