Welcome Fruit Finders of Rossland!

Keen to pick some local fruit? Know where public fruit trees are around Rossland? Or have a tree on your property to share? This map is a collaborative effort to help make the most of the abundance of local fruit and reduce human-wildlife conflicts. Please contribute!

The BearSmart task force has linked up with the Food task force to bring you the Rossland Fruit Finder app.

A community fruit picking/gleaning day will take place in the fall but this app will allow us to crowdsource information, reduce wildlife attractants and enjoy some harvesting outside of that event.

OPEN THE APP

Frequently Asked Questions

🧭 Explore the map

Pan and zoom to move the map.

Use the buttons in the top left to:

  • Map: Switch to a satellite basemap
  • Filter: Change which tree types are shown
  • Home: Return to the initial map area
  • Target: Zoom to your location

⭕ Find trees to pick

Tap on a tree to find out more about it.

Ask permission before picking trees on private property. If your unsure, better to ask or leave it be.

After marking a tree, tap ‘Picked’ to let others know this tree was picked this year.

➕ Share trees

Add your own trees (or public trees) to the map to share with others.

✏ Improve the map

Edit or remove trees to correct inaccurate information.

❓ Help

Click on the Help button in the top right of the app (?) to see this information at any time.

You should make a single record for each type of tree and you can indicate if there are multiple trees of that type under that record.

For example: 3 apple trees and 2 plums – make one record for the apples (set number of trees to 3) and one for the plums (set number of trees to 2). Multiple trees show up as larger dots on the map.

You should only mark a record as ‘Picked’ if all the trees in that record (e.g. 3 apple trees) are fully picked. This lets folks know there is no need to return to that location for apples.

Very little! The app is about 4 MB (equivalent to an average website or one streaming song).

To make contributing to fruit rescue easy, all the core features in the app work without signing in.
 
Right now, if a user signs in, their name and email is attached to the edits they make but only project admins can see this information.
 
In future, we may use sign in to help folks get in touch with each other (like how people reply to ads on Bhubble), or to show who added or picked a tree.

The trees indicated with a no entry ⛔ symbol on the map are included to help avoid confusion and accidental harvesting. Tracking these trees also helps identify wildlife attractants around town.

Please contact rosslandfruit@gmail.com with questions, comments, or if you need data removed or changed in the app.