Public Agencies

USDA Forest Service delivers high-quality imagery in seconds across its regional and field offices.

Public Agency Web Sites Built with ESRI software, these Web sites provide staff with Web-based GIS tools or public access to forest-related information. Division of Forestry—Drought maps GeoMAC—Wildfire maps WebDET/WinDET—Forest Stewardship Management Plans Web Soil Survey—Soil maps and data

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Federal, state, and regional agencies responsible for managing forests rely on GIS software to visualize and analyze forestlands.

With GIS software and data, agencies can track changes, identify resources at risk, create information networks for easy access to information, and generate planning maps.

Geospatial analysis is used for the management of

• Forests
• Wildfires
• Ecology and habitats
• Access to public lands

Success Stories

These stories show how public agencies in forestry gain benefits using GIS technology and spatial analysis:

• Woods Hole Measures Carbon Footprints
• Sharing Files across the Agency
• Virginia Department of Forestry Goes Mobile [PDF]
• Algonquin Forestry Authority
• North Dakota Redesigns Forest Inventory

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