Forestry and mapping support a changing industry
GIS analysis supports critical decisions about white oak sourcing and stave mill siting. USFS surveys forest health to aid in sustainability.
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Mendocino Redwood Company leaders share their vision for sustainable forestry—modernize field workflows, support regulatory processes, and share data.
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Safeguarding white oak with GIS-enabled app
The Bourbon Barrel Oak Availability Tool was developed to balance the demand for white oak barrels and to safeguard the white oak species. -
Mapping trees helped an urban forest thrive
Arborists at the University of North Alabama use location data and smart maps to catalog campus trees. -
Imagery brings precision agriculture to forestry
F&W Forestry Services uses maps to suggest best practices and drones to monitor progress on forest management plans. -
Mill takes guesswork out of operations
Culp Lumber has embraced the enhanced workflows that online GIS makes possible to improve assessment, cutting, and hauling of lumber. -
USDA Forest Service: Stewarding forests
Inform policy and management decisions for forests with advanced remote sensing technologies in the Forest Inventory and Analysis Program. -
Streamlining logistics: Log truck routing
Tools in ArcGIS help operators estimate transportation costs, visualize haul scenarios, and determine the best way to get logs to a mill. -
Hub builds collaboration for forest plan
Montana's natural resources department uses ArcGIS Hub to combine forest condition and wildfire risk data and support collaboration. -
Field operations for environmental compliance
ArcGIS Workforce provides an accurate understanding of potential impacts to an environment so leaders can minimize detrimental effects. -
AI enhances forest sustainability in Finland
Artificial intelligence enables accurate forest inventories without field inspections, while robots hold promise for better forest management. -
Manage forest harvest and chemical activities
Forest managers use maps to track forest assets, environmental compliance, and associated activities to effectively manage costs and needs. -
Enterprise GIS reduces paper workflows
Portuguese wood supplier Abastena uses GIS to help other wood and paper companies obtain and maintain Forest Stewardship Council certification. -
Turning adversity into opportunity
Land managers interested in balancing economic concerns with environmental stewardship decide how to perform salvage logging after storms. -
Strategies for sustainable forest management
Canada's Manitoba Forestry and Peatlands Branch digitalized its silviculture survey workflow using mobile geospatial technology.
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