FOREST

Natural Resources faculty wanted a clearing house website for students to access data on field sites maintained by UVM, and to practice some of the skills they’ll be required to use in the field.

Working with faculty and TAs from the Rubenstien School for Environment and Natural Resources, the FOREST (Forestry Online Resource Exchange of Sites and Tools) site was designed and developed to meet this need. Students can download numerous types of data for UVM-managed field sites, including Jericho Research Forest and Niquette Bay State Park. Additionally, students can upload their own data to be reviewed by faculty and then published back to the site. The site also contains simulators of several key tools that students use in the field for practice, including compass & topop maps, a GPS unit, and a 10-factor wedge prism (for counting trees!).

http://www.uvm.edu/envnr/forestry

Written on September 5, 2005 Filed under Portfolio