Tools, Software, and Databases
This
page contains links to tools and databases that
can help forest managers, scientists, and other people who work
on forest research
TOOLS & SOFTWARE |
Fire Tools
Many tools help evaluate
the potential for various types of fire behavior and the
effect of different kinds of hazardous fuel treatments.
These tools are known as “decision-support tools.” They
can be used by managers and others to provide a set of
plausible scenarios or outcomes based
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Community
Socioeconomic Information System (CSIS)
CSIS is a tool that allows users to retrieve 1990 and 2000
U.S. census data to examine conditions and trends for communities
in western Washington, western Oregon, and northern California.
The tool includes socioeconomic data for 1,314 communities
in the entire region, including incorporated and unincorporated
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EMDS
The Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system
is an application framework for knowledge-based decision
support of ecological assessments at any geographic scale.
The system integrates a state-of-the-art geographic information
system (GIS) that provides decision support for a substantial
portion of the adaptive management process of ecosystem management.
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FishXing
3.0: an interactive
software tool with over 150 new features
has been released to
assist engineers, hydrologists, and fish biologists in the
evaluation and design of culverts for aquatic organism passage.
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BIOPAK
BIOPAK (Means et al. 1994) is a menu-driven package of computer
programs for personal computers that calculates the biomass,
area, height, length, or volume of plant components (leaves,
branches, stem, crown, and roots) and biomass by fuels size
classes by using existing prediction equations. |
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My
Fuel Treatment Planner
My Fuel Treatment Planner software can be used to estimate
costs, revenues, economic impacts, and surface fuels associated
with fuel reduction treatments in the western US.
GTR-663:
User Guide (PDF - 4.95 MB) |
SnagPRO
SnagPRO (Version 1.0) software analyzes log, snag, and tree
densities based on peer-reviewed, scientific sampling protocols.
It was specifically developed to analyze log, snag, and tree
data in support of sampling methods presented in general
technical reports (Bate and others, PNW-GTR-746, and PNW-GTR-780)
published by the PNW Research Station in 2008.
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EnVision
EnVision is designed to be a full-featured rendering system
for stand- and landscape-scale images. Applicable projects
range from a few to several thousand acres. The system is
based on many of the original concepts used to develop the
Vantage Point visualization system. However, EnVision does
not attempt to model changes to the landscape over time. |
DecAID
DecAID is an advisory tool to help managers evaluate effects,of
forest conditions and existing or proposed management activities
on organisms that use snags and down wood. DecAID also can
help managers decide on snag and down wood sizes and levels
needed to help meet wildlife management objectives. |
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Financial
Analysis
This page includes software that performs financial evaluation
of ecosystem management activities in the northern inland
West, financial evaluation of pruning ponderosa pine (upgrade),
and much more.
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DATABASES
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INSECT
DAMAGE DATABASE
This database is a collection of notes on thousands of insect
and damage specimens from forests or wood products taken
mainly in the United States, some from Canada, Mexico, Central
America, South America and other regions.
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FUNGI
DATABASE
This database includes Columbia River basin fungi. Creation
of the database was supported by the University of Michigan.
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QUERCUS GARRYANA BIBLIOGRAPHY
ENDNOTE® DATABASE
A bibliography was prepared for Quercus garryana and
botanically related and geographically associated species.
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