GIS & GPS Mapping and Forest Technology

Project:  Noxious Weed Mapping
Client:  North Santiam Watershed Council
Dates:  Summer – Fall 2010
Services Provided:  During the summer and Fall of 2010, IRM will be providing GPS data collection of known and potential noxious weeds through a process called early detection rapid response (EDRR).  With this data, IRM and the client will produce maps, develop and carryout treatment procedures including herbicide application.  This project will encompass both public and private property in Marion County, OR.

Project:  ArcPad and Trimble Nomad Training
Client:  Consorsio Forestal Amazonico
Date:  June 2010
Services Provided: IRM assisted with development of a data collection system for inventory of a 500,000 acre forestry consession within the Peruvian Amazon forest. As part of this project, crews were trained to use Trimble Nomad handheld computers and ArcPad for GPS and inventory data collection in the field. 

Project: Warner Mountains Aspen 
Client: South Lane School District, Freemont-Winema National Forest
Date:  May – September 2009
Services Provided: IRM initiated a project to survey and assess the health of aspen groves throughout the South Warner Mountains, on the Freemont National Forest. IRM trained and supervised a youth crew from Cottage Grove, Oregon during the summer of 2009. Over 1,000 acres of aspen were mapped and assessed. 

Project:  Forest Inventory Program
Client:  Oregon State University – College Forests
Date:  Winter 2007
Services Provided: In 2007, IRM was retained by OSU to develop a DataPlus Professional® application to facilitate the re-measurement of permanent forest inventory plots at the Research Forest.  Some of the advanced features of the application designed to minimize measurement and key punch errors include::

• Mirror files from previous measurements are used to ensure current measurements are equal to or larger than previous measurement.
•  Diameter/height relationships for each species
• Pull down lists

Project:  Hazard Tree Inventory
Client:  Oregon State University – Facility Services
Date:  Winter-Fall 2006
Services Provided:  IRM was retained in 2005 to map and valuate over 15000 trees at the OSU campus in Corvallis Oregon.  A Trimble Pro XR GPS receiver combined with a Laser Technology MapStar compass and Impulse Laser allowed for sub-meter offset mapping of the trees.  Each tree was then evaluated in respect to its hazard potential.  The data was compiled into a ArcGIS database to be used by OSU to monitor and maintain its campus tree resource.

Project:  EENW Property Mapping
Client:  Double E Northwest Investments
Date:  Spring-Summer 2005
Services Provided:  IRM uses its GIS to effectively manage a 3,000 acre tract of forestland in the Oregon coast range.  The GIS is used for harvest unit maps, stand inventory maps, endangered species compliance and management, structural diversity planning, and road maintenance monitoring.

Project:  Road Inventory
Client:  Pacific Forest Trust
Date:  Spring 2005   
Services Provided:  IRM conducted a road maintenance inventory and mapping project for the Pacific Forest Trust on 7,000 acres of managed forest neat Corvallis, Oregon.  IRM designed a custom data dictionary, which dovetailed with the clients GIS database.  IRM field technicians mapped over 75 miles of roads using our Trimble PRO XR GPS receiver.  Data collected was for roads, culverts, stream crossings, bridges, mass wasting sites, and other pertinent features.

Project:  Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Road Inventory
Client:  The Nature Conservancy - Washington
Date:  Spring 2005 
Services Provided:  IRM conducted a road maintenance inventory and mapping project for the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge on 4,000 acres of previously managed forest on Long Island on Willapa Bay, Washington.  IRM designed a custom data dictionary, which dovetailed with the client’s GIS database.  IRM field technicians mapped over 25 miles of roads using our Trimble PRO XR GPS receiver.  Data collected was for roads, culverts, stream crossings, bridges, mass wasting sites, and other pertinent features.

Project:  Wildlife Monitoring Program
Client:  Oregon Department of Forestry
Date:  Spring 2004
Services Provided: In 2005, IRM was retained by the Oregon Department of Forestry to write a DataPlus Professional® application designed to facilitate the collection data to be used to monitor the Oregon Forest Practices Act requirement for leaving wildlife retention trees in clear cuts and riparian buffers.  The resulting application calculated both retained basal area and determined when adequate levels were met.

Project:  Salmon Curves Timber Sale Harvest Unit Design & Layout
Client:  Subcontractor to DEA, Inc. per Region 6 Professional Services Contract
Dates:  August 1998 - August 1999