USDA Forest Service
 

Vegetation Management Solutions

 
 

Executive Officers
Jules L. Riley
Lauren J. Payne

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Enterprise Program United States Department of Agriculture USDA Forest Service Enterprise Program

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Our Mission:

We offer services in natural resources management and advanced data technology. We provide a more efficient way to manage and analyze data. Our services help resource specialists have greater access to existing data and display that data in a format that facilitates better resource decisions. This enterprise unit accelerates the application of new technologies for resource management to enable resource managers to stay focused on the resource.

We provide services to federal, state, and local government entities.

 

Our Staff Expertise:


Project Management

Natural Resources

Information Technology

Contract Administration

Botany

Application Development

NEPA Coordination

Forestry

Cartography

Project Leadership

Fire Ecology

Data Management

Writing/Editing

Fire Management

Ecological Modeling

 

Hydrology

GIS Analysis

 

Silviculture

 

 

Soil Science

 

 

Wildlife Biology

 
 

We provide services to federal, state, and local government entities.

 

Professional Services Offered:

  • Environmental Planning & Project Design

o    Predictive Modeling

o    Ecological Restoration

o    NEPA

o    Watershed Analysis

o    Landscape Analysis

o    ESA Consultation

o    GIS Mapping and Spatial Analysis

o    Silvicultural Prescriptions & Stand Exam Design

o    Monitoring Plans

o    Fire & Fuels Management Planning

o    Public and Inter-agency Facilitation and Collaboration

 

  • Assessment & Modeling

o    Condition Assessment

o    Biological Assessments & Evaluations

o    Fire & Fuels Assessments

o    Fire Hazard/Risk Modeling

o    Vegetative Modeling (FVS)

o    Habitat Modeling

o    Predictive Modeling

 

  • Implementation

o    Environmental Monitoring

o    Botanical Surveys

o    Field Data Collection

o    Prescribed Fire Implementation

o    Wetland Delineation

o    Vegetation & Fuels Treatment - Layout & Operations

 

  • Contracting & Agreements

o    Contract Package Development

o    Contract Administration and Inspection

o    Grants & Agreements

o    External Agreements

 

  • Information Technology Services

o    Application Development

o    Data Analysis

o    Data Management

o    Data Migration

o    GIS mapping and spatial analysis

 

 

Enlisting Our Services is Easy:

ü  Contact one of our staff  to discuss your project

ü  Agree on tasks, timelines, staffing, costs

ü  Work order signed by Line Officer and Budget Officer

 

For agreements within the agency, we have a standard agreement form that can be processed within 1 day.  For other agencies, we utilize various agreements that are already in place.

For more information contact us:

Jules Riley, jlriley@fs.fed.us, 530-310-4478 or
Lauren Payne,
ljpayne@fs.fed.us, 530-310-4268

 
 

US Forest Service - Vegetation Management Solutions Enterprise Team
Last Modified: Wednesday, 27 March 2013 at 15:18:20 EDT


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