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Ecological Site Information System

Ecological Site Information System. Homer Sanchez Range Management Specialist Grazing Lands Team USDA-NRCS Fort Worth, TX. Brief Overview Interactions with other agency applications Current activities Web Demonstration. Ecological Site Information System. Ecological Site Inventory

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Ecological Site Information System

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  1. Ecological Site Information System Homer Sanchez Range Management Specialist Grazing Lands Team USDA-NRCS Fort Worth, TX

  2. Brief Overview • Interactions with other agency applications • Current activities • Web Demonstration

  3. Ecological Site Information System • Ecological Site Inventory • Ecological Site Description • Forage Suitability Groups

  4. http://esis.sc.egov.usda.gov

  5. Ecological Site Inventory Repository of data associated with forest land and rangeland plot data • ECS-004 Windbreak-Soil-Species Evaluation Data Sheet • ECS-005 Soil-Woodland Correlation Field Data Sheet • SCS-417 Production and Composition Record for Native Grazing Lands

  6. Ecological Site Descriptions • ESIS is the official repository of all data associated with forest land and rangeland ecological site descriptions • Can be linked to Section II- EFOTG • Access through Web Soil Survey

  7. Interactions with other Agency Databases and Applications

  8. Cooperators, Field Staff, TSP, BLM, ARS, NPS, DOD, Universities, Public, Others GSAT WSS NASIS NRI PLANTS eFOTG ESIS

  9. Integrated Resource Inventory Database Point General Information PEDON data Soils Lab data Land Use/Type data Dynamic Soil Properties Agronomic data (SOI-1) Windbreak data (WOOD-4) Range & Forest data (RANGE-417) (WOOD -5) Pasture & Hayland data ????

  10. Rangeland Database • Programmed to operate on a PC tablet for collecting data in the field

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