Mapping the Nation: Creating the World We Want to See

When the forest-rich state of Oregon amended the Oregon Forest Practices Act through Senate Bill 1602 to regulate how and where herbicide and pesticide may be sprayed on private forestlands, it required forest landowners to share activities in near real time. Starker Forests Documents Workflows for Sustainable Forestry At Starker Forests, a fifth-generation family-owned land company in Corvallis, the regulation arrived as the business was implementing information technology updates. Foresters at the company have used GIS technology for decades to map their work, but it had been more of an individual tool without 204 A Starker Forests truck rests on a road near an area set for harvest.

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