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Payson Verde River Ranch Project
Wetherbee Dorshow
Excerpt from Program:
"The Payson Verde River Ranch and the U.S. Forest Service are using holistic methods to reduce fuel on 2,300 acres in the Wildland Urban Interface, and to increase spring and creek flow recharge and reduce soil erosion. The project uses goats to reduce a variety of Chaparral brush types. One of the goats is collared with a GPS receiver and this data is combined with satellite data to create layered maps showing slopes by degree and direction, springs, wind direction, and a variety of other information useful for fire reduction and land restoration."
"Wetherbee Dorshow is the director of Earth Analytic, Inc. (EAI), a Santa Fe, New Mexico consulting firm specializing in conservation-based geographic information systems (GIS) analysis and management. Wetherbee has an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico and over 15 years of experience as a professional archaeologist and GIS analyst. Since founding EAI in January of 2000, Wetherbee has led the development, implementation, and support of customed GIS/GPS systems at over a dozen private ranches covering roughly 1.6 million acres in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Wetherbee's current professional foci include conservation priority modeling for The Trust For Public Land, archaeological sensitivity analysis for the Vermont Historic Preservation Division, and hydrologic modeling for Conservation Properities, Inc.
Presentation Outline:
Wetherbee Dorshow
Excerpt from Program:
"The Payson Verde River Ranch and the U.S. Forest Service are using holistic methods to reduce fuel on 2,300 acres in the Wildland Urban Interface, and to increase spring and creek flow recharge and reduce soil erosion. The project uses goats to reduce a variety of Chaparral brush types. One of the goats is collared with a GPS receiver and this data is combined with satellite data to create layered maps showing slopes by degree and direction, springs, wind direction, and a variety of other information useful for fire reduction and land restoration."
"Wetherbee Dorshow is the director of Earth Analytic, Inc. (EAI), a Santa Fe, New Mexico consulting firm specializing in conservation-based geographic information systems (GIS) analysis and management. Wetherbee has an M.A. in Anthropology from the University of New Mexico and over 15 years of experience as a professional archaeologist and GIS analyst. Since founding EAI in January of 2000, Wetherbee has led the development, implementation, and support of customed GIS/GPS systems at over a dozen private ranches covering roughly 1.6 million acres in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Wetherbee's current professional foci include conservation priority modeling for The Trust For Public Land, archaeological sensitivity analysis for the Vermont Historic Preservation Division, and hydrologic modeling for Conservation Properities, Inc.
Presentation Outline:
- Main Points
- Geographic Information Systems
- Advantages of GIS
- Spatial Questions
- Building a GIS
- GPS: A Key GIS Data Source
