Resource managers are realizing the benefits of using geographic information systems to supply visual spactal data for use in making informed management decisions. This report details the ARC/INFO (ESRI, Redlands, CA) procedures used at the Environmental Management Technical Center in Onalaska, Wisconsin, to assist Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge mangers in the process of acquiring refuge land through a land exchange. Refuge managers required boundaries for both 430- and 500-acre parcels that included the most desirable land cover/use types. Hardcopy maps of the area showing the total acreage for each land cover/use type will be used during land exchange negotiations.
Summary
Resource managers are realizing the benefits of using geographic
information systems to supply visual spactal data for use in
making informed management decisions. This report details the
ARC/INFO (ESRI, Redlands, CA) procedures used at the
Environmental Management Technical Center in Onalaska, Wisconsin,
to assist Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish
Refuge mangers in the process of acquiring refuge land through a
land exchange. Refuge managers required boundaries for both 430-
and 500-acre parcels that included the most desirable land
cover/use types. Hardcopy maps of the area showing the total
acreage for each land cover/use type will be used during land
exchange negotiations.
