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Grazing Management - With predictive capabilities, we can help determine forage quality and availability. Current projects: Afghanistan PEACE, East African LEWS, Mali LEWS, Mongolia LEWS, FRAMS Nutrition Assessment - The Grazingland Animal Nutritional Lab (GAN Lab) offers services that estimate forage quality and predict animal performance utiliizing state-of-the-art NIRS technology and software models. These services help managers and researchers deal with management decisions regarding issues such as grazing, drought, feed cost, etc. Current Projects: NUTBAL, FRAMS, East Africa LEWS, Mongolia LEWS, Afghanistan PEACE. Brush management - Find brush treatment recommendations tailored to fit your needs, and determine whether these options will be profitable in the long run. Current projects: Pestman Fire Management - Our Burning Risk Assessment Support System (BRASS) will help you in making decisions about fire, and also provide up to 60 minute predictions of areas likely to burn in the case of an unplanned fire. Current projects: Fort Hood, Forest Service Livestock Recordkeeping - Keep organized production records of your livestock to assist in future management decisions. Current projects: Pendleton Records Geospatial Solutions - Almost all of the CNRIT projects involve a geo-spatial component. Geographical information systems (GIS) allow researchers to improve study design and offer a suite of inventory and research opportunities that may be otherwise unavailable. The CNRIT staff is well versed in the latest geo-spatial software and technology and has a proven track record for developing creative solutions for natural resource inventory and modeling. CNRIT can determine the type of data required for a project, acquire the appropriate data, and process it to determine multitude of spatial attributes. To learn more: Click here |