1. FVS Data Translocation Techniques with the BLM FORVIS Database 3 rd FVS Conference Feb. 14, 2007 Tim Bottomley

3. BLM FORVIS Database FORVIS – Forest Vegetation Information System; initial release in 2001, Version 2 in 2005 Distributed database stored at individual State offices in an Informix RDBM MS Access is the user interface through an ODBC driver

5. FORVIS Contains 32 data tables Only 2 relate to FVS –stand_data –tree_data

6. FORVIS Field Data Entry Form

7. FORVIS Plot Data Form

13. Portion of Visual Basic Script

16. 2 nd Option for exporting data

19. FORVIS 2 allows multiple stands in SLF

20. Seedling Issue

21. Importing FVS Run into FORVIS

22. Import of FVS Run

28. FORVIS with ArcMap Extension

29. Stand Summary Report

30. Big Question for BLM? Should BLM look at using the database extension of FVS in lieu of creating the stand list and tree data text files for FVS input?

31. Questions?