Woodland Solutions Group, a DJ&A company, contracted with the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) to modernize their timber data collection and management processes. The purpose was to upgrade and modernize PGC’s forestry and timber cruising and inventory software platform by replacing older software with modern technology. The agency has 80 forestry staff members who improve habitat on approximately 20,000 acres per year using commercial timber sales and other contracted services. The product needed to be designed to meet PGC’s needs for better efficiency, integration, data collection, and a seamless connection to ESRI products. The cruise software needed to provide reliable reporting results that maintained their credibility among their partners and prospective bidders.
Key Services
- Collaborated extensively with the client to understand system deficiencies and agency needs
- Implemented robust data models to enhance data quality and improve sampling protocols for accurate volume calculations
- Configured our Inventory Management System to the client’s data gathering, compilation, and overall management needs
- Provided training and continue to provide ongoing support for operations and maintenance in close collaboration with PGC
- Fully integrated with USFS Silvah (versions 7 and 8)
Value Added
Woodland Solutions Group’s Inventory Management System resulted in the achievement of PGC’s goal to streamline the inventory process into a seamless enterprise solution for all the steps involved in planning, executing, and post-processing a forest inventory and timber cruise with modern software technology. The program has also allowed PGC to examine workload projections to better allocate staff resources so that habitat improvements could be sustainably planned and implemented across the entire state.
