National Applications Liaison Office

Serves as the official database of record regarding access and travel management information for NFS roads, trails, and areas. Documents allowed and restricted travel management strategies, and incorporates data in Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs) and Over Snow Vehicle Use Maps (OSVUMs) used for local planning, management, and public information sharing.

Serves as the agency standard for managing aquatic survey information. This includes data, digital images, and field notes about fish, aquatic insects, reptiles, amphibians, riparian environment characteristics, temperature monitoring, etc. Provides raw or summarized aquatic data through mapping and reporting tools.

• Aquatic Surveys Briefing Paper

Records attributes of FS buildings used to prepare the Forest Service Federal Real Property Profile (FRPP), an annual report required by Executive Order 13327 for all real property owned or leased by the Forest Service. Identifies deferred maintenance backlog and produces a quarterly asset inspection report.

• Buildings Briefing Paper

Provides a central repository of all USFS managed significant caves (over 2200); significant criteria, cave biota, completed management plans, and presence of White-Nose Syndrome data.

• Caves Briefing Paper

Supports tracking and reporting on data about a wide variety of communication systems owned or leased by the Forest Service, including radio towers, microwave repeaters, satellite dishes, and related radio equipment such as base radio stations.

Stores official NFS road culvert data to support road program management, provide public information, and report to Federal Highways.

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Records and tracks work items associated with Forest Service assets, which are used to determine the deferred maintenance backlog, facility condition index (FCI), and facilities condition rating (FCR) for all agency real property assets.

Has been identified for decommissioning by NALO Leadership. This application is not currently in use. It was created to provide management and tracking of documents associated with Forest Legacy Program projects and lands tracts associated with the project.

Manages information about activities related to fire/fuels, silviculture, Trust Funds, range vegetation improvement, and invasive species used by all levels of the Forest Service. Allows tracking and monitoring of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) decisions as well as the ability to create and manage Knutson-Vandenberg (KV) trust fund plans at the timber sale level.

• FACTS Briefing Paper

• National Datasets

Centralizes field-collected forest soil disturbance data for long-term use, analysis, and adaptive management.

The application and database for field-sampled vegetation data. Included are Common Stand Exam, its data collection and associated analysis software, as well as other protocols, in support of national forest management.

• FSVeg Briefing Paper

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Supports GIS-based vegetation analysis by managing spatial and tabular vegetation data in one location.

Assists with landscape and NEPA analyses by allowing users to create management alternatives and compare them through built-in visualizer tools.

Provides a single point of entry for all activity related to agency grants and agreements, and allows for a full life-cycle management. Feeds data to/from Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI).

Provides a central, online database for collecting and managing data from projects, cultural resources, and assemblages across the Forest Service. Supports long-term management of cultural resources and agency compliance.

• Heritage Briefing Paper

Supports data collection and calculations of the costs associated with developing, delivering, maintaining, and managing interpretive services.

Provides a database for data related to sampling, mapping, characterization, interpretation, and classification of terrestrial natural resources, specifically supporting Terrestrial Ecological Unit Inventory (TEUI) project work, and inventories for Geology, Soils, and Potential Natural Vegetation.

Houses all Forest Service land status and survey management data, including: ownership, use restrictions, and all official Forest Service boundaries. Serves as the official, permanent public record for all realty records evidencing title and jurisdiction for all National Forest System (NFS) lands.

Manages information about locatable minerals (e.g., gold, silver, copper, lead) and mining operations on National Forests to support compliance and foster mineral development in an ecologically sound manner.

• Locatable Minerals Briefing Paper

Manages information on mineral material (e.g., sand, gravel, landscape rock) sites, contracts, and permits, and serves as the platform for issuing free-use permits for mineral materials to the public.

• Mineral Materials Briefing Paper

Supports data collection and analysis from the Nationwide Visitor Use Survey that provides estimates of visitation to National Forests. Allows the Forest Service to create publicly-accessible reports highlighting results from completed surveys.

• NVUM Website

Assists R9 with management of timber sale appraisal activities. Data is shared with TIM.

Stores data on the 96 million acres of Forest Service rangelands, such as Range Allotments, Pastures, and Wild Horse and Burro Territories, and allows for management of approximately 6,100 active grazing permits and grazing agreements annually - and collection of associated fees. Data housed in the application supports national-, regional-, and district-level projects and analyses such as the National Interagency Sage-Grouse and Sagebrush Conservation Assessment.

Provides a central database for the creation and maintenance of Forest Service real property asset records for approximately 35,000 assets. Consists of a group of applications including Real Property Inventory (RPI), Federal Real Property Profile (FRPP), and Leases.

• Real Property Mgmt Briefing Paper

Supports data collection on recreation sites used by the Forest Service to report physical inventory, determine the cost to meet National Quality Standards, track the cost of deferred maintenance, prioritize sites, and report accomplishments.

Serves as the NFS road bridge inventory database of record and describes attributes for each road bridge including its structural characteristics, dimensions, inspection information, load rating information, and needed maintenance work items.

Serves as the NFS road inventory database of record and includes inventory, planning, condition, costing and accomplishment reporting based the road business rules. Integrates with other applications, including Access and Travel Management, to display transportation and travel management information in map products.

• Roads Briefing Paper

Provides a database to enter, manage, and track information about special use applications and authorizations. Allows users to authorize permit leases and easements, amend these authorizations, and track billing information in the Recreation and Lands Programs. Program managers use the system to collect, analyze, maintain and track data about special use permits and revenue, including data about land use and cost recovery.

• SUDS Briefing Paper

Captures tabular and spatial data on TES plants and invasive species (all taxa) and allows users to directly link spatial features for easy entry of field-collected data. Integrates with FACTS and serves as the required interface for Invasive Species Treatment Records.

Supports Forest Service employees in creation of forest product removal permits, conventional forest product sale documents, and stewardship sale contract documents. Provides automated reporting mechanisms and tools for sales of forest products, including stewardship and other authorities. TIM and TIM data are used to collect, analyze, maintain, track, and report data about forest product permits and sales, including the volume and value of forest products sold from national forests, grasslands and prairies.

• Forest Products Reports

Serves as the NFS trail bridge inventory database of record and tracks elements related to bridges on trails throughout the National Forests. Integrates with the Trails application for more comprehensive trail management.

Serves as the NFS trail inventory database of record and includes inventory, planning, condition, costing, and accomplishment reporting based on Trails Program business rules. Supports data-sharing about Forest Service trails with partners and the public.

Maintains an inventory of Forest Service wastewater systems, and allows the agency to identify and quantify annual and deferred maintenance and capital improvement needs for wastewater collection, control, and treatment infrastructure.

Supports the tracking and reporting of state and federally recognized water rights and uses, and supports property management and reporting. Serves as the mandatory repository for data associated with water rights and uses on National Forests and Grasslands.

• Water Rights and Uses Briefing Paper

Allows for the tracking of contaminant sample results from water systems on Forest Service lands, which helps program managers monitor compliance and corrective actions, and identify and report trends.

Provides a repository for data on Forest Service water systems, owned and leased, required for upward reporting, documentation and other administrative uses.

Supports the collection, editing, and reporting of Watershed Classification data for watersheds that contain Forest Service lands. Documents priority watersheds and tracks plans and progress for on-the-ground restoration.

• WCATT Briefing Paper

Manages data, observations, and planning details about sites that need to be (or have been) restored or improved with the intent of benefitting watershed, wildlife and aquatic ecosystems health and function.

• WIT Briefing Paper

Stores data on 125 WSRs administered by the Forest Service, as well as nearly 950 rivers being evaluated for possible future inclusion into the Wild and Scenic Rivers system. Supports compliance and the Forest Service's ability to share WSR data with the public via the Forest Service's Interactive Visitor Map.

• Wild and Scenic Rivers Briefing Paper

Provides online data storage and analysis tools to facilitate the management of the Forest Service’s 448 federally-designated Wilderness areas and ensure accountability to the Wilderness Act. Supports program management and required reporting, and includes optional tools for improved wilderness recreation management.

• Wilderness Briefing Paper

Maintains agency wildlife data for project analysis, assessments, planning, and monitoring. Supports reporting and data-sharing with partners and other federal and state agencies.

• Wildlife Briefing Paper