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Ann Suter, Project Leader
The Forest Service uses a database application called Infra (figure 1) to manage information on national resources, such as buildings, trails, roads, wilderness areas, and water systems. Infra, along with the Natural Resource Information System (NRIS) and the Automated Lands Program (ALP), are major components of the Forest Service’s corporate information management system.
Figure 1—Main menu for accessing information stored in the
Infra database. The user chooses from the topics on the left.
Infra began as a way to monitor constructed features on National Forest lands. Over the past 10 years it has expanded to a system that allows forests and districts to enter, manage, and report all aspects of the land, from permits to surveys, maintenance, and leases. Infra can assist with billing, planning, and budgeting. On a national level, reports can be generated in a variety of business areas, such as deferred maintenance, real property inventory, and range and special use permit statistics
The Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), has developed this information for the guidance of its employees, its contractors, and its cooperating Federal and State agencies, and is not responsible for the interpretation or use of this information by anyone except its own employees. The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in this document is for the information and convenience of the reader, and does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of any product or service to the exclusion of others that may be suitable. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
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