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Wilderness
Permit Systems
and the Forest Service’s Infra Database
Forest Service Oracle Client 3, a PC running the Windows 2000 operating system, and a 2-day training course are the requirements to start using Infra. A good way to get started is to visit the Infra Web site on the Forest Service’s internal computer network: http://pcs27.f16.r6.fs.fed.us/Infra/ (figure 4). Another Web site with helpful information on the Infra wilderness application is: http://infra.wo.fs.fed.us/infrahelp/htdocs/wilderness/hh_start.htm
Figure 4—The Infra Web site on the Forest Service’s computer
network provides information on getting started with Infra.
Because of the labor involved in manually inputting information from wilderness permits and registration, the Missoula Technology and Development Center (MTDC) was asked to look at the feasibility of optically scanning the permits. MTDC is investigating several technologies and services that would transfer scanned information directly into VUPS.
Ann Suter is a statistician for the Missoula Technology and Development Center’s wildland fire chemical systems group. She joined the Forest Service in 1997 after serving 2 years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Jamaica, where she worked on reforestation and soil erosion control. She has a master’s degree in international development from the American University.
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