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Re: TH: Fledgling hometown forestry

 Post-To: Tree-House@Majordomo.Flora.Com (Community Forestry) ----------
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 On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Bgingg wrote:

> Thank you so much for responding.  I liked your suggestion regarding
> Excell/FoxPro/Paradox -- makes sense to use a program that could also
> serve other needs in our project and beyond ...

 Beverly Gingg, Coordinator
 Santa Margarita Community Forestry
 http://www.slonet.org/~bgingg/
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 After replying to the Santa Margarita Community Foresters (Ca US)
 tonight, it occurred that Tree-House could publish a simple public-
 domain tree inventory database template, on Flora's website.

 Perhaps our members could help 'sketch out' what such an object
 might look like ...

 ----------- + ----------- + ------------ + ----- + ------ + ------------
 Location    | Species     | Owner        | Age   | Girth  | Informant ...
 ----------- + ----------- + ------------ + ----- + ------ + ------------
 1700 Elm St | Q. alba     | Anne Oakley  | 47 yr | 1.9m   | A. Oakley ...
 1703 Elm St | M. grandifl | Maggie South | ~2 yr | 3" dia | G. Letteron
             |             |              |       |        |           ...

 Such an ASCII text file (whatever that means) could then be imported
 into *any* standard software package, to be perfected over time, and
 configured for the specialized needs of one's local environment.

 With the proliferation of GIS technologies being applied to community
 forestry these days (Geographic Information Systems), this kind of
 documentation could have long-range benefits beyond what *any* of us
 can even imagine now.  Beverly - we have to remind ourselves that all
 funding sources must justify their expenditures.  Resources will always
 be allocated to those projects who can best demonstrate, empirically,
 the successes of their works, over time.

 Richard@Flora.Com
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 Richard Tryzno Ellsberry | FloraList Operations | Baltimore USDA Zone 7
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