Cooper’s Hawks Update 3: Winnowing
To see earlier posts on the Cooper's hawk project, see these links: Update 1 Update 2 This third update recounts events starting on June 18, 2016. June 18: The larger of the young are just at that tween stage, where they are about to look more like hawks than...
Cooper’s Hawks Update 2: More Hatch, Racing to Eat
June 12 I had been starting to despare that we’d only have three chicks this year. Which is a perfectly normal of chicks for a Cooper’s nest, if a bit on the low side. But more would make this year’s observations more analogous to last year’s data, when we saw five...
Layers of Wildlife Data: Cooper’s Hawks Update 1
The Forest Metrix staff came together over time in part because of shared interests that go beyond making professional software for foresters and arborists. Most of us are intense nature geeks; which means that we spend a lot of time out in the woods observing things,...
Observations on Risk Assessments & TRAQ
Here at Forest Metrix have a unique perspective on the roll-out of TRAQ. Our program is the only one we know of currently that has all of the TRAQ data fields integrated into an electronic system that manages TRAQ records and automates calculations. This means that as...
Arborists Survey: Biz Great; Industry Gets Younger; UFM Tops Software Satisfaction
Last year, we ran a poll of about 2,500 arborists and other tree care professionals to gauge how the industry was faring. A month ago, we ran the poll once more, this time against more than 4,000 pros. As in 2014, we discovered some interesting trends. What follows is...
UFM Jumps to Version 2.0, Adds Features
Urban Forest Metrix made its first major leap, jumping to version 2.0. It also now comes in an enterprise version, geared for larger firms with more than 10 people. The features below marked by an * indicate that the function is available in the enterprise version....
Website 2.0
Yes, the website is new and improved. We hope you like it.
FM Workshop August 14 in Central Wisconsin
Forest Metrix will be conducting a full day workshop on Friday, August 14, at Central Wisconsin Environmental Station in Amherst Junction, WI. See agenda below. If you’ve been considering moving into the 21st century to SAVE TIME in your cruising/reporting process,...
Gifford Pinchot
On a recent visit with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, we spent some time meeting in a vacant corner office, unremarkable in every way except for the large aged wooden desk. I figured they were pulling my leg when they explained it was the desk of Gifford...
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