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atural Resources Plan My Land Operation Online Tool Now Available W
ANT TO PUT IN A ROAD ON YOUR LAND? PROTECT YOUR water resources? Enhance wildlife, harvest trees
or clear vegetation? The latest online tool by the Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS), Plan My Land Operation, is designed to help you protect your property and ensure sustainability as you begin your next land improve- ment project. This free online resource is the newest interactive
tool in the already extensive lineup available at texas-
forestinfo.tamu.edu. Geared toward landowners, contractors and land
managers, Plan My Land Operation is key to planning any improvement to your land. This tool helps you plan and lay out your project based on your specifi c terrain, soil and water resources. As a user, you can quickly map a property bound-
ary, identify sensitive areas, place a buffer around criti- cal features, and determine the specifi cs needed for a project, such as the proper size of a culvert. “Planning any land operation is a critical fi rst step
to protecting your land and water resources. Without a good operational plan, your land may be at risk,” says Hughes Simpson, program coordinator for Texas A&M Forest Service. As a service-based state agency, TFS strives to provide land managers with advanced tools in order
to help effi ciently and effectively implement land operations. “Previously, in or-
der to do something like this, you would need an extensive GIS system or be a land operation exper t . Now, anyone with ac- cess to the internet can map their property and generate detailed opera- tion planning reports,” Simpson says. A unique feature of the Plan My Land Operation tool
is that it is also useful to hikers and outdoor enthu- siasts. Users can map out their trail and it will show the distance, elevation and slope of that trail. While full capability of the tool is statewide, this function is available nationwide. The website also provides landowners, managers,
government offi cials, local community groups and the public with state-of-the-art access to custom Web mapping applications, with the capabilities to discover and explore an array of maps depicting forest condi- tions and to query and download data on a variety of forest interests.
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