How to View Offerings by All Agencies

The first page that loads after a CROP area is chosen is All Agencies Overview (Figure 1.1).

1. Last date data related to the page was updated.
2. Main summary giving overview information about the total offerings in the CROP.
3. Boxes containing summary information on all agencies that have submitted an offering.
4. The maps in the center locate the location of ranger districts/field offices. Map may be zoomed in or out, moved around, or change to satellite or terrain view.

Below the maps is a chart that displays summary information for all agencies, per year by diameter size. A table on the right displays the information as biomass, small log, and large log totals per year.

Continue to scroll down the page to view charts displaying the totals for each year by diameter offered (Figure 1.2).

How to use Interactive Haul Distance Map

You will see something like Figure 2.2, depending on which CROP you are in. Notice the yellow box to the right of the map (A). When you first load the site, it will show the 5-year total removals for the entire CROP area, then annual totals below. This yellow box is continually updated as you move around the site and change your search options (covered below).

Underneath the yellow box is a bright yellow bar: "Click for Offering Information." Once clicked, a scroll bar showing all the Agencies and Districts with offerings will show beneath (Figure 2.3). This information will also be updated as you change your search options. When the cursor is held over one of the blue Agency: District titles, the icon on the map showing that particular project/offering will be highlighted. You may need to zoom into the area on the map where the project is located to see the balloon.

Right click on a point on the map to center four distance circles with radii of: 25 miles (red), 50 miles (blue), 75 miles (green), and 100 miles (orange) from the center (clicked) point (Figure 2.5).

Two new green balloons will appear on the map. Marker A represents the spot that was right clicked, and is the center of the radii. Marker B is meant to be moved to different supply locations, and will be discussed below.

Click on the red "Click for Search Options" bar just above the map, and several search options appear (Figure 2.6, A). Make your search selections in the drop down menus. You may select multiple items in each menu by using the Control button. Under NEPA Status, "Not Applicable" refers to non-federal agencies. Click "Search."

The query uses the centerpoint you have chosen for radius distance. If you have not created a centerpoint yet, you won’t get a radius option, and the query will use the entire CROP database.

In our example, we picked all ponderosa pine in a radius of 50 miles from the centerpoint. The right side of the red Search Options box indicates how many projects/locations meet the chosen criteria.

Data in the yellow box will change to reflect your selections (B). When you click on the bright yellow "Click for Offering Information," only agencies that meet your criteria will show.

The map will also reflect your choices. In our example, it shows only projects/locations offering ponderosa pine in a 50-mile radius.

The interactive Search Options feature also creates mini CROPs based on your selections. Click on the "View Mini CROP" button which has replaced the "Search" button in upper right hand corner.

A new page will appear in a new tab with several CROP pages side-by-side (Figures 2.7a and b). The first page (farthest left) shows the sum of all agencies that met your criteria; scroll right to see individual agency results. All charts and tables in the original CROP are included in these mini CROPs, and can be seen by scrolling down the page. If too many locations are included in your mini CROP (e.g. >30), download will be slowed significantly, so limiting your options is a good idea.

The map can also help figure out actual haul distance miles, time, and cost. Drag the B Marker to any supply location and the driving route is shown on the map (Figure 2.8). Road miles and estimated driving time are shown in the green box on the upper right. In our example, Marker B is within 50 radial miles, but is 66.8 miles by road.

Immediately above the map a driving cost estimator defaults to 5 miles/gallon and $3.00/gallon of gas – you may enter in other values and it will automatically recalculate a travel cost.

Step-by-step driving directions from point A to point B on the map are displayed below the map (Figure 2.9).

To identify actual road miles in all directions from centerpoint, click on the blue Distance Polygon Creator bar (A – Figure 2.10) to build a 360° polygon based on drivable routes set to a chosen maximum driving miles - 25, 50, 75 miles, etc. You can increase the accuracy (and processing time) of the estimate by decreasing the interval (increasing the number of points) in the drop-down box. The green polygon in our example is at 75 mile driving distance at 3° intervals (120 points). Notice many of the projects inside the green 75-mile radius are outside the polygon.

Use the ‘Clear Map’ button (top right) to clear the map, return to the original zoom level and reset the markers.

How to View Offerings by a Specific Agency

To view all offerings by an agency click on the agency’s name on the left side bar of the webpage (Figure 3.1). For this example, the BLM has been selected.

Once the data has loaded, your screen should look like Figure 3.2 depending on the agency selected.

1. Main summary giving overview information about the agency selected.
2. Boxes containing summary information about the agency’s offerings by each ranger district/field office, and a map in the center with specific ranger districts or field offices.
3. The markers on the map give the general location of the ranger district/field office they represent. When you move the mouse pointer over the location markers, text boxes will appear with the name of that ranger district/field office.
4. Below the map is a chart displaying summary information for all species for the agency per year by diameter size. A table displays the information broken out by biomass, small log, and large log totals per year.

Scroll down the page to view agency totals by diameter, NEPA process, district, etc. as in Figures 1.2-1.7.

How to View Offerings by a Ranger District / Field Office

To view all offerings by a specific ranger district/field office click on the ranger district/field office name located on the left sidebar of the webpage (Figure 4.1).

Once the data has loaded, your screen should look like Figure 4.2 depending on the ranger district/field office selected. The example is for Flaming Gorge Ranger District, Ashley National Forest.

1. Main summary giving overview information about the district selected.
2. Boxes containing summary information about each species offered by the district and a map in the center with the general location of the district. Each species text box is also a link to the detailed species offering information farther down the page.
3. Link to the District’s website.
4. Below the map is a chart that displays summary information for all offering for the district/field office for each year by diameter size. A table on the right displays the information as biomass, small log, and large log totals per year.

Scroll down the page to view district totals by diameter, NEPA process, district, etc. as in Figures 1.2-1.7.

How to View Offerings by All Species

To view all offerings for all species click on "All Species" across the top bar of the page (Figure 5.1).

Once the offering data has loaded, your screen should look like Figure 5.2

1. Main summary giving overview information about the total offerings in the CROP.
2. Boxes containing summary information about each of the species with offerings in the CROP. When the cursor is moved over a species box, it will turn green and the text will get bold, and a box will pop up saying "Click to View Detail."
3. The maps in the center locate the location of ranger districts/field offices. Moving the cursor over them will identify agency and district, but they are not links.

Scroll down the page to view summary information for species, per year by diameter size, species totals by diameter, NEPA process, etc., as in Figures 1.2-1.7.

Click on the text box for a species next to the map at the top or scroll down to see detailed information for each species (Figure 5.3).

How to View Offerings by a Specific Species

To view offerings by a specific species click on the species name on the top bar of each page (see Figure 6.1).

Once the offering data has loaded, your screen should look like Figure 6.2 depending on the species selected.

1. Last date data related to the page was updated.
2. Main summary giving overview information about the species selected.
3. Boxes containing summary information about each agency offering the species and a map with specific National Forest ranger districts, BLM field offices, or other resource providers making the offering.
4. The markers on the map give the general location of the ranger district/field office they represent. When you move the mouse pointer over the location markers, text boxes will appear with the name of the ranger district/field office.

Scroll down the page to view summary information for the individual species, per year by diameter size, the species totals by diameter, NEPA process, etc., as in Figures 1.2-1.7.

From the map at the top you can click on each map marker, or continue scrolling down the web page to navigate to detailed offering information for each resource provider. You will see something similar to Figure 6.3, depending on which resource provider was selected.

How to View Offerings by NEPA Process

To open the NEPA process overview page, click on "NEPA Overview" on the left side navigation bar (Figure 7.1).

Once the webpage is loaded, you will see a menu of links to help navigate the webpage (Figure 7.2). The first link takes you to an overview of the total volume from all federal agencies relative to the NEPA process status (approved, in-process, just started, and not started) for each year of the 5-year total.

The second group of links navigate through each federal agency included the CROP. When you click on an agency name, the page moves down to that agency’s overview (Figure 7.3). From here you can navigate between ranger districts/field offices that are part of the agency selected. To move to another agency, click "Return to Top" and select the next agency to view.

The third section moves the page to the species NEPA process overviews. From here you can compare the NEPA process for each species offered (see Figure 7.4).

After you select to view an agency/species on the NEPA Overview webpage, you can open up the 5-year data table (Figure 7.5) to view more details about the offerings displayed.

How to View Offerings by Resource Offering Type

Resource is offered through a variety of different sales/removal venues: fuel wood, pre-commercial thin, timber sales, post & pole, stewardship contract, prescribed burn, etc. To open the resource offering overview page, click on "Resource Offering Type" in the left side navigation bar (Figure 8.1).

Once the webpage is loaded, you will see a menu of links to help navigate the webpage (Figure 8.2).

The first link takes you to an overview of the total for each resource offering type for each year and for the 5-year total. The second group of links navigates through all agencies included in the CROP. When you click on an agency name, the page moves down to that agency’s overview (Figure 8.3). From here you can navigate between ranger districts/field offices that are part of the agency selected. To move to another agency, click "Return to Top" and select the next agency to view.

The third section moves the page to the species resource offering overviews. From here you can click on each species listed at the bottom of the page to compare the resource offering type for all species offered (Figure 8.4).

After you select to view an agency/species on the Resource Offering Overview webpage, you can open up the 5-year data table (Figure 8.5), to view more details about the offerings displayed.

How to View Offerings by Diameter Size

All data in this model is provided by diameter (dbh) breakouts: <4", 4"-7", 7"-9". 9"-12". >12". These volumes are then grouped by: biomass (<7"), small log (>7"-12"), and large log (>12"). To open the Diameter Size Overview page, click on "Diameter Size Overview" on the left side navigation bar (Figure 9.1).

Once the webpage is loaded, you will see a menu of links to help navigate the webpage (Figure 9.2).

The first link takes you to an overview of the total for each diameter size (biomass, small log, large log) for each year and the 5-year total (Figure 9.3).

The second group of links navigates through all agencies included in the CROP. When you click on an agency name, the page moves down to that agency’s overview (Figure 9.4). From here you can navigate between ranger districts/field offices that are part of the agency selected. To move to another agency, click "Return to Top" and select the next agency to view.

The third section moves the page to the diameter size offerings by species. From here you can click on each species listed at the bottom of the page to compare the diameter size offered for all species (Figure 9.5).

After you select to view an agency/species on the Diameter Size webpage, you can open up the 5-year data table (Figure 9.6), to view more details about the offerings displayed.

How to View Offerings by Customized Search

To search the offerings on your own, click on the Search Database link located in the left side navigation bar below the agency and ranger district/field office links (see Figure 10.1).

Once the webpage has loaded, the start page will look like Figure 10.2. You can choose which fields from the database to include in the search.

The query running on this page is set to sum the offerings based on the fields included in the query. For example, if you wish to view the total of all offerings of Aspen in 2011, keep the Species and Year boxes checked, uncheck the rest, and then click "Search Offerings" (Figure 10.3). Your result will be one line below the search fields with the total of all Aspen offerings for 2011 contained in the database.

If you want to view individual records entered into the database, check the box "by Individual Record," leave desired search fields on, and use the drop down boxes to narrow your search. To pick more than one item in a list, use the Control button as you click on each item. (See Example Figure 10.4a; Results Figure 10.4b.)

How to Update Data – Getting into the Database

The website is set up so each agency can add projects or update its data whenever desired. To enter the database, click "Enter Database" along the left side navigation bar (Figure 11.1). You will be prompted for a username and password. Each ranger district/field office/state entity has its own username and password, and the head of each agency has a master password. Data entered by a district must be approved by the agency before it is posted to the website.

Once you submit username and password you will see a Welcome page – click "Continue" to see a page like Figure 11.2. On the lower right corner of the page is a box, "How to Use Database." Click on this box for detailed instructions.