Technical Resources  :  Analysis

NRIAI both develops Tools and Techniques for Analysis of National and Economic Resources; as well as specific examples.

Recent NRIAI Analyses

• Evaluation of the Customer Service Toolkit
• Analysis of Usage of the 1997 NRI OASys
• Gomez Regional Indicators Project
• Hispanics in Agriculture
• SSURGO Soils Data with the SWAT Watershed Model
• NRCS Clients Demographics Information
• Use of NRI Point Data in Image Processing

NRCS Economic Example Analyses include:

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Applying Biosolids: Issues for Virginia Agriculture

• Brush Fire Safety Model

• Conservation Effects for Decision-makers

• Conservation Practice Physical Effects

• Economics of Conservation Buffers

• IMPLAN Regional Economic Analysis and Data

Projects and Technology

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• Paper - "Web-Based Survey Tools," Sarah Nusser and Dean Thompson - 1998 Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association.(178 KB)

• Journal article on data collection with Newton MessagePads (109 KB)

• Technical Note on PDAs (107 KB)

• Johnson County Inventory and Assessment Pilot Project (16 KB)

• MARIS Abstract (16 KB)
  The Multi-state Aquatic Resources Information System (MARIS) is a state-federal partnership to facilitate acquiring strategic fisheries data for macro-scale analysis and management.

• Game Harvest Trends (399 KB)
  Recent trends in the harvest of 12 key species of game animals are depicted by NRCS regions. Estimates of population numbers are much harder to get, but estimates of harvest provide good indications of population trends. Population trends are influenced by habitat quality and vegetation characteristics which in turn are influenced by Federal agricultural programs and land management decisions.

• Presentation made at the Jan. '98 NRI Data Collectors Conference depicting examples of ecological uses of NRI data. (478 KB)