As part of a cooperative agreement with UVM I serve as the lead geospatial analyst for the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station's People and their Environments group (NRS-9). Having internal GIS support to NRS-9 allows the researchers to capitalize on geospatial technology without having to become technical experts. Some of the capabilities I bring to the table are: automated geoprocessing, web-based mapping, feature extraction from remotely sensed data, data creation, and geodatabase design.