Raster Based GIS Conference

Agriculture Rocky Mountain National Park

Where is the best area for agriculture site even with a forest fire at Near Nation Park Colorado? Using data from arcgis.com of forest fire, vegetation and national park boundary shapefile data. Why use fire and vegetation important for agriculture? Because Forests and trees make an essential contribution to food security by helping to maintain the environmental conditions needed for agricultural production. They stabilize the soil, prevent erosion, enhance the land’s capacity to store water, and moderate air and soil temperatures. How does agriculture relate to groundwater? Groundwater is increasingly important for agriculture irrigation in semi-arid regions. It also generates multiple negative externalities, including salinity, stream depletion, or land subsidence that directly affect agricultural productivity, water users and the environment. Using raster data from http://cdss.colorado.gov and used zonal statistic to see where there is ground water near national park. The result of map show Looks like the ground water is close to a big fire. And there is few little fires in the vegetation area in the region of national park.

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