Who Uses It ?Who Uses the GRS Densitometer?
The GRS Densitometer™ , based on sales within just the last few years, is currently used in over 35 countries in every continent except Antarctica (view map). GRS Densitometer users represent a wide range of resource management oriented agencies, companies, and academic institutions. These users recognize the benefits of using a standardized, objective, easy-to-use sampling tool that helps them develop accurate, detailed, layer-specific, and inexpensive species/landscape feature-specific cover field data, whether collected by the student, educator, researcher, volunteer, seasonal technician, or experienced professional. The GRS Densitometer used in combination with linear transect sampling bridges the field cover estimation gap that can so often comprise the quality of field cover estimates.
The following list is a brief listing of agencies, schools, corporations, and other entities that have purchased the GRS Densitometer:
Resource Management Agencies
California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection
Colorado State Forest Service
New Jersey Forest Service
Ohio Division of Wildlife
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. National Park Service
Vermont Department of Forests & Parks
Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Academic Institutions ( Colleges and Universities; High Schools; and Middle Schools)
Buckingham Brown & Nichols Middle School, Massachusetts
Galena High School, Alaska
Jenks High School, Oklahoma
Marvelwood School, Connecticut
Ponaganset High School, Rhode Island
Charles Darwin University, Australia
Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa
Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Lander University, Greenwood, South Carolina
Michigan Tech School of Forestry, Houghton
SUNY, Fredonia
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
University of California, Berkeley
University of Cambridge, England
University of Florida, Gainesville
University of Idaho, Moscow
University of Illinois, Springfield
University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
University of Lavras, Brazil
University of Manchester, England
University of Queensland, Australia
University of The South, Sewanee, Tennessee
University of Toronto, Mississauga
University of Washington, Seattle
University of Waterloo, Canada
University Sains, Malaysia
Washington State University, Pullman
Forest Management Companies
Campbell Timber Management
Boise Cascade Corp.
Fruit Growers Supply Co.
Plum Creek Timber Co.
International Paper Co.
And other Natural Resource Programs ...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO National Forestry Project, Bangladesh
Natural Heritage Program, Mississippi
Proyecto Mono Tocon, Peru
The Audobon Society
The Nature Conservancy
... and numerous other organizations interested in developing accurate quantitative cover estimates.
