WisFIRS Background

WisFIRS (Wisconsin Forest Inventory & Reporting System) is a multi year project being developed that will enable foresters to store data collected in the field, plan for and track completed practices (e.g. timber sales), report accomplishments, calculate the financial aspects of the programs (e.g. millions of dollars collected and dispersed to towns and counties), and tracking open MFL lands to hunting and recreation to name a few. This application manages core business functions for public and private forest management in Wisconsin, serving hundreds of DNR staff as well as our partners (county forests and cooperating (consulting) foresters). Due to the importance of knowing where on the landscape practices are being done, geographical information systems (GIS) is being integrated throughout the system. WisFIRS is being developed to encompass the business functions of 3 existing applications, which are running on old technology, which is now at risk of failing. These applications were different enough that field staff had to learn how to use each application individually, making it incredibly cumbersome and in some cases staff have to re-enter the same information up to 4 times, increasing errors in the data. The WisFIRS project is taking the time to not only re-write existing applications into new, current technology, but also re-design workflows to gain efficiencies in the field, allow for easier reporting, and increase access to the data.

WisFIRS Public Lands Application

County Forest Users

County Forest users need a WAMS ID from the State of Wisconsin in order to access WisFIRS. The WAMS ID must then be provided to the WisFIRS administrator to configure access.

• Get a State of Wisconsin WAMS ID.
• Send the WAMS ID to the WisFIRS administrator.

DNR Users

DNR users can access WisFIRS from any DNR network connected computer.

If a DNR user needs to access WisFIRS from a non-DNR computer, then similar to the County Forest User (see above), the DNR user can obtain a WAMS ID and provide it to the WisFIRS administrator.

Technical Requirements

• WisFIRS was designed to work over a high-speed internet connection and may not be usable over a dial-up connection.
• After 30 minutes of inactivity, your WisFIRS session will be ended and any unsaved data will be lost.
• JavaScript must be enabled in the browser.
• Adobe Reader 6.0 or higher is required to print reports.
• WisFIRS requires IE 5.5 or higher and has been extensively tested with IE 6.0.
• The GIS integration capability in this version of WisFIRS requires the ArcView 3.3, 9.1, or 9.2 version of RAVE/RAVEN to be installed on the user’s computer. GIS integration is not a required part of WisFIRS.

Contact Information For more information about WisFIRS, please contact the DNR.

Access to WisFIRS is restricted to authorized personnel only, as defined by Wisconsin DNR Foresters, County and Cooperating Foresters.