PLACES Goals Include
- Advance knowledge of the variations in land and climate conditions that occur across
managed and natural landscapes.
- Explore economic and environmental benefits of this knowledge to the land and for
society.
- Develop and test agro-technology transfer strategies based on soil and climate resource
databases and geographic information system (GIS) technology.
- Apply field-scale GIS, terrain modeling, global positioning system (GPS), remote sensing,
and expert system technologies with soil and climate databases to soil-specific management
including "Precision Farming."
Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Montana State University
P.O. Box 173120
Bozeman, MT 59717-3120
Tel: (406) 994-7060
Fax: (406) 994-3933
Location: 334 Leon Johnson Hall
Department Head:
Dr. Tracy M. Sterling
