For the past year DTM Consulting has been working closely with the Missoula County Community and Planning Services department to create an interactive, web-based atlas of critical GIS data sets.  The resulting PLACE Atlas (Practical Landscape Assessment for Conservation and Enhancement) presents key conservation and resource information to assist residents and planners to make educated land-use decisions. DTM relied on […]

The Tributary Fund sent a team of ecological scientists to Mongolia, with the goal of helping local citizens create a restoration vision for landscapes that are overgrazed and degraded by mining. As is true in parts of the American West, the challenging geologic and climatic conditions make it difficult for revegetation projects to thrive, as drying winds are abundant and water […]

It’s not very often that we get to work on a project that is as collaborative, technically challenging, and high-visibility as this one. In 2011 DTM started working with the Gallatin Valley Land Trust in Bozeman to revamp their pocket-sized parks and trails map. The goal was to combine the locations of trails, parks, playgrounds, landmarks, and conservation easements with a […]

The Montana Conservation Corps (MCC) recently released their 2011 annual report that featured our publication-quality cartography in a two-page spread. This map leveraged existing base datasets for the roads, rivers and boundaries, but required a custom color ramp and hillshade background to match the client’s requested color palette. DTM was provided a list of MCC project sites that were geolocated […]

Bryan attended the 2012 Intermountain GIS Conference in Kalispell, Montana, from April 17th to 19th.  He gave a talk on GIS-based channel migration zone and inundation modeling, using examples of the work we have been doing with Applied Geomorphology, Inc.  He also entered his latest map project, the Gallatin Valley Parks and Trails map, into the conference map contest, and won […]

This article was published in the August 17, 2010 Billings Gazette.  It highlights work performed by DTM and Applied Geomorphology where we developed Channel Migration Zone maps for the entire Yellowstone River. “Yellowstone River channel migration maps available to help with planning” Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_b7f74e28-aa5d-11df-979d-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1jMn8nzuY

We are pleased to announce that Bryan Swindell has earned a Master of Science degree from the Earth Sciences department at Montana State University, Bozeman.  Combining an interest in hydrology and climate science, he developed a suite of 800-year-long reconstructions of plausible streamflow for six subwatersheds of the Bighorn River Basin in Wyoming.  The reconstructions are based on a network […]

The US Department of Agriculture has released natural color, 1-meter resolution imagery for the state of Montana.  The imagery was acquired during the summer of 2011 through a partnership of federal and state agencies.  Previous statewide NAIP products were created in 2009 and 2005.  The NAIP imagery will find many uses in our work, especially river studies that require up-to-date […]

On October 6th, Bryan (far right) presented the results of his Master’s work at the annual Montana chapter of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA).  He received 3rd place among all Master’s student presenters at the conference, and generated a lot of interest in the science of using dendrochronology to study past hydroclimate.  More information about dendrohydrology can be found at the Western Water Assessment website.