Database Help & Information  

Searching for Information

Welcome to the PJ Wood Database Site.  The PJ Wood is a research database which archives Pinyon-Juniper manipulations on Bureau of Land Management lands across the Colorado Plateau.

Before you start, please read the database and website disclaimer. We also recommend you review the search tips below.  Due to massive amounts of data returned on unstructured searches, we have established search criteria to refine and limit results to the most relevant information. These criteria do not limit your access to the data.  

   The Research Database Number (RDN) is a unique ID assigned to each treatment.  Use these numbers to identify treatments in your search results and when using the Dynamic Map.

Search for specific treatments by entering treatment identification data or search for a range of treatments using the variables on the Search Criteria page:

• Search across multiple variables or by category.
• Use the <Shift> or <CTrl> key for multiple selections within each variable list box.
• Multiple choices within selection boxes use an “OR” condition.  Choices between selection boxes use an “AND” condition, unless AND/OR buttons are provided."-No Selection-" for a variable will search all other selected variables.
• "Submit" returns a list of treatments matching the request.
• Additional tips are available below.

Search data by location, treatment type, or any combination of the items displayed on the search screen.  All searches require you to drill down through the data. This should allow you the opportunity to refine the actual record you want to review and work with.

Conventions

Bolded Words or Symbols enclosed by the <> symbols indicate a key or action. Example: <Enter> (key) or <Click> (action).

Bold text indicates the name of an object found on the page like a control or a link.

Basics

• Unlike a regular web site where you can usually jump to any page in the site, in this application several pages will not function properly if you do not drill down through the data. Therefore, you may only navigate to these pages from the correct page
• You will have to click on a link to navigate back to the page you want to reach.
• “Submit” buttons provide the means to submit your requests for data and will open the results page.
• “Reset” buttons clear all selections and return the page to its original condition.

Selecting items from a dropdown list.

• Select a single item by clicking on it.  The item will become highlighted
• Select multiple items by pressing and holding the <Ctrl> and then clicking on the items you want. The individual items will be highlighted.  As long as you hold down the <Ctrl> the items need not be in order.  If you let up on the <Ctrl> and then click an item only the item clicked on will be selected.
• To select consecutive items by clicking on the first item then press and hold the <Shift> and click on the last item that you want selected.

Selecting items from a data grid control

Data grid controls look like a spread sheet.  All data grids have a check box on the left side of each row of data and one in the header. 

• Select individual records by clicking the box to the left of the data.
• Deselect individual records by un-clicking the box to the left of the data.
• Select all rows of data by clicking the box on the left side of the header.
• Deselect all rows by un-clicking the box to the left of the header.

Selecting items from a radio button list

All items in a radio button list are mutually exclusive.

You can only select one item, if you chick on another item in the list, the first item is deselected and the new item is selected.

Performing a basic search

I) Begin by clicking the on the “Search Criteria” link.  This will open the “Search Criteria” page. 

This page is very large and is probably best viewed by using the smallest text that you can reasonably read. Above you see the top half of the page. Below you see the bottom half of the page. You will need to scroll to view all the content.

Select type of data that you think will provide you with the kind of data you are looking for.  For example a common search would be by field office.  Select a field office from the field office dropdown list control.  <Click> on the “Submit” button.

Guideline # 1: If you can select it you can search by it along with any other criteria that you can select on the page.  There are some exceptions to this rule see limitations below:

Guideline # 2: You will have to drill down through the data to view the images.  At this time it is not possible view the images without first selecting data.

Under "BLM Images":

1. Search by a specific image number. This will return the treatment data associated with that treatment.  If any other criteria is selected the image number will be ignored
2. Search by any one or all of the following criteria in any combination with the exceptions noted below;
• Image Type
• Treatment Stage
• Photo type – Photo type can only be used when Image type is “-No Selection-“ or “Photo”

For Plant Removal Treatment Type you only have the option of choosing “and" or “or” for your data search. “Or” is assumed. If you want to use “and”click on the “And” radio button.

For “AcreageRange”, “End Year” and “Cost” you have the same three options for each of them.  You may choose to use them in any combination with or with out other options available on the “Search Criteria” page.

1. Enter the minimum “Acreage”, “End Year” or “Cost”, the system will return all treatments with values equal to or greater than the value entered
2. Enter the minimum “Acreage”, “End Year”, or “Cost” and the maximum acreage, end year or cost, the system will return all treatments that fall equal to or between the two values
3. Enter the maximum “Acreage”, “End Year”, or “Cost”, the system will return all treatments that have values equal to or less than the entered value.

For Revegetated Treatments, select the -ANY- option to limit search results to treatments that include a re-vegetation application.  Select -NONE- to limit search results to treatments that did not include re-vegetation.  The -NO SELECTION- option will return both re-vegetated and non re-vegetated treatments.

II) The “Summary Results” page will open.  This page provides only basic information about a treatment.  Definitions of the field titles below can be found in the data dictionary

• Research Database Number or RDN
• RIPS ID
• Fuels ID
• Past ID
• Treatment Name
• Field Office
• End Year
• Total Methods
• Target Vegetation Species

Select the records you wish to see detailed information about and <Click> the “Submit” button; the “Treatment Details” page will open.  The “Treatment Details” page has a list of various detail groups to choose from.  Select a classification by <Clicking> on the radio button to the left of the group name.

Limitations:

1.        Cannot pick “ counties” without selecting a “State”. 

2.        Cannot pick a “Field Office” if you select a “State”.

3.        Cannot pick a “ state” if you previously select a “ Field Office”.

4.        If you select a “Field Office” then you can search by “ Allotments” associated with that field office.

5.        If you select a “Field Office” then you have the option of searching by “Township, Range and Section” (TRS) or “Latitude and Longitude”,

but not both.

6.   If you enter an image number you may not search by anything else.