The Land in Hand Toolkit
Helping maintain and sustain recreation in the forest and wilderness.
Streamlines your operations with a fully integrated system.
Quantitative feedback strengthens volunteer participation.
Quick to learn and easy to use.
No paperwork needed.
Observe
Report from your phone,
GPS and photos included
Manage
View reported observations
In Graphs, Lists, and Maps
Analyze
Powerful, easy to use, queries
For efficient planning
Maintain
Assign and deploy crew to
repair and service your trails
Ocotillo Solutions connects people and data to the land.
We offer Land in Hand software to help the Forest Service and its volunteer organizations sustain the beauty of the forest. With Land in Hand observers record the situation in the field using a powerful phone app. Maintenance managers analyze and map the data to decide how to assign maintenance work. They also update work status and document completed projects.
Land in Hand is designed to:
Improve participation of volunteer organizations with the Forest Service.
Increase productivity of managing trails, trail heads, forest roads, signs, rivers, picnic areas, graffiti, etc.
Unify acquisition, databasing, mapping, project tracking, and analysis into one tool kit.
Enable customization to support local work practices.
Minimize training.
Three Easy to Use Components
Satisfy different workflows while all of the data is automatically synchronized in one database.
Report App
Used to acquire field data. Entries are streamlined using drop down menus and by automating GPS location retrieval, camera launch and photo upload.
Manage App
Enables viewing, editing and mapping of all entries. Easily add new patrollers and trails.
Dashboard
Integrates and automates the tools to analyze observations, assign field work, and track progress.
Working With Partners
Add New Report App Users
Emails are automatically sent to new users with the Report app installation link and user instructions
Report Volunteer Hours
Log hours for any number of volunteers during field events.
Yearly report automatically generated in Google Sheets.
Status Reports for Partners
Harness volunteer energy by ensuring they are recognized
About Us
The Ocotillo Solutions team volunteers with Sedona Friends of the Forest. Every year nearly three million people visit the Sedona Red Rock Ranger District. Friends of the Forest supports the Forest Service in maintaining the area’s beauty. Ocotillo Solutions understands the work needed to maintain hiking trails, forest roads, signs, trailheads, to remove graffiti and to monitor endangered wildlife and invasive plants.
The local Forest Service has a tremendous amount of work on their plates. They lack the resources to adequately acquire, organize or analyze the information, or to implement new tools. We formed a team to solve these issues by documenting best practices and automating the data management. Our tools are easily deployed to hundreds of users without needing to purchase any computer hardware, and have been quickly adapted to new monitoring projects. The success of our project helped Sedona Friends of the Forest win the 2017 Forest Service’s Chief Award.
Contact Us
Please reach out to us with any questions, comments, or business inquiries.