Given what you have seen, how often will you refer to VegDRI maps for drought information

1
Given what you have seen, how often will you
refer to VegDRI maps for drought information?

• Regularly
• Occasionally
• Rarely
• Not at all

2
At what geographic scale would you use VegDRI to
acquire drought information?

• Ranch or farm
• County
• Multi-county region
• State
• Multi-state region

3
Are the non-drought classes useful?

• Yes
• No

4
Based on what youve seen today,how useful is
VegDRI for your specific interests?

• Extremely useful
• Very useful
• Somewhat useful
• Not useful

5
Are you likely to use VegDRI in your decision
making process?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe

6
What sub-state level is the most appropriate to
summarize VegDRI information in Montana?

• County
• Natural resource or conservation
  district
• Watershed or basin
• Other

7
Is an accompanying narrative (summary) of key
features changes on the national VegDRI map
useful?

• Extremely useful
• Very useful
• Somewhat useful
• Not useful

8
Would an interactive VegDRI Map Viewer be useful?

• Yes
• No

• Zoom and pan capabilities
• Overlay geographic reference information
• - counties, roads, streams, other
• administrative boundaries
• View other types of maps
• - drought index maps climate info.
• - land cover, elevation, soils

9
Which VegDRI products/tools do you find most
useful?

• Static maps, tables, and graphs
• Interactive VegDRI Map Viewer
• Both A B

10
What is the preferred method to deliver VegDRI
information?

• VegDRI website
• E-mail notification of new maps and products
• Hardcopy (newsletters or postings at govt
  offices or other locations)
• Organization topics or discussion board
  (via the Internet)
• Other

11
What group of users do you represent?

• Agricultural producer
  (rancher or farmer)
• Government agency representative
• Private business
• Other

12
How often do you need updated VegDRI maps?

• Weekly
• Bi-weekly (once every 2 weeks)
• Either