LDI Announces Completion of Infrastructure Signature Project - CAMP, Oct 23, 1:00 p.m.

On Oct. 23, 1-2 p.m. a presentation will be made to the West Carroll District Fire Chiefs by high school students who have finished the first LDI signature project - CAMP - Community Asset Mapping Project. The CAMP will provide WC Fire Chiefs with digital maps of fire hydrant locations, fill stations and other important assets located in the West Carroll Parish Fire District.

The meeting will be held at the LSU AgCenter's Delta Rural Development Center (DRDC) located in the Thomas Jason Lingo Community Center in Oak Grove. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call the DRDC at 318.428.3571.

ABOUT CAMP:

The Community Asset Mapping Program (CAMP) provides students with training in geographic

information system (GIS) technology applications. Students then work with local leaders to create digital maps of community infrastructure to improve coordination of local services. CAMP is available at the LSU AgCenter’s Delta Rural Development Center (DRDC) located in the Thomas Jason Lingo Community Center in Oak Grove, Louisiana. CAMP is an infrastructure committee signature project of the Louisiana Delta Initiative.

LSU AgCenter faculty Dr. James Barnes, R. L. Frazier, Dr. Keith Morris and Myrl Sistrunk led the development of this project. Forest High School students Seth Strong, Dustin Waits and Charles Dupree received training in GIS technology and created fire district maps of West Carroll Parish.

We thank Senators Thompson and Walsworth and Representatives Chaney and Little for funding this program. We also thank Dr. Paul Coreil, Director, and Dwight Landreneau, Associate Director, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, Don Terry at Entergy Louisiana LLC and Drs. Robert Hutchinson and Gail Cramer for funding this program. This project was completed September 11, 2009.