The Grassland Vegetation Inventory is a land cover and land use classification system for the grasslands. GVI provides an extensive array of natural upland, riparian and wetland classes. Coupled with anthropogenic (modified) land use classes, GVI is a robust system that captures the variety of biophysical land uses in the grasslands.
Online videos and quizzes with associated workbook activities can be completed at your own pace. You have two years to complete the course and there are four opportunities for you to attend the requisite 2.5hr scheduled online class (April and December annually). This course has four learning modules and consists of online, offline and interactive components, as follows:
- Three to four online instruction videos per module
- An online quiz per instruction video
- Four offline activities
- A 2-hour online interactive class
- A final online exam
This course takes ~8 hours to complete. You can start immediately upon registration and must be finished by the end of April 2026.
The next class will be scheduled in 2025, but are regularly held in April and December each year from 12:00pm to 2:30pm MST.
The Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI) blended course builds on your skills and understanding of:
- Grassland ecosystem components
- Imagery interpretation
- Mapping procedure
- GVI site types (i.e., range sites) classification
- GVI data structure and legends
- GVI applications
- Applying GVI to the entire province for easier land management and ecosite mapping
Check out this short video on SALMTEC’s YouTube channel to see some of the applications of GVI!
