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Innovate to elevate: Advancing geospatial solutions

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Geospatial Office employees Adam Clark, Jeremy Webb and Eric Chabot conduct pre-flight setup for an Uncrewed Aircraft Systemslight detection and ranging sensor test flight on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest for a Geospatial Technology and Applications Steering Committee project, June…
#Partnerships, #Innovation

The bear necessities

An adult brown bear resting along the rocky bank of a stream.
New picnic tables able to withstand the Sierra Nevada’s snowfall and new food lockers are some of the upgrades made to the Stanislaus National Forest’s Big Meadow Campground. The upgrades were funded with y $1440,000 provided by the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020. (USDA Forest Service…
#Bears, #Camping, #Campgrounds, #OutdoorSafety, #Wildlife, #Recreation, #GreatAmericanOutdoorsAct, #Innovation

Firewood banks expand access to affordable home heating for tribes

Snow covered firewood cut and stacked against the side of an old wood structure
An estimated 2.3 million American homes rely on firewood for home heating. Like many energy sources, the cost of firewood has increased in recent years. (© Viktor Pravdica - stock.adobe.com). In many parts of the U.S., the months of January and February bring striking winter scenes of…
#Firewood, #Tribes, #InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct, #NationalForestFoundation, Home Heating, #FirewoodBanks, Wood Stove, #Innovation, #WoodInnovations