Wildfire management in advance: Using PODS to identify boundaries
Glen Lewis explains the basics of PODs at the workshop held on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. USDA Forest Service photo by Richard Parker.
WASHINGTON, DC—The Forest Service is taking a proactive, collaborative and innovative approach to wildfire management in part by hosting a series of potential…
#Wildfire, #Collaboration, #FirefighterSafety, #Safety, #Maps, #Education
Fathoming the snow depths
This snow-depth map, zoomed out, shows snow accumulations across the western and northern United States. Inches of snow range from blues to purples to pinks, from less to more snowpack.
CALIFORNIA—In California, the new year arrived on the wave of an atmospheric river, carrying enough water…
#Snow, #Winter, #WinterSports, #Maps, #Recreation
Thousand Cankers Disease Survey Maps
Black walnuts killed by thousand cankers disease. (Photo courtesy of bugwood.org, by Curtis Utley, CSUE)
Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD ) results from the combined activity of a fungus, Geosmithia morbida, and the walnut twig beetle (WTB), Pityophthorus juglandis. TCD was originally described from scattered locations throughout western states. Now it appears that walnut twig beetle (WTB) and,…
#InvasiveSpecies, #ForestHealth, #Maps
Southern Pine Beetle Collector Map
SPB Collector map data window screen capture
The Southern Pine Beetle Collector application streamlines and standardizes field data collection. There are a variety of ways in which data can be collected and integrated into the Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) database for upward reporting. The Collector input is the most direct link! However, data that is collected via Digital Mobile Sketch…
#ForestHealthProtection, #Maps, #NativeInsectsAndDiseases, #Beetles
Individual Tree Species Parameter Maps
Individual Tree Species Parameter Maps Viewer
The Individual Tree Species Parameter Maps (ITSP) were developed to support the National Insect and Disease Risk Map (NIDRM) since insect and disease risk is often driven by the density of a given species. While similar to the Tree Atlas, the ITSP project mapped basal area and stand density index for each individual tree species. The…
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Digital Mobile Sketch Mapping
Digital Mobile Sketch Mapping Screen Capture
DMSM is tablet hardware, software, and back end data support processes (ArcGIS Desktop Tools) that allow trained aerial surveyors, in light aircraft, and ground observers to record forest disturbances and their causal agents. DMSM replaces the legacy Digital Aerial Sketch Mapping (DASM) and will greatly enhance the quality and quantity of forest…