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Flying Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Natural Resource Management Purposes on Forest System Lands

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The U.S. Forest Service is highly interested in new technologies such as Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). There is potential for the agency to fly UAS for a host of natural resource management purposes, including wildfire management; disaster response; law enforcement support; forest health monitoring; research; and forest and range management.The U.S. Forest Service has been considering and…
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