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