Title:

Uncrewed aerial system imagery and collocated validation field plots from assessment of forest spatial pattern in Black Hills South Dakota, USA restoration treatments

Author(s):

Tinkham, Wade T.; Battaglia, Michael A.; Woolsey, George A.

Publication Year:

2026

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Tinkham, Wade T.; Battaglia, Michael A.; Woolsey, George A. 2026. Uncrewed aerial system imagery and collocated validation field plots from assessment of forest spatial pattern in Black Hills South Dakota, USA restoration treatments. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2026-0003

Abstract:

This data publication includes uncrewed aerial system (UAS) imagery collected in 2023 to characterize the forest spatial pattern following five unique silvicultural prescriptions implemented in the Black Hills Experimental Forest in South Dakota. The imagery includes 6,185 photo points and is accompanied by 115 ground control points established to ensure alignment of the UAS and field observations, and 46 one-tenth acre circular plots of stem mapped Pinus ponderosa trees for use in validating both tree and plot level forest structural metrics. Additionally, a geospatial layer is provided that delineates and defines the management units and the five prescriptions implemented within them.

Keywords:

imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Landscape ecology; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Monitoring; Forest management; Restoration; silviculture; restoration; uncrewed aerial system; individual tree detection; spatial pattern; Black Hills Experimental Forest; Black Hills National Forest; South Dakota

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• Tinkham, Wade T.; Battaglia, Michael A.; Woolsey, George A.; Lad, Lauren E.; Asherin, Lance A. . Unknown. Frequency versus individual, clumps, and openings prescription marking: comparison in Ponderosa pine restoration treatments using uncrewed aerial systems. Journal of Forestry. [In review].

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