Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Puerto Rico Agriculture Team Location: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center – Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Dr. Sara Lubkin Julia Marrs Sean McCartney Alison Thieme Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Michael Cosh (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) Dr. Ronald Ochoa (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) Dr. John Bolten (NASA Goddard … Read More
Hydrilla Hype: Mapping an Invasive Weed in Two Georgia Reservoirs
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Southeast U.S. Ecological Forecasting III Team Location: University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia Authors: Shuvankar Ghosh Austin Haney Frank Braun Zachary Conner Christopher Cooper Abhishek Kumar Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Deepak Mishra (University of Georgia, Department of Geography) Dr. Susan Wilde (University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources) … Read More
Wildfire Destruction: A Changing Fire Regime Threatens Local Fauna
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Eastern Idaho Disasters Team Location:åÊBLM at Idaho State University Geographic Information Systems Training and Research Center ÛÒ Pocatello, Idaho Authors: Courtney Ohr Jenna Williams Priscilla Addison Mentors/Advisors: Keith Weber (GIS Training and Research Center at Idaho State University) Dr. John Schnase (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) Mark Carroll (NASA … Read More
Weeding the West: Monitoring Invasives using NASA Earth Observations
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Southwest U.S. Ecological Forecasting Team Location: NASA Langley Research Center ÛÒ Hampton, Virginia Authors: Ryan Avery Katherine Landesman Jordan Vaa Timmera Whaley Dakoyta Greenman Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Past/Other Contributors: Emily Gotschalk (Center Lead) Tyler Rhodes (Center Lead) Abstract: The southwestern United States spans six … Read More
Bad Bromes in the Badlands: Monitoring Invasives in the Great Plains
Category: Identifying Invasive Species Extent & Critical Species Habitat Project Team: Northern Great Plains Ecological Forecasting Team Location:åÊNASA Goddard Space Flight Center ÛÒ Greenbelt, Maryland Authors: Amanda Clayton Jessica Fayne Carl Green Jared Tomlin Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Kenton Ross (NASA Langley Research Center) Past/Other Contributors: Sean McCartney (Center Lead) Abstract: Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and Japanese brome (Bromus japonicus) are widespread invasive … Read More
An Environment in Flux
Remote sensing is being used to promote the sustainability of agricultural and recreational opportunities in the Medicine Bow National Forest of Wyoming, USA. On a quiet patch of land in the Medicine Bow National Forest (MBNF) in Wyoming, livestock consumed native grasses that dominated the landscape, and hikers trekked through those grasses to access tall aspen stands and striking views. … Read More
Hunting for Hydrilla: Mapping an Aquatic Intruder
This is an article from the Summer 2015 VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊDetecting Habitat Conservation and Species Distribution Project Team: Southeast U.S. Ecological Forecasting Team Location: University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia Authors: Shuvankar Ghosh Peter Hawman Wuyang Cai Elizabeth Dyer Pradeep Kumar Ragu Chanthar Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Deepak Mishra (University of Georgia) Dr. Susan Wilde (University of … Read More
Bug Off! Woolly Adelgid Induced Hemlock Decline in the Great Smoky Mountains
Project Team: Great Smoky Mountains Ecological Forecasting Team Team Location: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Authors: Jiaying He, Project Lead (University of Georgia) Steven Weaver (University of Georgia) Corbin Kling (University of Georgia) Zennure Ucar (University of Georgia) Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Marguerite Madden (Department of Geography, University of Georgia) Steve Padgett-Vasquez (Department of Geography, University of Georgia) Past/Other Contributors: Dr. Sergio … Read More
Using Landsat 8 to Mitigate: Mesquite Risk Modeling in Ethiopia
Project Team: Ethiopia Ecological Forecasting Team Team Location: United States Geological Survey (USGS) at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Authors: Matt Luizza (Colorado State University) Tewodros Wakie (Colorado State University) Amanda West (Colorado State University) Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Paul Evangelista (Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University) Dr. Melinda Laituri (Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University) Past/Other … Read More
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