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BLM | 2016
During analysis of potential impacts to cultural resources as a result of extraction activities at the Meeteetse Draw Bentonite Mine in Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin, concerns of indirect impacts to…
BLM | 2016
The National Operations Center (NOC) provides remotely sensed geospatial data products to support fire management officials conducting Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation (ESR) activities on…
BLM | 2016
The BLM has increasingly used an emergent computing platform known as Google Earth Engine (GEE) to harness remote sensing data for resource management. GEE provides a development environment that…
BLM | 2016
The BLM National Operations Center (NOC) is using multi-date aerial photography and remotely sensed imagery to delineate recent and historical river channel extents and gradients of the Red River (…
NPS | 2016
The length and warmth of the growing season is changing in arctic Alaska, with important implications for wildlife and overall ecosystem productivity. The NPS in Alaska is using eMODIS (EROS MODIS)…
NPS | 2016
Water clarity is a key water-quality property in salmon-bearing lakes. Decreases in water clarity due to increases in glacial runoff have been shown to reduce salmon production by lowering the…
NPS | 2016
The current rapid retreat of glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park (KEFJ) results in dramatic landscape change on a shorter time scale than is observed in many other parts of the country. Park…
NPS | 2016
Reductions in the duration of annual lake ice cover in Alaska are expected to produce profound environmental changes. These include biological productivity changes in aquatic and terrestrial…
NPS | 2016
A heavy rain event on August 18, 2015, triggered two landslides in the southeastern Alaska community of Sitka. The slides claimed three lives and caused substantial damage to property and…