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BLM | 2019
Above average snowpack across Colorado in 2018–19 led to an unprecedented avalanche season, with the concomitant deposition of debris in streams creating flooding hazards across the state. This was…
BLM | 2019
Since 2014, the National Operations Center (NOC) has provided remotely sensed geospatial data products to support management officials conducting Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation (ESR)…
BLM | 2019
Landscape Cover Analysis and Reporting Tools (LandCART) is an online mapping application being developed by the BLM Geospatial Imaging group at the National Operations Center (NOC) through a National…
BLM | 2019
A decommissioned landfill located on BLM-managed land in Fairplay, Colorado, was found to be leeching chemicals into the groundwater. A planimetric and topographic survey was requested to be used in…
USGS | 2019
Elevation data are critical for assessments of sea-level rise and coastal flooding exposure. Previous research has demonstrated that the quality of data used in elevation-based assessments must be…
USGS | 2019
Low-lying island environments, such as the Majuro Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, are particularly vulnerable to coastal flooding (inundation) whether the increased water levels are…
USGS | 2019
The USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to identify forest canopy gaps in riparian forests along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. The…
USGS | 2019
As part of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) commitment to provide technical assistance to the Kenyan Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), the USGS created a high spatial and time-sensitive…
USGS | 2019
Located on the border of Iran and Afghanistan, Hamun Lake is a critical source of water for communities, irrigated agriculture, and wildlife across a river basin that covers 40% of Afghanistan. Two…
USGS | 2019
Livestock operations are typically located in areas of highly variable weather or unfavorable soil conditions that preclude farming. In areas with highly variable climate, livestock managers can…
USGS | 2019
Cheatgrass is a highly flammable, prolific grass species that invades sagebrush ecosystems and creates extensive fuel beds that spread fire. The fires threaten homes, grazing lands, energy…
USGS | 2019
Fires rage through hundreds of thousands to millions of acres in sagebrush ecosystems every year in the western U.S. The number of acres burned today is substantially more than has burned during…