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BLM | 2017
The BLM National Operations Center (NOC) has partnered with the BLM Arizona State Office and the Safford Field Office to document and measure the impacts of the HX Dam failure, which occurred in June…
BLM | 2017
The BLM is employing high-resolution commercial satellite imagery as a pilot effort to map saguaro locations within Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona. Saguaro are a distinctive cactus species…
BLM | 2017
Hillshades are useful in depicting additional details in terrain and emphasizing variation in topography, which contributes to effective cartographic interpretation. However, digital hillshade…
BLM | 2017
The BLM National Operations Center (NOC) regularly assists field offices with photogrammetric and remote sensing projects involving Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in a variety of natural resource…
BLM | 2017
Located 15 mi east of Rock Springs, Wyoming (41.6641°, -108.9526°) the Pierotto irrigation diversion on Bitter Creek is threatened by stream erosion and undercutting. The diversion was constructed in…
BLM | 2017
The BLM uses Google Earth Engine (GEE) to leverage remote sensing data for resource management across multiple geographic scales. GEE provides a cloud computing architecture for accessing, processing…
BLM | 2017
The BLM has instituted field-based Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) methods to characterize ecosystem condition and trends for public lands. AIM provides a statistically valid sampling…
BLM | 2015
The Bureau of Land Management National Operations Center (NOC) is leading efforts to collect very large scale aerial (VLSA) imagery in support of the agency’s natural resource programs. Using…
BLM | 2015
The Wyoming State BLM is using digital aerial imagery to identify cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) in a portion of the greater sage-grouse core and connectivity areas in northeastern Wyoming. Cheatgrass…
BLM | 2015
Warming climate and chronically diminished snowpacks are straining water resources in the western United States. Properly functioning riparian systems slow runoff and store water, thus regulating…
BLM | 2015
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) leveraged multi-scale imagery to document and measure the impacts of the HX Dam failure in 2014. It is suspected that a 5.2 magnitude earthquake compromised the…
BLM | 2015
The existing in-house holdings of BLM Utah State Office vintage aerial photographic film acquired during 1966 for the Utah Photography for Resource Management (UPRM) project (10,300 images) was…