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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…
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
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
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 | 2018
In summer 2017, the BLM National Operations Center (NOC) participated in a BLM Washington, D.C., Office pilot program to use imagery from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to characterize important…
BLM | 2018
The BLM National Operations Center (NOC), as part of an ongoing pilot project with the Royal Gorge Field Office (RGFO) in Canon City, Colorado, is using remotely sensed imagery from unmanned aircraft…
BLM | 2018
Across vast areas of BLM-managed western lands, prehistoric surficial rock features such as tipi rings, medicine wheels, cairns, and other ambiguous rock arrangements have lain in situ, undisturbed…
BLM | 2018
The Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas is a leading source of oil production for the United States and is experiencing rapid energy development. The BLM holds millions of acres of mineral estate—…
BLM | 2018
The BLM National Operations Center (NOC) provides remotely sensed geospatial data products to support fire management officials conducting Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation (ESR) activities…
BLM | 2016
Assessment Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) methods are used to monitor landscape condition and trends across many BLM-managed lands. However, the derived fractional cover estimates, which are used to…
BLM | 2016
The Cascades Field Office in the Salem District BLM in Oregon has embraced the the power of light detection and ranging (lidar) data for creating 3D visualizations of timber, recreation, and other…
BLM | 2016
The national-scale BLM Forest Vegetation Information System (FORVIS) provides data about forest attributes and associated land management activities to inform vegetation inventory and monitoring…