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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 | 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 | 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
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 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
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 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
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 | 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 (…
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 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
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…