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USGS | 2019
Palmyra Atoll is a former World War II U.S. Naval air station that is now a wildlife refuge jointly managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy. To inform future…
USGS | 2019
Beech bark disease (BBD) was first detected at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO) in the early 2000s and is infecting and killing American beech (Fagus grandidentata) trees, producing gaps in…
USGS | 2019
A capacity to monitor land surface change across the conterminous U.S. was launched by the USGS in 2019 to meet increasing demands for timely and frequent integrated land cover and change information…
USGS | 2019
Forest loss, forest succession, and wetland drying have been key issues on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula in recent decades. Spruce bark beetle outbreaks, natural and human-caused wildfires, shrub…
USGS | 2019
This project focuses on the illegal artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of small and low-grade mineral and gemstone deposits. Project scientists employ field mapping, geomorphological techniques,…
USGS | 2019
The goal of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) is to complete acquisition of nationwide lidar (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IfSAR) in Alaska) in 8 years to provide the first-ever national…
USGS | 2019
The USGS is coordinating a 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) effort with other Federal agency partners and the State of Alaska to acquire new statewide Alaska elevation data. Under its Geospatial Products…
USGS | 2019
The North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS) is a collaborative initiative between Canada, Mexico, and the United States to monitor land cover and its change over time. The NALCMS’ 19…
USGS | 2019
The USGS has completed and released the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2016 for the United States. NLCD 2016 documents land cover in the conterminous United States from 2001 to 2016. The…
USGS | 2019
The USGS has completed and released the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2016 for the United States. NLCD 2016 for the first time includes fractional component products of shrub, bare ground, and…
USGS | 2019
A new suite of science products has been released, including Burned Area, Dynamic Surface Water Extent, and Fractional Snow Covered Area. These new products span the USGS Landsat archive from 1982 to…
USGS | 2019
To validate the quality of light detection and ranging (lidar) data collected for the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), the USGS uses methods detailed in “Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data”…