MB&G’s Peter Gould has just published a new article about a great use of terrestrial and airborne lidar to identify habitat for the endangered Canada lynx in northeast Washington. This is a great application of terrestrial lidar in use. Typical methods used to identify lynx habitat using horizontal cover metrics are time consuming and somewhat inexact while terrestrial lidar gives you excellent horizontal cover data relatively quickly.
Check out the article here: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/18/4434
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READ MOREMason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. (MB&G) worked to establish and maintain a fuel break across 2,600 acres to protect nearby communities, diminish fire behavior, and improve firefighter safety. The team created a stand examination plan with 100 plots, collection forest type, primary fire carrier for vegetation, aspect, slope, tree data, and photos for fuel model […]
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