A team of Colorado State University researchers is pioneering the use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, and data modeling to create significant efficiency in evaluating post-fire impacts and give accurate predictions of post-fire tree health, enabling land managers’ decision making for post-fire recovery.
Research contributed to by Colorado State University shows that fires are more likely to burn their way into national forests than out of them. The findings contradict the common narrative of a destructive wildfire igniting on remote public land before spreading to threaten communities, said Chris Dunn of the OSU College of Forestry.
CSU researchers have created a roadmap for using unmanned aerial systems in ponderosa pine forest monitoring and management.
Warner College alumnus joins FRS department faculty research and teaching initiative on post-fire regeneration.
New high-resolution maps reveal low to moderate levels of tree mortality across much of Colorado.
Current Wildland-urban interface maps are accurate at determining buildings at risk to wildfire.
A research partnership begins addressing new information needs the 2020 fire season confirms.
Representatives from 55 agencies and organizations tackled forest management challenges and opportunities.