Forest Resilience Lab

Current Projects

Sponsored Projects Sponsor Year of 1st funding
Enhancing biodiversity conservation and ecosystem resilience in dry forest ecosystems NASA 2021
Improving predictions of fire impacts after mega drought: Lessons for carbon storage, defending the WUI, and improving resilience and recovery following the 2020 Creek Fire Cal Fire 2021
Use of FIA plots and spaceborne lidar for biomass estimation Forest Service 2021
Developing a framework to quantify uncertainty and harmonize estimates from diverse earth observation maps of forest carbon NASA 2021
Drivers of burn severity in western Oregon CalFire 2021
Enabling Wildfire as a Management Tool for Sierra Nevada Forest Management McIntire-Stennis 2021
When can wildfires improve forest resilience to future fire and drought? A study using spaceborne data. NASA Graduate Fellowship 2021
Carbon Monitoring System: Continuing Prototype Development NASA/ Forest Service 2020
Datasets and Sources for Wildland Fire Science and Management Applications CalFire 2020
Using advanced remote sensing to estimating woody shrub biomass: a pilot study in the Susitna-Copper inventory unit of interior Alaska – 3rd round funding Forest Service 2020
Lidar Individual Tree, Tree Clumps, and Opening Patterns within Land Management Units Forest Service 2020
3rd Year Funding – Determining forest resilience to drought-induced mortality with effects on carbon storage – NASA student fellowship (E. van Wagtendonk) NASA 2020
Assessing Landscape Resilience and Identifying Areas for Treatment Forest Service 2020
Analyzing Groundbreaking data for Modern Park Management Yosemite Conservancy 2020
Ellsworth Creek Evaluation TNC 2020
A framework for evaluating forest structure to inform restoration of forest resilience, wildlife habitat, and hydrology Forest Service 2020
Addressing common misconceptions about dry forest restoration and fuel treatments Cal Fire 2020
USGS 3DEP lidar acquisition matching funds for SSARR project USGS 2020
Southern Sierra All Lands Restoration and Recovery Program Cal Fire/ YSRCDC 2020
Carbon Monitoring System: Continuing Prototype Development Forest Service 2020
Fuel & Fire Decisions Forest Service 2019
Lidar data used to support forest management by federal, state, and local agencies in California SNC 2019
Northeast Washington Vision 2020 vegetation monitoring and implementation Forest Service 2019
Using advanced remote sensing to estimating woody shrub biomass: a pilot study in the Susitna-Copper inventory unit of interior Alaska Forest Service 2019
Evaluation of digital aerial photogrammetry data to characterize forest conditions Forest Service 2019
King County, WA Forest Stewardship Partnership King Co. 2019
Determining forest resilience to drought-induced mortality with effects on carbon storage NASA 2018
Improving Forest Management and Conservation with Airborne LiDAR Data Across Western Oregon McIntire-Stennis 2018
Utilizing Existing LIDAR Data to Collaboratively Develop Silvicultural Restoration Options and Identify American Marten Habitat on the Malheur and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests Forest Service 2018
Using advanced remote sensing to estimate woody shrub biomass: a pilot study in the Susitna-Copper inventory unit of interior Alaska Forest Service 2018
Mapping California spotted owl habitat Forest Service 2018
Multi-scale tools to interactively design and visualize treatment alternatives Forest Service 2018
Landscape Evaluations for 20 Year Plan WA DNR 2018
Planning and fuel data for the fire and smoke model evaluation experiment (FASMEE) Forest Service 2017
Characterizing spotted owl habitat using lidar NPS 2017
Using Airborne LiDAR Assess, Compare, and Contrast Forested Landscapes Forest Service 2017
Using multi-scale spatial data to improve predictions of immediate and delayed fire mortality JFSP 2017
Landscape Evaluations and Prescriptions for Post-fire Landscapes JFSP 2016
Using Airborne LiDAR to Detect and Characterize Individual Trees Forest Service 2016
Develop methods to integrate LiDAR data with landscape analysis methods developed by Paul Hessburg Forest Service 2015
Develop methods to use LiDAR to enhance fire management planning NPS 2015
Using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to Guide Burned Landscape Recovery and Restoration in Sierra Nevada Forests; Analyze forest structure characteristics of California spotted owl Forest Service 2014
Plan and monitor forest restorations across Colville National Forest Forest Service 2014
Integrate LiDAR data into forest planning and management Forest Service 2014
Analyze forest structure characteristics of Fisher habitat NPS 2014
Investigate how LiDAR data can be used to inform the planning and monitoring of forest restoration projects NPS 2014
Develop water balance models TNC 2014
Effects of fuels management on fire intensity, rate of spread, severity, and resultant forest structure within the 2013 Rim Fire landscape JFSP 2014
Supplementary funds for Using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to Guide Burned Landscape Recovery and Restoration in Sierra Nevada Forests Forest Service 2013
Characterizing Forest Structure Using Airborne LIDAR Forest Service 2013
Integrating and expanding a regional carbon monitoring system into the NASA Carbon Monitoring System NASA 2012
Data Processing and Field Sample Design for Medford, OR LIDAR Acquisition and Related Modeling to Characterize Forest Structure Forest Service 2012
Integrated, observation-based carbon monitoring for wooded ecosystems in Washington, Oregon, and California USDA 2011
Using LiDAR to Determine the Relationship between Fire History and Forest Structure at Crater Lake National Park NPS 2011
Data Processing Methods for Large-Area LIDAR Acquisitions And Related Modeling to Predict Forest Inventory Variables Forest Service 2011
GIS-Based LiDAR Ground Plot Selection Protocol Forest Service 2010
Refine fire management objectives related to forest structural heterogeneity in Yosemite National Park, CA NPS 2010
Map Fuel Characteristics at Mount Rainier National Park, WA, Using LiDAR and Field Data NPS 2010
Spectral Mixture Analysis of ASTER Images to Estimate Forest Biomass and Habitat (Graduate Fellowship) NASA 2007

Cal Fire – California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection;
JFSP – Joint Fire Science Program;
NPS – National Park Service;
SNC – Sierra Nevada Conservancy;
TNC – The Nature Conservancy;
YSRCDC – Yosemite/Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council

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