LANDFIRE data supports disturbance tools and assessments
Webinar recording.
In this LANDFIRE Office Hour, USFS Research Ecologists, Jen Costanza and Matt Reeves walk viewers through the USDA Forest Service’s Resource Planning Act (2020) Assessment, with a focus on how LANDFIRE data supports understanding of recent and future drought exposure for rangeland vegetation types across the western U.S. The also discuss emerging technologies for evaluating vegetative drought response and fuels management reliant on several forms of LANDFIRE data.