| The Forest and
Rangeland Measurements Lab is involved in a wide range of extension
activities. These can be divided into four main components:
(Right: scenes from a workshop
co-organized and run with the USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing
Applications Center, on
Lidar Concepts & Resource
Applications, held on 17-19th May 2005 at the Salt Lake City Public
Library.) |
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i. Forestry-remote sensing outreach (ForestPARC):
The ForestPARC component has been operating
since 2003 and has been involved in a host of extension activities including
the production of synthesis/review papers, the organization of workshops for
regional and national stakeholders. and the organization of sessions at
international scientific conferences.
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Hosting of local and regional GIS/Remote Sensing Workshops for Land and Fire
Managers: .This has included
workshop for users and researchers on how to use LIDAR, in addition to
working with our collaborators to host GIS/Spatial Analysis workshops within
the UI CNR GIS Teaching Lab.
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iii. Participation in the 401Online
Professional Courses for Fire Management Personnel:
Each of Dr Alistair Smith, Dr Eva Strand, and Chad Hoffman are instructors
in the on line 401 series. The 401 series is designed to accommodate the
educational needs of fire professionals affected by the IFPM 401 standards
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Development of Online Remote Sensing and Fire Extension Environments :
We are developing a
series of online environments to synthesize and extend remote sensing and
fire research to stakeholders. The first of these includes:
http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/wildlandfire/fact.htm |
