Reaching Private Landowners through Lidar Derived Forest Inventory

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM MST

Location: Embassy Suites, River Birch C

Speaker(s)

Jennifer Corcoran Corcoran, PhD (she/her/hers)

Remote Sensing Program Consultant
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Keb Guralski (he/him/his)

Forest Inventory Program Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota, United States
Will Bartsch

Research Group Leader
Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI), Minnesota, United States

Lidar derived forest inventory is cost effective for landscape-to-stand level management for the Minnesota DNR and its partners. The results have higher precision when using data collected across all forested conditions and ownerships. There’s even greater return on investment when the public gets involved, and it’s more rewarding, too!

Learning Objectives:

Describe how a new method for lidar derived forest inventory is being adopted in Minnesota.
Demonstrate how to utilize the new lidar derived forest inventory results on private lands in Minnesota.