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JULY 2021: Summer MoD-FIS; National Imagery Summit; Disturbance talk; 2019L data available now

Fishing boats at low tide on the coast of Naknek, Alaska. Bristol Bay has one of the last great salmon runs in the world. Each summer, towns along Bristol Bay are filled with fishers who earn a significant amount of money for the salmon caught.
Jessica Hoffman | TNC

LANDFIRE 2019 Limited Update | (LF 2019L) data is now available for download. This is the first update to the LF 2016 Remap conterminous United States (CONUS) extent. This update includes a limited set of products that contain disturbances up through 2019 and factors in growth to represent 2021 conditions. Learn more about 2019L
Summer MoD-FIS | Earlier this month Summer Modeling Dynamic Fuels with an Index System (Summer MoD-FIS) was released. Summer MoD-FIS seasonally modulates fuel model data in the Great Basin and Southwest regions of the United States by incorporating seasonal variability of herbaceous cover. Learn more about MoD-FIS, download the data

thermometer showing progress of LANDFIRE delivered products; starting from the bottom (completed, checked off items): June , 9, 16, STSM modeling miniseries; June Spring MoD-FIS & LF 2019 Limited; June 24 LF 2019 L Virtual Rollout; July: Summer MoD-FIS; Unchecked items follow: LF 2016 Remap Fuel Reference Database, LF 2016 Remap Reference Database; August LF 2016 Remap Alaska; September 16: LF & Ecological Society of America; September 30: Informal Office Hours Return

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National Imagery Summit - Save the Date

The USGS National Land Imaging Program will satellite picture

host its second National Imagery Summit on August 31 through September 2, 2021. Titled “Landsat and Society”, this free, virtual event over three half-days (afternoons U.S. Eastern time) will focus on the use of Landsat data across the United States by state, local, tribal, commercial, and non-profit organizations.

LEARN MORE

Watch Inga La Puma (LF Fire Scientist & Technical Lead) discuss Remote Sensing of Disturbance for LANDFIRE (April 2021)

Watch the 2019L (Limited Update) Informal Open Office Hours recording (June 2021)

(INFORMAL) Open Office Hours - returns in September

September 30, 1 pm (ET) LANDFIRE Reference Database {which includes new & updated plot information for hundreds of thousands of ground-referenced plots & disturbance events}
Brenda Lundberg, LF Reference Data Team Lead, Technical Support Services Contractor to USGS EROS Center
REGISTER- this link will not change each month*

Grab that third cup of coffee and join LANDFIRE for an informal chat about LANDFIRE's Reference Database w/ Brenda

Please take our 4-question survey about Open Office Hours

This series is managed by TNC's LANDFIRE Team and will include participation from a variety of federal and non-federal partners and guests

Henry Bastian
DOI Business Lead
Frank Fay
USFS Business Lead
Tim Hatten
USGS Project Manager

Jim Smith
TNC-LF Project Lead
Inga La Puma
LF Technical Lead

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