Emerging Technologies and Forest Inventory: What Does the Future of Forest Inventory Look Like?

Friday, October 27, 2023

10:30am - 12:00pm PST

Location: A7

CFE 1.5 / ISA CEU 1.5 / ESA CEU .375

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

Brandon K. Craft, MNR, CF (he/him/his)

Vice President of Operations
Treeswift
SAF Working Group Officer, Georgia, United States

Panelist(s)

CB

Cam Brown, MF, RPF (he/him/his)

Manager - Resource Management & Technology Group
Forsite Consultants Ltd
Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
Robert E. Froese, PhD, CF, RPF

Professor and Endowed Chair in Forest Growth and Yield
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Dennis J. Kepler, BS (he/him/his)

NR Forestry Administrative Supervisor
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States
Sean McKenzie, MS

Inventory Forester & Aerial Survey Specialist
Oregon Department of Forestry
Salem, Oregon, United States
Wade Tinkham, PhD (he/him/his)

Research Forester
USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Remote sensing tools such as satellite imagery and lidar (both aerial and terrestrial) are capable of collecting large quantities of data from forests. This panel will discuss how these emerging technologies are increasingly being explored as tools for generating and/or enhancing forest inventory data at various spatial scales.

Organized by the SAF Inventory and Biometrics Working Group. Learning Objectives:
Discuss the types and roles of emerging technologies in forest inventory.
Utilize the expertise of decades of experience in forest inventory and remote sensing from a collection of forestry professionals.
Identify limitations and barriers to new forest inventory technologies.