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Estuaries are vital ecosystems that serve important ecological functions. The Marine Life Protection Act aims to protect these ecosystems by establishing a network of marine...
![An NDWI waterbody mask derived from Landsat-8 OLI cloud-masked imagery from March-May 2019-2021 is shown in blue at 10-meter resolution over Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. The ALOS-PALSAR-2 fine-beam L-band false color composite includes Refined Lee speckle filtered HV, HH, HH/HV bands. Darker and brighter green hues represent to low and high backscatter, respectively. Differentiating between open water, like the Hondo River, from vegetated inundation is important when distinguishing inundation by land cove](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2022-03/2021Fall_JPL_MayaForestWaterResourcesII_WebsiteImage.png.webp?itok=WSwTB7q7)
Maya Forest Water Resources II (Fall 2021) Team: Stephanie Jiménez (Project Lead), Karen Alvarez, Rene Castillo, Daniel Nohren, and Stephanie Lawlor Summary: To monitor seasonal...
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Fisher’s Peak is a 77.5 km2 property southeast of Trinidad, Colorado that is planned to become Colorado’s newest state park. The area has experienced limited...
![Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI) processed 2021 Landsat 8 OLI imagery over land and Sentinel-2 MSI over ocean, ranging from yellow (low) to blue (high), for Hilo, Hawaii. Overlayed with four-day rainfall accumulation cells in blue acquired during Hurricane Lane (Aug 22-25, 2018) from CHIRPS Daily. NDMI monitors water content of leaves and is useful for classifying land cover. Impervious surfaces and areas that have received excessive historical rainfall are susceptible to future flood events.](/sites/default/files/styles/lis/public/2022-03/2021Fall_AZ_HawaiiIslandDisasters_WebsiteImage_1440.png.webp?itok=UF3NMIoI)
Hawai‘i Island Disasters (Fall 2021) Team: Garren Kalter (Project Lead), Rose Eichelmann, Sanketa Kadam, Erin Azuma, and Anna Mikkelsen Summary: As the County of Hawai‘i...
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Okefenokee Water Resources (Spring 2022) Team: Brianne Kendall (Project Lead), Kyle Steen, Hailey Schmidt, Laramie Plott Summary: The Okefenokee Swamp is a vital ecosystem known...
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Forest composition and structure in the Colorado Front Range has been altered by changing wildfire regimes. In particular, increased moderate- and high-severity fire significantly reduces...
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Toa Baja, located just west of San Juan in Puerto Rico, is known as “the underwater city” due to its propensity to flood. The city...
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Since 1971, federal agencies have been tasked with managing burros in federally-designated herd management areas (HMAs). Because these areas are often large and remote, obtaining...
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Northern wild rice (Zizania palustris L.) and Texas wild rice (Zizania texana) provide valuable ecosystem services, food sources, economic development, and cultural resources to local...
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The rapid expansion of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) into aquatic and wetland systems has reduced native plant abundance, decreased...