Eyes on Earth Episode 71 – Blue Oak Forests of California

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Summary: In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we zero in on the use of USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) products to examine the effects of drought on California’s Blue Oaks. LCMAP datasets are built from Landsat data and reveal the land cover and change of every pixel in the conterminous United States, dating back to 1985. In this case, LCMAP helped identify areas of declines and losses of the Blue Oak trees that are native to California and found in the foothills surrounding the central valley and along the coast.

Guests: Francis Dwomoh, contractor and landscape ecologist, USGS EROS Center

Host: Jane Lawson

Producer: John Hult

Release date: April 4, 2022

More on LCMAP and Blue Oak Forests:

• Hotter Drought Escalates Tree Cover Declines in Blue Oak Woodlands of California
• Eyes on Earth Episode 29 – Tracking Landscape Change with LCMAP
• USGS LCMAP initiative project website