Eyes on Earth Episode 51 – LANDFIRE 2019 Limited

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Summary: The fire science community is always on the lookout for the freshest satellite-derived fire disturbance maps. Aiming to meet those needs, the multi-agency partnership known as LANDFIRE has just released an update that adds three new years of disturbances across the U.S. to its 20-plus layers of GIS data. LANDFIRE 2019 Limited is a step toward annual updates for the program, which is relied upon nationwide to guide land management and fire planning. On this episode, two LANDFIRE leaders talk about why they’re working to speed up new releases.

Guests: Henry Bastian, LANDFIRE Business Lead, Department of Interior, Frank Fay, LANDFIRE Business Lead, USDA Forest Service

Host: John Hult

Producer: John Hult

Release date: June 1, 2021

More on LANDFIRE 2019 Limited: 

• LANDFIRE Releases Disturbance Data for 2017-19 with LF 2019 Limited 
• LANDFIRE main website
• Eyes on Earth Episode 30 – Remapping LANDFIRE
• Eyes on Earth Episode 24 – Wildfire Risk to Communities
• LANDFIRE Remap Marks Major Improvements for Essential Resource Management Dataset