LCMAP Assessment of Florida Phosphate Mining

The U.S. Geological Survey Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative draws its strength from its ability to track annual change across 33 years of satellite-derived land cover data on a 30-meter pixel by pixel basis. This interactive story provides an LCMAP assessment of phosphate mining in the region of Florida known as Bone Valley, a region considered one of the most economically accessible phosphate deposits in the world. Read the story here.