Foreword

Welcome to this collection of presentations from the USDA Forest Service Twelfth Biennial Remote Sensing Conference, RS-2008. The conference theme was “Supporting Resource Management with Technology.” The contents of this DVD emphasize remote sensing and geospatial applications and techniques that benefit field users. These cover a wide range of resource management topics. There are contributions from many federal and state land management agencies, as well as NASA, international groups, universities, and private corporations.

We would like to thank our co-sponsors, the USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region, USDOI Bureau of Land Management, and NASA for all their help. We would also like to acknowledge the vendors for their contribution to the refreshments during breaks and Leica Geosystems for the Tuesday evening Icebreaker social.

The Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to provide this DVD. We sincerely appreciate the permission of presenters to include their work. These materials are the intellectual property of the authors, and should not be redistributed or reused without their permission.

Preface by Brian Schwind, Acting RSAC Center Manager (PDF)