Latest On The Conservation Gateway

A well-managed and operational Conservation Gateway is in our future! Marketing, Conservation, and Science have partnered on a plan to rebuild the Gateway into the organization’s enterprise content management system (AEM), with a planned launch of a minimal viable product in late 2024. If you’re interested in learning more about the project, reach out to megan.sheehan@tnc.org for more info!

Welcome to Conservation Gateway

The Gateway is for the conservation practitioner, scientist and decision-maker. Here we share the best and most up-to-date information we use to inform our work at The Nature Conservancy.

Report: Development of LiDAR-Based Vegetation Models

Kelly, Josh
12/18/2012
link DOWNLOAD FILE: report

​
Development of LiDAR Based Vegetation Models for Nantahala-Pisgah National Forests and Surrounding Lands

Josh Kelly, Public Lands Biologist, Wester North Carolina Alliance
joshkellybotanist @ gmail.com

This report, commissioned by the Southern Blue Ridge FLN, details the methods used to develop vegetation maps based on free, publicly-available LiDAR data. Canopy height, canopy cover, and shrub cover were determined by the methods used

GO BACK »