WEBINAR | Rangeland Analysis Platform: Introducing a free, online tool to help manage and monitor western rangelands
RAP is a free, online tool that helps landowners and natural resource managers track vegetation through time and plan actions to improve America’s grazing lands.
Running The Ranch
August 30, 2018
New Technology For Landowners And Resource Managers Revolutionizes Rangeland Monitoring
September 18, 2018
When: Tuesday Sep 25, 2018 | 10 -11 AM MST
Host: USDA NRCS Science and Technology
Click here to watch the On-Demand Replay!
Presenters:
- Dr. Brady Allred, Rangeland Ecologist, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
- Dr. Matthew Jones, Research Scientist, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
- Jeremy Maestas, Ecologist, USDA-NRCS West National Technology Support Center, Portland, OR
Credits:
- Certified Crop Advisors – 1 hour CCA – PM Credit
- Conservation Planner – 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) – 1 hour SER-CERP Credit
- Society for Range Management – 1 hour SRM Credit
Description:
Participate will learn about the Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) – a new free, online tool that helps landowners and natural resource managers track vegetation through time and plan actions to improve America’s grazing lands.
RAP is a free, online tool that helps landowners and natural resource managers track vegetation through time and plan actions to improve America’s grazing lands. The RAP can be used to provide strategies to improve productivity of grazing lands, manage weeds, mitigate impacts of wildfire and drought, and benefit wildlife habitats.
Powered by Google Earth Engine, RAP merges machine learning and cloud-based computing with remote sensing and field data to provide the first-ever annual cover maps of rangeland vegetation. This new platform allows people to view trends in rangeland resources at an unprecedented blend of space (from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean), time (1984 to present), and scale (at the ranch, watershed, or county level).
Designed to be combined with local knowledge, the RAP helps users better understand vegetation change through time to aid in conservation planning and outcome evaluation. This webinar will describe the innovative breakthrough in mapping vegetation cover and demonstrate RAP applications.
