Projects
Filter Projects
Mapping Hard and Soft Impervious cover in the Lake Tahoe Basin Using LiDAR and Multispectral Images: a Pilot Study of the Lake Tahoe Land Cover and Disturbance Monitoring Plan
SIG generated spatially explicit maps for all hard impervious surfaces, including roads, sidewalks, parking areas, and buildings in the Lake…Learn More
Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Carbon Offset Methodology Development
Developing an accounting methodology for greenhouse gas emissions reductions resulting from forest fuel treatments that is suitable for review and…Learn More
Synthesis of Spatially Explicit Sustainability Indicators for the Lake Tahoe Basin
The goal of this project was to develop a decision-support framework that would facilitate simple and consistent communication of the…Learn More
Response to the Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Designation for the Northern Spotted Owl by Industrial Economics: In Response to the 2012 Critical Habitat Designation of the Spotted Owl
Working with the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment, SIG helped support an this analysis which examined in detail the…Learn More
Assessment of the Efficacy of the California BLM Community Assistance and Hazardous Fuels Program
The ecosystem service assessment portion of this team study estimated and mapped the value of ecosystem services for three California…Learn More
A Regional Comparative Analysis of Modeled Wildfire Behavior and Wildfire Emissions Outputs Generated from LANDFIRE and On The Ground Data Inputs: Calibrating Emissions in Giant Sequoia National Monument
This study compared fire behavior and emissions predictions made from out-of-the-box LANDFIRE data to those made with field-based on-the-ground data.…Learn More
Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands (TCNF) Family Forest Carbon Project
Spatial Informatics Group (SIG) partnered with TCNF to develop baseline and Improved Forest Management scenarios for twelve family forest landowners…Learn More
Minnesota North Woods Partnership
Dovetail Partners Inc., Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, and Spatial Informatics Group collaborated with the Aitkin and Cass County Land…Learn More
Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District Carbon Demonstration Project
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences (Gunn) and Spatial Informatics Group are partnering with the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation…Learn More
Massachusetts Biomass Sustainability and Carbon Policy Study
Spatial Informatics Group worked with the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences to evaluate the forest carbon storage implications of several…Learn More
Developing and Testing a Framework for Estimating Potential Emission Reduction Credits: a pilot study in Shasta County, California, USA
Developed a methodology that uses scientifically based models for predicting changes in fire behavior and related emissions, both with and…Learn More
Biomass Feasability Analysis
SIG has been involved in numerous projects to assess the feasibility of biomass and the associate feed stock supply as an…Learn More
Biomass to Energy: Life Cycle Assessment
SIG was a member of the Fire Team that contributed to a collaboration of modelers, ecologists, foresters, economists, and analysts…Learn More
Modeling economic and carbon consequences of a shift to wood-based energy in a rural ‘cluster’; a network analysis in southeast Alaska
Integrated ecological and economic solutions are increasingly sought after by communities to provide basic energy needs such as home heating,…Learn More
GHG Life Cycle Analysis of the California Forest Practice Regulations
SIG developed a method for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions resulting from implementing California Forest Practice Laws and Regulations.…Learn More
Developing an Analytical Framework for Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions from Forest Fuel Treatment Projects in Placer County, California
Developed a methodology that that uses scientifically based models for predicting changes in fire behavior and related emissions, both with…Learn More
