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Monitoring Desired Conditions for Vegetation and Wildlife Habitat: An Independent Test of Proposed Indicators for Monitoring Vegetation in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Generated spatially explicit maps for all live trees and associated characteristics such as crown closure, location, and tree height for…Learn More
Developing Costed Greenhouse Gas Reference and Emissions Reduction/Enhanced Removal Scenarios for Subnational REDD+ Planning Applications in Vietnam
SIG conducted an integrated scenario forest land use planning and opportunity cost-benefit analysis for the the Lam Dong province and…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
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
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
Independent Science Panel Report: Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act
The HFQLG Independent Science Panel Congressional Review include SIG and SIG-NAL members Dave Saah, John Gunn, and David Ganz. The…Learn More
Assessing the Sustainability of Forest Biomass Utilization in California
SIG is working with an Interdisciplinary Science Team to assess wildfire and carbon consequences of forest silvicultural treatments associated with…Learn More
Biomass Supply and Carbon Accounting for Southeastern Forests
SIG worked with the Biomass Energy Resource Center to assess the potential for sustainably harvested biomass (primarily wood) to fuel…Learn More
