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Spinoff story
Satellite Data Aid Monitoring of Nation’s Forests
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
The USDA Forest Serviceճ Asheville, North Carolina-based Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center and Prineville, Oregon-based Western Wildlands Environmental Threat Assessment Center partnered with Stennis Space Center and other agencies to create an early warning system to identify, characterize, and track disturbances from potential forest threats. The result was ForWarn, which is now being used by federal and state forest and natural resource managers.