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Lidar technology helps map forests

• Lasers used as radar give foresters a detailed look at vegetation

December 3, 2012 4:00 am

Standing dead trees, known as snags, play an essential role in the health of forest ecosystems, according to Brian Wing, a research forester with the U. S. Forest Service. He developed a method using airborne lidar data to detect individual snags,....MORE

Standing dead trees, known as snags, play an essential role in the health of forest ecosystems, according to Brian Wing, a research forester with the U.S. Forest Service. He developed a method using airborne lidar data to detect individual snags, such as this dead lodgepole pine killed by beetles in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
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Rules reduce storage leaks

November 26, 2012 4:00 am

State reviews conducted during the last fiscal year found that 86 percent of properties inspected in Oregon with underground motor-fuel storage tanks — mostly gas stations — complied with environmental rules, according to a report....MORE

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