Submit your session proposal for the ESIP January 2027 Meeting. Submissions are open through November 19.
Earth Observation (EO) for Land Management
November 5 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
This Cluster—also known as the Applied Earth Observations Innovations Partnership (AEOIP)—
fosters interagency partnerships to advance Earth Observation–based land management.
By connecting EO experts with land management experts, we seek to increase awareness of new EO
capabilities, as well as research and operational management challenges, in order to help
formulate solutions through effective integration of data.
To learn more about this Cluster and its activities, visit the EO for LM Cluster Landing Page
Beaver Rewilding and Beyond: Decision-Support for Managing “Rangewaters” in the Western United States
Join us for the next installment of the ARID seminar series, hosted jointly with AEOIP! Jodi Brandt (Boise State University) will discuss a NASA-funded rangeland project on decision support for rangewaters and beaver rewilding.
How to join: Join information for this seminar will be shared via the AEOIP listserv.
Dr. Jodi Brandt, Professor, School of the Environment, Boise State University, and lead PI of the Land Use Lab. A land use scientist, Jodi uses remote sensing, spatial models, and emerging data science approaches to evaluate how interventions affect land use, water, and ecosystem services.
Abstract: Rangeland waters – hereafter rangewaters – are natural water sources in rangelands, such as headwater streams, riparian zones, and wet meadows. Rangeland watersheds cover up to 80% of the total watershed area in western dryland regions, and thus rangewaters represent a critical component of the water system in the West. Healthy rangewaters store water locally, create habitat for threatened species, are fire refugia, and attenuate flooding, while degraded rangewaters do not provide those same ecosystem services. Monitoring rangewaters is notoriously difficult due to their wide dispersal across remote areas and their seasonal variability. There are major knowledge gaps about rangewater conditions across the landscape, which limits effective decision-making by rangeland managers.
In this talk, she’ll present her group’s development of a satellite-based observatory of rangewaters for the sagebrush biome that includes Artificial Intelligence-based workflows, time-series datasets, and visualization and statistical tools. These systematic measurements of rangewaters provided by satellites fill a major gap in water resource monitoring, and she’ll demonstrate how these measurements can be integrated into decision-making around diverse topics, such as beaver rewilding, rangeland management, and wildfire resilience.
