Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, and GIS

The assessment of natural resource conditions from aerial and satellite platforms provides an integrated perspective of regional landscapes. Linkage with GIS and related tools adds powerful capabilities for such assessments. Faculty in the Department are applying such technologies to topics ranging from historical patterns in landscape condition to contemporary trends in species welfare, including threatened and endangered species.

Research Related Web Sites

Wolves in Nature - investigating the role of the gray wolf in structuring ecological communities

Wildlife Along the Lewis & Clark Trail - GIS and remote sensing

The Aspen Project - a research project on the decline of quaking aspen

The Leopold Project - a multidisciplinary approach to the study, wise use, and conservation of natural resources

Participating Faculty

David P. Paine (emeritus)

William J. Ripple, Professor & Director, Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory (ERSAL) - remote sensing of vegetation, fire ecology, Geographic Information Systems, wildlife habitat analysis, landscape ecology, biodiversity, and aspen, elk and wolf ecology. More info...

Degree Concentrations

MS, Forestry/Wildlife Concentration

MS, Remote Sensing, GIS, and Landscape Ecology

PhD, Forestry/Wildlife Concentration

PhD, Remote Sensing, GIS, and Landscape Ecology