Policy Analysis & Science Assistance

Branch Chief: Berton Lee Lamb

FORT scientists in the Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch conduct and integrate biological, social, economic, and institutional analyses of conservation policies and management practices to help land and resource managers make informed decisions and resolve resource management conflicts.

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FORT Initiates National Study of Landsat Users

The USGS Fort Collins Science Center and Western Geography Science Center are collaborating to conduct an extensive study on the uses and benefits of moderate-resolution imagery. This study was initiated by the National Land Imaging Program of the Department of the Interior and the USGS Land Remote Sensing Program. Study objectives are to (1) identify and classify users of moderate-resolution imagery, (2) better understand its uses and applications, and (3) determine the societal benefits of Landsat in decision making. In the first phase, USGS social scientists will identify and characterize Landsat users beginning with a seed population of 21,000 potential users and 261 user groups. In Phase 2, investigators will survey this population on moderate-resolution imagery uses and benefits.

 The Societal Benefits of Multi-Spectral, Moderate-Resolution Land Imagery: A National Survey of Users and Uses

 

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 Assessing conservation status of poorly monitored birds

 Role of the environmental flow specialist in water conflicts

 Mathematical models frame environmental dispute [Review of the article Useless arithmetic: Ten points to ponder when using mathematical models in environmental decision making]

 

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