In light of recent devastating wildfires in California, many public agencies, municipalities and land owners are actively pursuing new tools for vegetation management and fuel-load monitoring, particularly in the urban-wildland interface where the greatest threats occur. UAVs, or drones, are an emerging technology for high-resolution aerial mapping and provide a powerful new tool for monitoring local vegetation and fire risk throughout the growing season. This workshop is hosted by Greg Crutsinger (PhD) from Scholar Farms and provide 1 or 2 days of hands-on training for vegetation mapping with UAVs, sensors, and software. The target audience is members of Cal Fire, local fire agencies, water districts, counties or municipalities, relevant NGOs (e.g. conservancies, camps, open space), or land owners seeking to learn drone technology for monitoring wildfire risk in California. Topics covered will include: Drone hardware and sensors Mission planning with mobile apps Best practices for data capture and mapping Cloud processing using DroneDeploy Additional complimentary data tools for visualization using drones

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