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Below you'll find the most recent news about EROS and USGS. Please contact Michelle Bouchard at mbouchard@usgs.gov for assistance with specific media questions and requests.

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LANDFIRE Remap Begins to Roll Out

LANDFIRE Remap Begins to Roll Out

With a vegetation and fuels base map that was over 15 years old and a commitment to keep LANDFIRE (LF) data relevant, LF staff at EROS has produced a...

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USGS EROS Work Informs Sagebrush Ecosystem Efforts

USGS EROS Work Informs Sagebrush Ecosystem Efforts

The case for sagebrush habitat as the iconic landscape of the American West is a fairly one easy to make.

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LCMAP Releases Project Website

LCMAP Releases Project Website

The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative now has an online home. The stand-alone LCMAP website is located at www...

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Loria Named New EROS Center Director

Loria Named New EROS Center Director

Will oversee Landsat satellite and Earth imaging operations

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First in a Series of Landsat 9 Ground Readiness Tests is Successful

First in a Series of Landsat 9 Ground Readiness Tests is Successful

Landsat 9 Ground System development team members executed the first of a series of Ground Readiness Tests (GRTs) this week as they successfully...

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Recent Lidar Awards Shine Light on Work Being Done at USGS EROS

Recent Lidar Awards Shine Light on Work Being Done at USGS EROS

Two award ceremonies in late January 2019 cast spotlights on the good work being done with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) by current and former...

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USGS, EROS Offer Insights to National Fire Strategy Discussion

USGS, EROS Offer Insights to National Fire Strategy Discussion

With California burning in the fall of 2018, the conversation came up yet once again.

How do we prevent monster fires with names like Camp and Woolsey...

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QuickDRI, VegDRI Showed Their Value in Montana Drought of 2017

QuickDRI, VegDRI Showed Their Value in Montana Drought of 2017

In the spring of 2017, almost no one in Montana saw the drought coming. Not when winter snowpack and early rains soaked the landscapes with adequate...

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MRLC Releases New Website

MRLC Releases New Website

The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) would like to announce the release of our updated website. The website redesign was...

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EROS Scientists Bring Their Knowledge, Work to National Climate Assessments

EROS Scientists Bring Their Knowledge, Work to National Climate Assessments

Whether fully or in part, the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center’s fingerprints are all over the National Climate Assessment (NCA)...

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EROS Research Presented at AGU

EROS Research Presented at AGU

The American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting takes place Dec. 10-14 in Washington, D.C. The work of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science...

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Post-fire Sagebrush Recovery Looks to Landsat Time Series Data for Solutions

Post-fire Sagebrush Recovery Looks to Landsat Time Series Data for Solutions

When a wildfire rampages through a sagebrush domain, restoring the landscape’s natural vegetation afterward is often a dicey proposition. But now...

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