Symposium Program

1:00pm - 1:20pm

Assessing post-fire tree regeneration in short interval reburns using airborne lidar

J. Silva¹, Dr. L. Chasmer¹, Dr. C. Hopkinson¹, Dr. J. McCune², Dr. E. Whitman³, Dr. M.-A. Parisien³, C. Dallyn⁴

¹Department of Geography and Environment, University of Lethbridge; ²Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge; ³Natural Resources Canada; ⁴Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency

1:20pm - 1:40pm

Monitoring Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery Rates and Patterns in a Mountain Park Environment using Field, RPAS, and Airborne Multispectral Lidar

J. Van Gaalen, Dr. C. Hopkinson, J. Aspinall, Dr. L. Chasmer

University of Lethbridge, Canada

1:40pm - 2:00pm

Leveraging Remote Sensing for High-Resolution Fuel Mapping: Advancing Wildfire Risk and Behaviour Analysis

J. Wand, J. Rakofsky

Forsite Consultants Ltd., Canada

2:00pm - 2:20pm

New Open-source Software and Automated Classifier for Analysing Historical and Modern Oblique Images for Landcover Assessment and Fire Management

C. Wright, A. Mahindrakar, B. Wright, S. Rose

University of Victoria, Canada

2:20pm - 2:40pm

Using in situ NG-CFFDRS plots and airborne lidar to model fire fuels in the Northwest Territories

E. A. Jones¹, L. Chasmer¹, G. Castilla², C. Hopkinson¹

¹University Of Lethbridge, Canada; ²Canadian Forestry Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada