Anthony Guay

Remote Sensing Technical Specialist
School of Forest Resources

Tony Guay is a Remote Sensing Specialist with the Wheatland Geospatial Lab.  Tony provides remote sensing and geospatial training to stakeholders in Maine’s forest sector, including industry professionals, small woodland owners, and conservation partners.  He supports geospatial science teaching and research efforts in SFR and is responsible for outreach and coordination with various stakeholders throughout the state.  Tony is a founding member of the Maine Geospatial Institute (MGI) and serves on its Executive Committee.  MGI is a statewide collaboration across the University of Maine System for workforce development, education, and research in geospatial science.

Prior to his appointment at UMaine, Tony was an analyst and instructor with RedCastle Resources, Inc., working onsite at the US Forest Service – Remote Sensing Applications Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.  During his 18-year tenure at RSAC, Tony was responsible for the coordination, implementation, and management of a national post-fire vegetation severity mapping program.  He was also a lead instructor for the training program at RSAC, providing courses and workshops to Forest Service personnel nationwide on a variety of remote sensing and geospatial topics.

Learn more about our teaching, research, and outreach resources at the Wheatland Geospatial Laboratory at https://umaine.edu/wheatland-lab.

● Zajkowski, T.; Guay, A.P.; Evans, D.; Fisk, H. 2011. Remote Sensing Technologies to
Support Evaluation of Timber Management Prescriptions. RSAC-10027-RPT1. Salt Lake City, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Remote Sensing Applications Center. 24 p.
● Guay, T. 2011. Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Condition after Wildfire. Fire
Management Today, USDA Forest Service. Vol. 71 No. 2. pp 5-8.
● Ruefenacht, B., T. Guay, M. Finco, K. Brewer and M. Manning. 2005. Developing an
Image-Based Riparian Inventory Using a Multistage Sample: Phase I Report. RSAC-44022-RPT1. Inventory, Analysis & Accuracy Assessment Program, USDA Forest Service – Remote Sensing Applications Center. 17 p.
● Renslow, M., P. Greenfield and T. Guay. 2000. Evaluation of Multi-return LiDAR for
Forestry Applications. RSAC-1102-RPT1. Report to the Inventory & Monitoring
Steering Committee, San Dimas Technology & Development Center. 15 p.

Areas of Expertise

GIS
LiDAR
Machine Learning
Modeling
Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing Applications in Forestry
UAS

Education

M.S., University of Maine, Forestry, 1997
B.S., University of Maine, Forestry, 1994

Courses

SFR 106: Intro to Forest Land Navigation and Technology
SFR 400: Applied GIS
SFR 516: Unoccupied Aircraft Systems in the Forest Environment
Portrait of Anthony Guay
Remote Sensing Technical Specialist