Mount Desert Islander advances Sader’s forest mapping talk in Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Islander reported Steve Sader, a professor of forest resources and director of the Maine Image Analysis Laboratory at the University of Maine, will discuss “Mapping and Monitoring 40-plus Years of Forest Change in Maine’s North Woods” at 5:30 p.m. April 6 in Bar Harbor. Sader will speak as part of MDI Science Café at McKay’s Public House. The talk will address NASA and UMaine initiatives that use satellite imagery to manage Maine’s forest landscape, according to the article. Sader will discuss methods for monitoring forest sustainability across large landscapes, addressing such issues as estimating forest biomass, assessing vulnerability to an outbreak of spruce budworm, monitoring conservation easements and evaluating the impact of harvest and regeneration patterns, the article states.