Purdue University College of Agriculture

AI helps find trees in a forest: Researchers achieve 3D forest reconstruction from remote sensing data

Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by ...
Yahoo

A Hiker's Path: Back home in Indiana's Canyon Forest Nature Preserve

Canyon Forest Nature Preserve has been owned by Sycamore Land Trust since 2013, and was dedicated as an Indiana State Nature Preserve in May 2020 by the Indiana Natural Resources Commission. This ...
Daily Journal

Contentious Hoosier National Forest project moving forward. Foresters say it’s the best path forward

JACKSON COUNTY, Ind. – After years of lawsuits and protests, the U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with a wide-reaching management plan for the Hoosier National Forest that hopes to revitalize the ...
VTDigger

‘Man’s hand in nature’: Forest Service passes controversial logging in Green Mountain National Forest

Camryn Woods is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. A new logging plan for the Green Mountain National Forest ...

India shows how urban forests can help cool cities, as long as planners understand what nature and people need

For many years, I lived in the Indian city of Chennai, where the summer temperatures can reach up to 44° C. With a population ...