A brief history of trees: The National Land Cover Database Tree Canopy Cover data now available annually

Karen G. Schleeweis; Joy Drohan; Kevin Megown; Bonnie Ruefenacht; Dan Ryerson; Jody Vogeler

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A brief history of trees: The National Land Cover Database Tree Canopy Cover data now available annually

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Karen G. Schleeweis, Joy Drohan, Kevin Megown, Bonnie Ruefenacht, Dan Ryerson, Jody Vogeler

Year:

2024

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 69. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 13 p.

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Abstract

Idaho has unique legislation declaring that the state pay for wildfire suppression on state lands and forested private lands. Representatives of the Idaho Department of Lands, the governor’s office, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management met repeatedly starting around 2020 to decide who would pay for wildfire suppression. The interagency working group couldn’t agree on how to define “forested land.”

Keywords

Tree canopy cover (TCC), National Land Cover Database Tree Canopy Cover, data, wildfire suppression, forested land, landscape changes

Citation

Schleeweis, Karen; Drohan, Joy; Megown, Kevin; Ruefenacht, Bonnie; Ryerson, Dan; Vogeler, Jody. 2024. A brief history of trees: The National Land Cover Database Tree Canopy Cover data now available annually. Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 69. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 13 p.