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#           Eyes on Earth Episode 71 – Blue Oak Forests of California      

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      By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center       April 1, 2022    

## Eyes on Earth podcast

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Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn how Landsat-based data products have been used to study forest change in California.

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**Summary**: In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we zero in on the use of USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) products to examine the effects of drought on California’s Blue Oaks. LCMAP datasets are built from Landsat data and reveal the land cover and change of every pixel in the conterminous United States, dating back to 1985. In this case, LCMAP helped identify areas of declines and losses of the Blue Oak trees that are native to California and found in the foothills surrounding the central valley and along the coast.

**Guests:**Francis Dwomoh, contractor and landscape ecologist, USGS EROS Center

**Host:** Jane Lawson

**Producer:** John Hult

**Release date:** April 4, 2022

**More on LCMAP and Blue Oak Forests:**
                                - Hotter Drought Escalates Tree Cover Declines in Blue Oak Woodlands of California
                                - Eyes  on Earth Episode 29 – Tracking Landscape Change with LCMAP
                                - USGS  LCMAP initiative project website

### Contacts

#### Timothy A. Glynn

##### Chief of Staff

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

tglynn@usgs.gov

605-594-6046

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                      - Maps and Mapping
                      - LCMAP
                      - land change
                      - land cover
                      - Blue Oak forests
                      - california
                      - Climate Change
                      - Drought
                      - Landsat
                      - Eyes on Earth
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Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn how Landsat-based data products have been used to study forest change in California.

View Media Details

View

Download and Transcript Access

View Media Details

**Summary**: In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we zero in on the use of USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) products to examine the effects of drought on California’s Blue Oaks. LCMAP datasets are built from Landsat data and reveal the land cover and change of every pixel in the conterminous United States, dating back to 1985. In this case, LCMAP helped identify areas of declines and losses of the Blue Oak trees that are native to California and found in the foothills surrounding the central valley and along the coast.

**Guests:**Francis Dwomoh, contractor and landscape ecologist, USGS EROS Center

**Host:** Jane Lawson

**Producer:** John Hult

**Release date:** April 4, 2022

**More on LCMAP and Blue Oak Forests:**
                                - Hotter Drought Escalates Tree Cover Declines in Blue Oak Woodlands of California
                                - Eyes  on Earth Episode 29 – Tracking Landscape Change with LCMAP
                                - USGS  LCMAP initiative project website

### Contacts

#### Timothy A. Glynn

##### Chief of Staff

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

tglynn@usgs.gov

605-594-6046

### Explore Search

                      - Climate
                      - Information Systems
                      - Maps and Mapping
                      - LCMAP
                      - land change
                      - land cover
                      - Blue Oak forests
                      - california
                      - Climate Change
                      - Drought
                      - Landsat
                      - Eyes on Earth
                      - podcasts
                      - EROS
                      - Remote Sensing

View All **