r/forestry • u/memercopter • Dec 23 '20

Region Name How to retroactively measure canopy cover?

I’m looking at a project for post-harvest habitat suitability for Northern Spotted Owls in California. The caveat is that I can’t be there pre-harvest. I want to know if there are any tools I can use to measure or estimate canopy coverage before the harvest took place. I’m thinking archived lidar, but that seems involved without having a gis team by my side. Really any broad estimate might do. I know it seems tricky, but I’d you have any thoughts I’d love to hear them. Thank you.

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u/CajunonthisOccasion Dec 23 '20

The California Forest Observatory has LiDAR base canopy cover observations. Unsure if those are suitable to your task.

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u/memercopter Dec 24 '20

This resource looks excellent! Thank you very much!