Resources

LiDAR Tutorials: Getting Started with LiDAR Series

Module 1: Acquiring, Loading, and Viewing LiDAR Data

Module 2: Creating Raster Products From Point Clouds

Module 3: Mapping Trees from Aerial LiDAR Data

Module 4: Putting It All Together I: Asking Ecological Questions

Module 5: Speeding Up Your Analyses I: Reduced Datasets

Module 6: Speeding Up Your Analyses II: Parallel Procesing With LASCatalog

Module 7: Putting It All Together II: Large-scale Raster Products

Remote Pilot Certification study guide for natural resource professionals

PBS America’s Forests: Georgia, hosted by Chuck Lavelle. “Exploring Longleaf pine resilience at the Jones Center“. Webisode. 2025.

The Jones Center at Ichauway. “Drone Research Takes Flight at The Jones Center”. Feature. April 1st, 2025.

Whelan, AW, JB Cannon, SW Bigelow. “Promoting Hurricane Resistance in Planted Longleaf Pine Stands”. The Longleaf Leader Volume XVIII (1). Publication brief. Spring 2025.

Fire Ecology Chats Podcast, Episode 36. “Modeling spatial patterns of longleaf pine needle dispersal using long-term data”. Interview. December 10th, 2024.

Ducroquet, S, S Dance, N Kommenda, and J Muyskens. “Where the trees once stood: See how Helene wiped out North Carolina’s forests“. Washington Post Climate Lab. Interview. November 9th, 2024.

Pearse, IS and AP Wion. “Hurricanes: an unexpected mechanism linking disturbance and seed production in trees.” New Phytologist. Commentary highlighting Cannon et al. 2024.

Fletcher, Carlton. “Research grant aims to improve hurricane guidelines for Georgia pecan growers”. Albany Herald, p A1, A4. Article. December 14th, 2023.

Smithsonian ForestGEO News Blog. “ForestGEO welcomes its 77th Forest Dynamics plot: Ichauway”. Article. October 30th, 2023.

Fletcher, Carlton. “Restoration of longleaf pine woodlands addresses conservation issues”. Albany Herald, p. A1, A4. Article. September 11th, 2023.

Howard, Fallon. “Ossoff helps launch bill to strengthen Ga. forestry industry”. WALB 10 News. Television policy interview. June 27th, 2023.