New MSc position open with us for 'Mapping Biophysical Hazard for Windthrow on the BC Coast' 💨💨🌲 This project will combine LS-based stand inventory, Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping and digital terrain data to model windthrow hazard For more details and requirements: forestry.ubc.ca/career-oppor...

Excited and still a bit bewildered to say that this week I defended my doctoral dissertation! A huge thank you has to go to my supervisor, committee members, and my colleagues @irssubc.bsky.social for all of their support these past 4.5 years. It's fun to be on this side of the cake for once!

Does your research take place in the boreal forest? 🌲 Come present at the International Boreal Forest Research Association 2026 Conference 'Living with Disturbance: Resilience in Boreal Forests" 📆August 24 - 27, 2026 📍Québec City, Canada DEADLINE: Feb 1st, 2026 www.ibfra2026.org/callforabstr...

📣NEW PAPER 📣A Review of Dendrochronology and Remote Sensing Integration for Forest Growth and Disturbance Monitoring ✍️: Leduc, Coops, Morin-Bernard, Moreau & Achim (alexisachim.bsky.social) 📖: Current Forestry Reports doi.org/10.1007/s407... #RemoteSensing #IRSSlab #Dendrochronology #review

#Movember – It’s that time of year A yearly highlight, it’s how we have fun, show support & raise funds for men’s health. Since 2021, #IRSSLab has raised over $4,000 & we’re excited to keep up the momentum. Please consider sharing or donating to this year’s campaign: 🔗 tinyurl.com/IRSSMovember

Want to stay up to date with the #IRSSLab and see longer-form content from our members? Check us out on LinkedIn ℹ️ for in-depth updates from our members and community at large! Connect with us as we build our network of remote sensing experts and students. 🛰️ www.linkedin.com/company/inte...

📣NEW PAPER 📣A review of PlanetScope CubeSats for forest monitoring ✍️: Shields, Coops, Achim (@alexisachim.bsky.social), Hamelin, Mulverhill 📖: Science of Remote Sensing doi.org/10.1016/j.sr... #planetScope #forestry #highresolution #nearrealtime #multispectral #IRSSlab #UBCForestry

Happy to share that the third paper from my PhD is now published! We estimated remote sensing-derived forest structural and functional integrity on Vancouver Island and examined the influence of anthropogenic pressure on these metrics. Open access here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NEW PAPER 📣 Individual tree species prediction using airborne laser scanning data and derived point-cloud metrics within a dual-stream deep learning approach doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... ✍️: Murray, Coops, White, Barbeito, Dick (adamdick.bsky.social), Ragabv #DeepLearning #AI #Lidar

How do different disturbances impact a stream and its riparian zone? This August, a Water and Fish project used drones equipped with high resolution LiDAR and thermal sensors to survey 24 streams across four site types: 🌲 Forested 🔥 Fire-affected 🪵 Harvested 🏍️ OHV-impacted

NEW PAPER 📣 Projecting Future Changes in Burn Probability in Canada's Forests and Communities Under Different Climate Change Scenarios doi.org/10.1080/0703... ✍️: Mulverhill, Coops, Wulder (@mikewulder.bsky.social), Hermosilla (@txominhermos.bsky.social), White, Bater #Wildfire #ClimateChange

Will we be seeing you at The Wildlife Society's 2025 conference in Edmonton this week? 🦌 #TWS2025 Leonard (@l-hambrecht.bsky.social) and Hiroto will be sharing their research on how #drones, #ThermalImaging, and #DeepLearning are advancing conservation research. @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social

#IRSSLab roll call! 🙌 Brianne Boufford, José Riofrió, and many more are lighting up #Silvilaser2025 with some awesome talks and stellar science! Still so much good stuff ahead—come hang with us! #UBCForestry #RemoteSensing @silvilaser2025.bsky.social

Day 2 of #Silvilaser2025! 🎙️ Welcome address by co-hosts Dr Achim & Dr Coops 👏 A word from our platinum sponsor #rapidlasso 👨‍💻 Keynote speaker Dr Tompalski We’re looking forward to a full day of sessions!! @irssubc.bsky.social @metafor-ulaval.bsky.social @piotrtompalski.bsky.social

Bienvenue à SilviLaser 2025! ⚜️🌲 #IRSSlab members Brent Murray (@brntmrry.bsky.social) and Liam Irwin kicked off the conference today with a workshop on #lidR and #LAStools. Lots of exciting talks and sessions ahead — make sure to stop by and say hi! #Silvilaser2025 @silvilaser2025.bsky.social

Congratulations to Yinan (Elaine) Ye on successfully completing her Master of Science! 🎓 Her thesis, "Segmenting and Updating Forest Polygons Over Three Decades Using Time-Series Landsat Imagery," showcases her incredible hard work and dedication. Don’t be a stranger! 🌲🧳 #UBCForestry #IRSSLab

One to remember! 🎓 Dr. Evan (Bud) Muise finds his place on the wall after the successful defense of his thesis: "Assessing forest ecological integrity and protected area effectiveness in British Columbia with satellite remote sensing" Congratulations, Bud! #IRSSlab #UBCForestry #RemoteSensing

Thank you to Francesco Pirotti at the University of Padova for hosting Dr. Nicholas Coops at the Earth Sensing Summer School 2025. It was inspiring to hear the work of fellow speakers and the next generation of geomatics scholars. ✨The future looks bright! ✨ #EarthSensing2025 #RemoteSensing

NEW PAPER 📣 Challenges and opportunities for the operationalization of forest-assisted migration in Canada doi.org/10.1139/cjfr... ✍️: Wotherspoon (@dr-spoon.bsky.social), D'Orangeville, Thiffault, Pedlar, Raymond, Ravn, Spearing, Isaac-Renton, Godbout, Gravel-Grenier, McPhee #IRSSlab #UBCForestry

#Silvilaser2025 schedule & program are now online! 🥳 Check out the line up of workshops, speakers, field tour & social events! 👉 www.silvilaser2025.com/program Which plenary session are you most looking forward to?! Registration for extra activities closes Sep 10 📍 Quebec City Convention Centre

We have a call for papers for a new Special Issue with @silvilaser2025.bsky.social SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management ⏰ Submission deadline: 30th November 2025 More information here👇 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag...

NEW PAPER 📣 Temporally Consistent Forest Stand Segmentation using Landsat Imagery dx.doi.org/10.1109/LGRS... 📖: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters ✍️: Ye, Coops, Hermosilla @txominhermos.bsky.social, Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social, Gergel #Segmentation #ChangeDetection #Landsat #ubcforestry

Congratulations again and again and again to Dr. Ramon Melser! (@ramonmelser.bsky.social) He joins the wall after successfully defending his thesis: “Enhanced assessment of boreal vegetation productivity using integrated satellite-derived datasets and analysis approaches.” #IRSSLab #UBCForestry

Work hard, play hard! 🌲✨ The #IRSSLab just wrapped up our annual summer retreat. This week away gave lab members the chance to share research updates, pick up new skills from colleagues and guests, and, of course, enjoy some much-needed R&R! #UBCForestry #remotesensing

Excited to share that I successfully defended my PhD dissertation in Remote Sensing (Forestry) at @forestry.ubc.ca. Thank you to all of my fantastic labmates in the @irssubc.bsky.social, as well as my supervisor, Nicholas Coops, and my research committee for all their support.

Members from the IRSS attended the #WIRED2025 symposium to present their research on overhead power lines across forested landscapes, as well as engage with industry and project participants. Wonderful work from James (@jamesmcglade.bsky.social), Eliceo and Celine! #IRSSlab #ubcforestry

Having a great time at the #IRSSlab retreat 2025 @ Cowichan Lake!🫶 Thanks to all who demo’d the Outdoors Tips & Tricks!🔨 @la-stack.bsky.social with the #Trimble, @jamesmcglade.bsky.social with the the #GeoSlam & Liam with PostEx👏 @irssubc.bsky.social @forestry.ubc.ca @metafor-ulaval.bsky.social

Preliminary results are in: Fixed-wing drones show strong potential for moose surveys. Monitoring moose populations has been traditionally done by helicopter. Our partners at UBC are exploring if drones are a better alternative. 🔗Learn more: friresearch.ca/publications... @irssubc.bsky.social

Vancouver recently increased its urban forest strategy to aim for 30% tree coverage by 2050.🌳 #UBCForestry Master of Urban Forestry Leadership Program Director, Sara Barron, explains that "trees take time to grow, but they can still benefit cities in the long term,"🌱 globalnews.ca/news/1129225...

NEW PAPER 📣 Challenges in teaching silviculture in Canada: the path forward doi.org/10.1139/cjfr... ✍️: Wotherspoon (@dr-spoon.bsky.social), Moreau, Morin-Bernard, Achim (@alexisachim.bsky.social), Coops, Villemaire-Côté, Irwin & Hagerman @forestry.ubc.ca

The newest addition to the wall! Huge congratulations to Madi Brown (madisophia.bsky.social‬) on her successful MSc defense. We wish her all the best on her next chapter at ‪ETH Zurich (ethz.ch���). Viel Erfolg, Mad#UBCForestryF#IRSSLab#IRSSLab

NEW PAPER 📣 Estimating 3D individual tree crown growth using multi-temporal LiDAR doi.org/10.1080/2150... 📖: Remote Sensing Letters ✍️: McGlade (jamesmcglade.bsky.social‬) & Coops @forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensingn#ubcforestryr#irsslaba#LiDARA#ALSL#randomforests#alphashapepe

We tested ways to improve Canada’s National Forest Inventory (#NFI) estimates by integrating #Landsat derived #landcover data. Combining sample-based plots with wall-to-wall maps boosted estimation efficiency and helped track tree cover change. #OpenAccess #NTEMS Baral et al. doi.org/10.1139/cjfr...

#UBCForestry is hiring a researcher in Natural Resources Governance who is eligible for nomination for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC). Learn more about the position and apply here: forestry.ubc.ca/career-oppor...

NEW PAPER 📣 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐷𝑜𝑢𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠-𝑓𝑖𝑟 #OpenAccess 🔓 doi.org/10.1016/j.sr... 📖: Science of Remote Sensing ✍️: Waite, Coops, Grubinger, Isaac-Renton, Degner, King and Liu #remotesensing #ubcforestry #irsslab #LiDAR #multispectral #drought

LAST CALL📣 for early bird registration! These rates will NOT be extended 💸 Prices go up July 2! Students (MSc/PhD): $650 early bird/$750 regular Standard registration (including PDF): $950 early bird/$1,150 regular See you in Quebec Sep 29-Oct 3! ⚜️ event.fourwaves.com/silvilaser2025/pages

NEW PAPER 📣 Estimating 3D individual tree crown growth using multi-temporal #LiDAR #OpenAccess🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2025.2511196 ✍️ James McGlade (@jamesmcglade.bsky.social) & Nicholas Coops 📓in @tandfresearch.bsky.social Highlight & data availability in 🧵 @forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensing

NEW! Title captures science well. 👇 Ye et al. A multi-resolution forest stand segmentation algorithm integrating Landsat imagery and forest structural, age, and species attributes. @irssubc.bsky.social #Landsat #landcover #NTEMS #OpenAccess: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NEW PAPER 📣 Tree species proportion prediction using #AirborneLaserScanning & #Sentinel2 data with a #DeepLearning approach #OpenAccess🔓 doi.org/10.1080/0143... 📖: @ijremotesensing.bsky.social ✍️ Murray (@brntmrry.bsky.social), Coops, White, Dick (@adamdick.bsky.social‬) & Ragab @forestry.ubc.ca

The #IRSSlab is signed up for #Silvilaser2025! Are you?!

NEW PAPER 📣 Estimation of #ForestStructure & fuel change across #MountainPineBeetle attacked forests using mobile- & RPAS-based #lidar #OpenAccess🔓 doi.org/10.1080/0703... ✍️ Gerbrecht (@evangerbs.bsky.social), Coops, Carroll, Bater & Buechner Highlights in 🧵 @forestry.ubc.ca #remotesensing

Thanks to all the #IRSSlab members who presented at the #Silva21 AGM last week! Shoutout to the HQPs, organizers, co-applicants for their participation and SFI for collaborating! Go to www.silva21.com to sign up for their newsletter and stay up to date on the project’s latest research.

🌟Meet #Silvilaser2025 Keynote Speakers!🌟 1/3: Dr Piotr Tompalski (@piotrtompalski.bsky.social) is a Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service using #LiDAR, #photogrammetry & #SatelliteData to enhance carbon monitoring & forest growth modeling 🌲📡 📆 Early bird registration opens May 1st!

🚨 Abstracts in, now it’s time to get published! Present your work at #SilviLaser2025 and submit to our Special Issue in @forestryoup.bsky.social 📚 academic.oup.com/forestry/pag... 🌲 Submission deadline: Nov 30 ✍️ Early🐦 registration: May 1 🔗 silvilaser2025.com #remotesensing #lidar #forestry

Announcing the Bachelor of Indigenous Land Stewardship at #UBCForestry.🌱 With a partnership and $8.5 million investment from the Mastercard Foundation EleV program, Indigenous students in Canada will receive tuition, relocation costs and work support. Details: forestry.ubc.ca/news/bachelo...

Hello Bluesky! Good to see you all again! Job alert: I'm looking to recruit a postdoc interested in working at the interface of AI and wildlife ecology, supported by the AI for Biodiversity Change (ABC) Global Center. Apply by April 15, 2025. gaynorlab.weebly.com/join-us.html

This weeks #FlashbackFriday features #IRSSlab postdoc @joseriofrio93.bsky.social! 🤝 José shares some of the research he's been working on in collaboration with #Silva21 to enhance forest #GrowthModels Check out the🧵 for some #highlights @forestry.ubc.ca #RemoteSensing #PostDoc #Lidar

Amazing work by #IRSSlab member Yuwei in organizing these workshops! They were an amazing success! 👏 📄 Be sure to check out all the material and notes on the website dedicated to these events! Thanks to collaborators @smithtripp21.bsky.social, @brianneboufford.bsky.social, Harry, Tommaso & Jing

With over 250 abstracts received & registration opening soon, now is the time to lock in your spot as a SPONSOR or EXHIBITOR for #Silvilaser2025! ✔️Exposure ✔️Networking ✔️Promotion ✔️Position For more information 👉 www.silvilaser2025.com/sponsors/#Sponsors

We always love havening visitors to the #IRSSlab! 👐 Thanks to Professors Róbert Marušák & Radek Rinn from the Faculty of Forestry & Wood Sciences at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague www.fld.czu.cz/en Thanks for stopping by! 🙏 @forestry.ubc.ca #RemoteSensing #CZU www.fld.czu.cz/en