A new article released by researchers Tony Vorster and Nicholas Young at Colorado State University’s Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, in partnership with the NASA Acres Consortium, explores how satellite imagery and other remote sensing technologies can inform rangeland management across the American West. The paper, "Opportunities and Limitations of Remote Sensing for Rangeland Management", offers land stewards a grounded, practical guide to navigating the growing suite of digital tools.

Earlier this spring, 8 early-career professionals with the NASA DEVELOP Program joined the NASA Acres team at Colorado State University (CSU) to complete 10-week feasibility studies focused on developing use cases for the application of satellite Earth observations (EO) for rangeland and ranch management. Tony Vorster, a research scientist in Warner College’s Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), is the primary investigator for the NASA Acres work at CSU that the studies contributed to.