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...
💠Growing interest in this field with diverse applications and methodologies
💠Many reports of strong positive interannual relationships between tree-ring width and vegetation indices
💠Growth trends shows mixed outcomes, as tree-ring growth and vegetation indices often decouple over longer periods
📣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...
✔️Comprehensive review of PlanetScope data for forest monitoring
✔️Assessment of spatiotemporal characteristics of PlanetScope datasets
✔️Evaluation of methods for preprocessing and analyzing PlanetScope datasets
✔️Suggestions of future research directions and uses
📣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...
✔️Framework for automated generation of point-cloud segmentation & species labeling
✔️Novel dual-stream deep learning model for predicting species from point-clouds
✔️Evaluation of point-based deep learning layers for species prediction
✔️Inclusion of point-cloud metrics improved accuracy by ∼ 11 %
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
Three researchers operate a drone in a post-fire landscape, surrounded by grasses and scattered burned trees under an open sky. Photo credit: Sadie Russell.
A drone sits on rocky ground beside a small stream, ready for takeoff. Photo credit: Leanna Stackhouse.
A drone controller screen displays an aerial view of a forested landscape with a winding stream below. Photo credit: Sadie Russell.
Three researchers walk along a grassy forest path, carrying field gear on their way to a new research site. Photo credit: Leanna Stackhouse.
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
📖 Published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research (@canjforestres.bsky.social)
Funded by #Silva21, #NSERC
1️⃣FAM forests adapt to #ClimateChange, but limited #SeedSupply, infrastructure & policy frameworks hinder large-scale implementation
2️⃣Tools like genomic selection, seed databases offer opportunities for future FAM
3️⃣Trust, collaboration & #DiverseKnowledgeSystems are essential for policy & practice
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
Announcement for the call for papers for a new special issue with SilviLaser 2025. In the top right there is the Forestry and Silvilaser2025 logos. There are several green and grey boxes with text. Text reads: Call for papers! SilviLaser 2025: Laser scanning applications in forest management. Open for submissions from SilviLaser 2025 conference participants, as well as non-participants. Guest editors: Dr. Alexis Achim, Université Laval, Canada; Dr. Nicholas Coops, University of British Columbia, Canada; Dr. Amy Wotherspoon, University of British Columbia, Canada. Submission deadline: 30th November 2025. More information here: https://academic.oup.com/forestry/pages/call-for-papers. There is also a QR code that takes you to Forestry special issue webpage.
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...
✨Research Highlights:
The approach keeps existing stand boundaries without land cover change and updates regenerating areas.
Stands grew larger and more complex over time, approaching pre-disturbance values.
The algorithm is transparent and efficient, ideal for forest change monitoring.
#IRSSlab
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
We’re so glad you made the trip to join us!
