Name: Land Cover for Environmental Applications
Start: 2026-05-20T15:00:00-0700
End: 2026-05-20T15:30:00-0700

Land Cover for Environmental Applications

Wednesday May 20, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm PDT

409

High resolution land cover datasets have become essential for a variety of environmental assessment and monitoring applications. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has been creating High Resolution Land Cover (HRLC) data to supplement the change detection dataset since 2010 – with an original purpose of evaluating riparian habitat conditions. WDFW's High Resolution Land Cover dataset spans 2011 to 2023 with statewide availability for 2017. This presentation will explore the details of what makes this data product unique and provide a general status update on availability. We will give an overview of how the dataset is created, how to access it through the Riparian Data Engine tool or as a standalone product, and some example use cases. With several land cover datasets available in Washington, we will explore one way to select which data product to use for a given project, including considerations for Eastern vs. Western Washington and vector vs. raster products.

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Kevin Fuchs

GIS & Imagery Analyst, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife

Kevin Fuchs is a GIS and Imagery Analyst at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, where he helps produce High Resolution Land Cover (HRLC) and High Resolution Change Detection (HRCD) data while supporting riparian analyses and figuring out how to process huge datasets. Kevin... Read More →

Wednesday May 20, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
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Remote Sensing, Land Cover

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