Dr. Lisa Bentley uses Skydio drone to study forest structure

March 1, 2022
Lisa Bentley

Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Lisa Bentley utilized a Skydio drone in her research project "3DForests".  Funded by CAL FIRE’s Forest Health Program, the CSU’s Agricultural Research Institute, and the Joint Fire Science Program, the project, 3DForests, aims to evaluate the use of remote sensing techniques to rapidly and more accurately estimate aboveground biomass (AGB) for a range of tree species and estimate crucial fuels parameters to help validate or refine fuel treatment tools and fire behavior models across diverse California forests. 

Thank you to Skydio who generously donated two Skydio I drones to the School of Arts & Humanities for use in research and filmmaking.