The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO), in partnership with the Eastern Innovation Landscape Network (EILN) and Southeast Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, would like to invite you to join them September 17-18th at CNO in Daisy, OK for a Fire Management and Technology Workshop.  CNO is a leader in wildland fire innovation and science-based land management.  Recent examples include: Partnering with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to test and evaluate advanced operations for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), including Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations and monitoring of CNO Forestry Service prescribed burns. Acquiring and becoming qualified to operate UAS for aerial ignition and airborne LiDAR surveys. Planning and implementing a terrestrial LiDAR monitoring program to evaluate the effects of prescribed fire, timber, and land management. Participating as a partner in the EILN

The workshop partners are planning to showcase these novel science-based initiatives at CNO and to explore the cutting edge of 3D fuels characterization and next generation fire behavior models being tested and evaluated by the EILN. If there is enough interest, they may also offer either terrestrial LiDAR data collector or a FAA Part 107 short course training in preparation to become qualified to operate UAS/UAV on September 16th.

For more information on this workshop, please see the flier above and the CNO/EILN Fire Management Technology Workshop Survey.

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