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EP 44 Allison Schumacher and Derek Alkire
Manage episode 365656818 series 2976155
On this episode we're talking drones and AI in conservation! Allison Schumacher gives us the scoop on a collaboration between the University of Missouri and Texas Parks and Wildlife to utilize drones equipped with thermal imagery to fly over roosted birds in order to gain much needed population data. Derek Alkire, NWTF District Biologist, talks the use of drones for controlling invasive plants and for prescribed fire.
Special thanks to Nomad, Sawyer, and Bass Pro Shops.
You can read more about drones in conservation here: https://www.nwtf.org/content-hub/drones-and-conservation
Get a limited edition retro gun sleeve here: https://your.nwtf.org/campaigns/?action=home&campaign=OldSchoolGunSleeveSocial
90 episodes
Manage episode 365656818 series 2976155
On this episode we're talking drones and AI in conservation! Allison Schumacher gives us the scoop on a collaboration between the University of Missouri and Texas Parks and Wildlife to utilize drones equipped with thermal imagery to fly over roosted birds in order to gain much needed population data. Derek Alkire, NWTF District Biologist, talks the use of drones for controlling invasive plants and for prescribed fire.
Special thanks to Nomad, Sawyer, and Bass Pro Shops.
You can read more about drones in conservation here: https://www.nwtf.org/content-hub/drones-and-conservation
Get a limited edition retro gun sleeve here: https://your.nwtf.org/campaigns/?action=home&campaign=OldSchoolGunSleeveSocial
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