Technological advancements to miniaturize aircraft and sensors have allowed for the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for natural resource management. Ground-based sensors have been used in precision farming and research applications for many years. Recent advances making UAS less expensive, along with regulatory changes, have increased opportunities for the use of UAS to enhance natural resource management. Areas of development include precision management and research, including phenotyping, water and nutrient mapping, herbage mass measures, nutritive value measures, weed and brush encroachment, and animal censusing. This symposium focuses on enhancing natural resource management with UAS technology in both introduced and native rangeland systems.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.