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LANDFIRE is Evolving: What to expect in 2021: The LANDFIRE Program is transitioning from bi-annual updates to annual product updates. By summer 2021, LANDFIRE will deliver updated vegetation and fuels spatial data sets reflecting disturbances submitted to the LANDFIRE Program or to national data bases that occurred in the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. Additionally, burn severity information from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Condition after Wildfire (RAVG) and Burned Area Reflectance Classification (BARC) will be included for all fires available between 2017-2019 at the time of production. Vegetation type, vegetation cover and vegetation height in areas that were not disturbed 2017 - 2019 will be identical to LF 2016 Remap. Like LF 2016 Remap, surface and canopy fuels data sets will be delivered as “Year Capable” products reflecting regrowth of vegetation and fuels up to the delivery year (2021) for areas identified as disturbed in the 10 years prior to 2021. https://us9.campaign-archive.com/?u=25aeabb346a09aaf1c528f007&id=affd57bb0e

Resilient Economic Agricultural Practices: REAP (Resilient Economic Agricultural Practices), formerly known as the Renewable Energy Assessment Project, was initially organized to quantitatively assess the impacts of crop residue (e.g., corn stover) on soil properties. The project's current vision is to revitalize soil health and resiliency, thereby enabling soil resources to meet expanding societal demands while safe-guarding planetary health. Goals include 1) Identifying physical, chemical, or biological parameters and index tools that quantify management effects on carbon sequestration and soil health; 2) Conducting coordinated, quantitative multi-location comparisons of business as usual vs. improved management practices designed to enhance nutrient use efficiency and soil health; 3) Identification of critical indicators and index tools to quantify site-specific soil health and water quality effects; 4) Developing, expanding, and coordinating among ARS teams providing data and databases needed to sustainably supply cellulosic-based bioenergy feedstock and other national natural resource and agricultural challenges.