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LANDFIRE's Vegetation Departure Calculator OVERVIEW

 
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link DOWNLOAD FILE: VDC Flyer/Background

 

This is a background/introductory document. To access complete information and to download the VDC, click here.

Vegetation departure is a powerful metric that summarizes the difference between current vegetation and reference vegetation conditions. The Vegetation Departure Calculator puts the power of this metric into your hands.

With this easy-to-use tool you can summarize and display vegetation conditions anywhere in the United States. Use fire regimes, ownerships, political boundaries and other factors to understand conditions at scale and in context.

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