Remote Sensing is a technology that can offer data and information across an extremely broad range of topics, making it an invaluable tool to researchers, scientists, and many people across the world today. One such invaluable use of remote sensing is in the application of forestry. In the past, scientists used to collect data on the ground from a relatively small section of a forest, and assume that their data would be an accurate representation of the forest as a whole. Today, studying forests
Adelges tsugae also commonly known as the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA), a bug less than 1.5 mm long and dark in color. They are part of the Adelgidae family, having an asexual and sexual generation life cycle with all generations laying eggs (Havill, Nathan, and Salom 2014, 1). HWA originates from Asia and is accidentally brought to the United State in the 20th century. In the United State, the HWA flourish greatly because there are no natural predators, and the hemlocks in the United State are not