Brownbag will be held at the Susan Shipman Environmental Learning Center @ GADNR Coastal Regional Headquarters (One Conservation Way, Brunswick, GA 31520).

Please join the GA Coastal Management Program for a Brownbag Presentation on Coastal Georgia’s Changing Tree Canopy (2010-2019) by Tony Giarrusso with the Georgia Institute of Technology. This session will focus on Camden and McIntosh Counties.

Funded through a Georgia DNR Coastal Incentive Grant, Mr. Giarrusso derived high-resolution tree canopy cover for 2010 and 2019 using 1-m resolution NAIP imagery for Georgia’s six oceanfront counties. Come learn about how the coastal canopy has changed over time. Mr. Giarrusso will present his research findings and publicly available data, geospatial tools and resources created as part of this project. In addition to coast-wide information, this session will focus on findings for Glynn county.

Speaker Bio: Tony Giarrusso is a Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director of the Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization in the College of Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. His teaching, research, and consulting activities focus on GIS-based planning solutions for land conservation, coastal and marine resource management, urban planning and environmental protection.