These Lidar data were collected on October 16 to November 5, 2006 by Watershed Sciences Incorporated for the Puget Sound Lidar Consortium, with funding from the US Bureau of Reclamation. The survey areas cover eastern portions of the Upper Okanogan River in Canada, the Lower Okanogan River in Washington State, and Lake Roosevelt in Washington State. The study areas total ~560 square kilometers. These lidar were acquired for all the areas identified for the purpose of stream channel assessment and potential stream restoration design.

These Lidar data were collected on October 5-7, 2006 by Watershed Sciences Incorporated for the Puget Sound Lidar Consortium, with funding from the US Bureau of Reclamation and Oregon Trout in collaboration with the Malheur National Forest. The survey areas cover the floodplains of Desolation Creek from the mouth to Bruin Creek, the Middle Fork John Day River from just upstream of Big Creek to Summit Creek, and the John Day River from Prairie City to just above Dans Creek. The study areas total ~9,149 acres. These lidar were acquired for all the areas identified for the purpose of stream channel assessment and potential stream restoration design.

These lidar data were collected on September 27, 2005, for the NOAA Fisheries Service - Northwest Fisheries Science Center as part of the ISEMP (Integrated Status and Effectives Monitoring Program) for the Columbia Basin. Data collection and processing were performed by Watershed Sciences. The flight covered 122 km2 and 26 river kilometers of Bridge Creek, a tributary to the John Day River in central Oregon. The flight was used as a baseline survey for the Bridge Creek Intensively Monitored Watershed, which is nested in the broader Status and Trend Monitoring in the John Day Pilot Basin. Channel incision within Bridge Creek IMW, OR, has degraded instream and floodplain habitat leading to a loss of spawning and rearing habitat, increased summer stream temperatures and reduced base flows impacting steelhead using this system. ISEMP is collaborating with the National Park Service, NOAA-Fisheries, and the Bureau of Land Management on a restoration project that will accelerate natural recovery rates of the processes that create and maintain steelhead habitat to substantially increase steelhead productivity within the drainage.

Lidar was collected over East Branch East Weaver Creek on October 14th 2012 for the USFS Pacific Region. Data were collected to aid in identifying ecological restoration opportunities by assessing forest structural complexity, mapping geomorphic features, and quantifying acreages of highly suitable wildlife habitat. This dataset covers over 2700 acres ( over 11 km2)

Lidar was collected over the Lower Klamath River between May 12th and May 21st 2014 for the USFS Pacific Region. Data was acquired to help assess the topographic and geophysical properties of the study area to support in stream and terrestrial habitat monitoring and restoration. This dataset covers over 41,000 acres ( over 160 km2)

Lidar data for the United States portion of the Missisquoi Watershed in Northern Vermont. Data were collected during leaf-off conditions in 2008 and in 2009 while no snow was on the ground and rivers were at or below normal levels. The Lidar data were acquired at a nominal post spacing of 1.4 meters. Points were classified as ground (LAS class 2) using a combination of automated and manual techniques. The data were acquired by Photoscience and subsequently reviewed by the USGS and The University of Vermont. The data are made available on OpenTopography through a grant from AmericaView.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Green Berkshires, Inc., has compiled Geographic Information Systems (GIS) datasets consisting of raster and vector data used to generate lidar-derived hydrography. The spatial data layers provided in this data release are hydrography data derived from high-resolution lidar digital elevation models (DEM). The vector data are in Esri shapefile format and include a Breach_Lines.shp file used to breach digital flow dams or obstructions in the DEM (connect erroneously disconnected flow) to aid flow direction processes and hydrologic conditioning; a Headwater_Seed_Points.shp file to guide stream network delineation; a Stream_Network_Karner_Brook_Watershed.shp file derived from the high-resolution lidar DEM that shows stream location; a Watershed_Boundary_Karner_Brook.shp file derived from the hydro-enforcement representing the greater Karner Brook watershed area; and a Potential_Wetlands.shp file derived from the DEM and used to help identify possible wetland locations in the Karner Brook watershed. The raster datasets are in GeoTIFF format and include the dem_clip_m_1.tif, digital elevation model clipped to the Karner Brook basin extent; an fdr_cf.tif, predicting the direction of flow based on the direction of the steepest drop in elevation; and an fac_cf.tif, predicting the number of upstream cells flowing into each one-meter cell.

This lidar dataset was collected as part of an NCALM Seed grant for Cassie Lumbrazo at the University of Washington. This study used airborne lidar to evaluate the hydrologic effects of forest restoration in Washington State’s Eastern Cascade Mountains. The study area consists of sections located northwest of Ellensburg, WA, and covers approximately 62.7 km2.

Lidar was collected over Dinkey Creek from November 21st - 27th 2012 for the USFS Pacific Region. Data were collected to aid in identifying ecological restoration opportunities by assessing forest structural complexity, mapping geomorphic features, and quantifying acreages of highly suitable wildlife habitat. This dataset covers over 61,000 acres ( over 200 km2)

Lidar was collected over Humbug Creek, California between September 4th and September 7th 2013 for the USFS Pacific Region. This dataset was collected in order to provide a highly detailed ground surface dataset to be used for the development of topographic, contour mapping and hydraulic modeling. This dataset covers over 24,000 acres ( over 100 km2)