The Forest Analytics Landing

Matthew Russell

This podcast highlights current events, emerging research, and new opportunities in forest analytics. We’ll provide commentary and share stories about how organizations are solving forestry problems by leveraging data to make informed decisions. Hosted by Matt Russell, forest analytics consultant. For more information, visit arbor-analytics.com.

  1. 05/25/2023

    037: Final episode

    I talk about the future of this podcast series. Thanks for listening! I also discuss a number of forestry-themed podcasts that I listen to regularly, including: The Digital Forester: https://open.spotify.com/show/3baKFArEldEhMuZvIcAzEK Silvicast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1CKQGsrH4t5wylZ1cMnAzR The Forest Overstory: https://open.spotify.com/show/3KkXYfp4RFWkrcQfHJ2fBA To subscribe to our email newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/d96897dc0f46/arbor-analytics  You can also follow this podcast series on the Arbor Custom Analytics YouTube Channel. For more information on how data and analytics can empower your forestry organization, visit arbor-analytics.com.

    6 min

  2. 05/09/2023

    036: States with the biggest gains in forest carbon

    How much forest carbon is in your state? Here I share a few insights for the U.S. Forest Service's excellent report on forests and their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and removals. I discuss the states with the biggest gains (hint: the southeast) and losses (hint: Rocky Mountain states) in the last 30 years. From the LinkedIn Newsletter: Forest carbon stocks in every US state States with the biggest gains in carbon in the last 30 years And also: To subscribe to our email newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/d96897dc0f46/arbor-analytics  You can also follow this podcast series on the Arbor Custom Analytics YouTube Channel. For more information on how data and analytics can empower your forestry organization, visit arbor-analytics.com.

    9 min

  3. 04/24/2023

    035: Carbon sequestration and harvested wood products

    There remains great interest in understanding the role of forest management in storing and sequestering carbon. While researchers and land managers have a number of tools available to quantify the impacts of forest management on carbon stocks in growing forests, fewer tools are available that depict the carbon stored “off site” in the form of harvested wood products. These can include short-lived products (i.e., paper or pulp) or long-lived ones (i.e., utility poles). Not incorporating harvested wood product data in simulations of forest carbon can underestimate the total amount of carbon being stored, thus diminishing the benefits of active forest management. In these podcast, I talk about an example case study using data from the long-term silvicultural experiment at the Penobscot Experimental Forest in central Maine. I share how tools like FVS can be leveraged to better understand the contributions of harvested wood products in understanding forest management impacts and the longevity of forest carbon. SLIDES: Quantifying harvested wood products and forest management in carbon analyses: https://arbor-analytics.com/events/2023-03-19-quantifying-harvested-wood-products-and-forest-management-in-carbon-analyses/ READ: Smith et al. 2006: Methods for calculating forest ecosystem and harvested carbon with standard estimates for forest types of the United States: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/22954 To subscribe to our email newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/d96897dc0f46/arbor-analytics  You can also follow this podcast series on the Arbor Custom Analytics YouTube Channel For more information on how data and analytics can empower your forestry organization, visit arbor-analytics.com

    15 min

  4. 04/10/2023

    034: Recent data on greenhouse gas emissions and removals from US forests

    This podcast episode provides a recap of what's contained in the latest USDA report on greenhouse gas emissions and removals from US forestlands. Here's the LinkedIn Newsletter article about this episode: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ghg-emissions-removals-from-us-forests-whats-latest-usda-matt-russell Here's the USDA report "Greenhouse gas emissions and removals from forest land, woodlands, urban trees, and harvested wood products in the United States, 1990–2020": https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/65623 To subscribe to our email newsletter: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/d96897dc0f46/arbor-analytics⁠  You can also follow this podcast series on the⁠ Arbor Custom Analytics YouTube Channel⁠. For more information on how data and analytics can empower your forestry organization, visit ⁠arbor-analytics.com⁠.

    11 min

  5. 03/27/2023

    033: Connections between forests and the metaverse

    The metaverse can sometimes seem too "futuristic" to impact our work lives. This week I write about how the forestry and analytics community should pay attention to the concepts of digital twins, software interoperability, and decentralized autonomous organizations. The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything, by Matthew Ball: https://www.amazon.com/Metaverse-How-Will-Revolutionize-Everything/dp/1324092033 To subscribe to our email newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/d96897dc0f46/arbor-analytics  You can also follow this podcast series on the Arbor Custom Analytics YouTube Channel. For more information on how data and analytics can empower your forestry organization, visit arbor-analytics.com.

    13 min

  6. 03/13/2023

    032: Hey ChatGPT: solve my statistics problems

    ChatGPT is a chatbot built through artificial intelligence. The reaction to it has been mixed. One of the primary criticisms of ChatGPT is its use in education. I was curious to see how ChatGPT would do with some of the exercises from my statistics textbook, so I tried it out. This podcast describes what I found. Read the article "Hey ChatGPT: sole the exercises in my statistics textbook": https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hey-chatgpt-solve-exercises-my-textbook-matt-russell/?trackingId=%2F%2BYrhWP6QQiWkXoRWlsdow%3D%3D The NCREIF Timberland Property Index: https://www.ncreif.org/data-products/timberland/ To subscribe to our email newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/d96897dc0f46/arbor-analytics You can also follow this podcast series on the Arbor Custom Analytics YouTube Channel. For more information on how data and analytics can empower your forestry organization, visit arbor-analytics.com.

    14 min

  7. 02/27/2023

    031: Investments in timberlands continue to rise

    Your stocks may have taken a hit in 2022, but timberlands as an investment were up nearly 13%. The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) recently posted fourth quarter and annual returns for their Timberland Index, an index representing 464 investment-grade timberland properties with a market value of $24.5 billion. This podcast describes the Index and how it's performed with other metrics of the US economy and markets. Read the article "Timberlands as investments continue to rise": https://arbor-analytics.com/post/2023-01-27-timberlands-as-an-investment-continue-to-rise/  The NCREIF Timberland Property Index: https://www.ncreif.org/data-products/timberland/ To subscribe to our email newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/d96897dc0f46/arbor-analytics You can also follow this podcast series on the Arbor Custom Analytics YouTube Channel. For more information on how data and analytics can empower your forestry organization, visit arbor-analytics.com.

    9 min

  8. 02/13/2023

    030: What to know about the no-code movement

    Have you heard about the no-code movement in data science? In short, the no-code movement is a type of web development that allows for the creation of software using a graphical user interface, rather than writing code. This podcast will describe the no-code movement and compare it to a "code-first" approach to performing data analysis. To subscribe to our email newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/d96897dc0f46/arbor-analytics You can also follow this podcast series on the Arbor Custom Analytics YouTube Channel. For more information on how data and analytics can empower your forestry organization, visit arbor-analytics.com.

    9 min
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This podcast highlights current events, emerging research, and new opportunities in forest analytics. We’ll provide commentary and share stories about how organizations are solving forestry problems by leveraging data to make informed decisions. Hosted by Matt Russell, forest analytics consultant. For more information, visit arbor-analytics.com.

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