The US Forest Service contracted with Watershed Sciences to provide LiDAR data collection
for the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest located within the Willamette National Forest,
consisting of approximately 16,700 acres in Lane and Linn Counties, Oregon.
The data were collected on August 10th and 11th, 2008.

Deliverable from the contractor included raw point cloud data, 1 meter bare-earth
and highest hits DEMs. A vegetation layer was produced by subtracting the bare-earth
DEM from the highest hits DEM.

There are several research projects underway that will use the LiDAR data to map forest structure
and composition, examine biomass accumulation rates, provide input for models, and
calculate solar radiation loads.