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Seeing Rangelands Like Never Before

Healthy rangelands support livestock, protect wildlife, and help reduce wildfire and erosion risks. The Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP) uses AI and satellite imagery to monitor these landscapes, offering vegetation data dating back to 1984. Now managed by ARS, RAP has been upgraded with high‑resolution Sentinel‑2 imagery, providing sharper mapping of invasive species, woody encroachment, and bare ground. Learn more...

The Agricultural Research Service is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific in-house research agency. Daily, ARS focuses on solutions to agricultural problems affecting America. Each dollar invested in agricultural research results in $20 of economic impact.