What can a sagebrush restoration study teach us about the future of forestry? More than you might expect. New research shows how ordinary RGB drone imagery can be transformed into structural measurements, ecological intelligence and better land-management decisions, while also exposing an important limitation of AI: nature changes, and models need to change with it.

Forestry is generating more data than ever. The real opportunity is turning drone imagery, remote sensing and AI into practical insights that help forestry teams make faster, better-informed decisions.