While the 138,000-acre Silver Fire still smoldered in New Mexico, forest restoration specialists were on the job, analyzing Landsat data to determine where to focus restoration efforts.
![Two researchers standing in a forest in British Columbia after a wildfire. There are burned trees on the landscape and short vegetation.](https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_6388.JPG-1024x768.jpeg)
Understanding Forests After Fire With Landsat and LiDAR
Field researchers Sarah Smith-Tripp and Lukas Olson stand in a high-severity burn with minimal tree cover in central British Columbia. This area burned in the Pelican Lakes Fire in 2015.