Wildfire Ready: How the USDA-NRCS Is Using Environmental Intelligence to Prioritize Forest and Rangeland Resilience
Introduction With over 500 million acres of U.S. grazing lands under growing wildfire pressure, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is advancing innovative strategies to address these challenges. Through the Rangeland and Forestland Fuel Management Hazard Zone Prioritization for Conservation Treatments project, commonly known as “NRCS Wildfire Ready,” the agency is piloting a scalable […]
How a Rain Event Validated Terevue’s Accuracy in Predicting Landslide Threats
One operator’s experience proved that Terevue can catch the risks no patrol or instrument might see—until it’s too late. The Challenge Pipeline operators face an uphill battle when managing assets in landslide-prone regions. With limited instrumentation like inclinometers, most rely on aerial patrols and historical data to detect potential threats. But with traditional methods, not […]
From Backlog to Back-on-Track: Automating Solar Site Pre-Screening & Processing with Teren’s Hydrology/Veg Intelligence (Customer Story)
The Problem Renewable energy suppliers are in a race to efficiently and accurately identify viable solar sites around the world. Often, the best sites are already taken and developed – the remaining sites are often riddled with risk potential that needs to be carefully assessed before investing precious time and resources. In this competitive renewable screening […]
Strange Bumps in the DTM: How Teren’s LiDAR Analytics Helped A Renewable Energy Investor See the True Terrain
We think there are holes in the digital terrain model. That’s what an engineering firm flagged to Teren’s customer, a renewable energy investor, when they received Teren’s advanced LiDAR and analytics for a project on a solar generation facility out in Southeast New Mexico. Teren’s work with the renewable energy investor started early 2024 to […]
Transforming Well Pad Reclamation in Colorado’s DJ Basin
Learn how a major oil and gas producer has leveraged Teren’s environmental intelligence to become a leader in well pad reclamation. The Challenge: Well Pad Reclamation is a Complex, Regulated Landscape Well pad reclamation in Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin involves intricate processes and strict regulations. Companies acquire numerous assets over the years, and then often […]
From Reactive to Proactive Pipeline Integrity Management: A Transformation in Appalachia
The Problem: A Hidden Threat to Critical Infrastructure Eight years ago, Bryan Crowe, a Pipeline Operations Manager, found himself in a challenging situation in West Virginia. “I’m standing on top of a pipeline, looking down the right of way,” Crowe recalled, “and one of our pipeline technicians had done a locate and noticed a strange […]
Teren Awarded USDA Grant to Improve TWI Measure for Soil and Vegetation Delineation
Award from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Teren is pleased to announce our pending grant with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Our work with them will focus on creating a new and more comprehensive method for quantifying hydrological processes and soil moisture gradients to be used as a tool in delineating ecosystems, vegetation communities, and […]
Wildfire and Water: Grant Awarded to Examine Sedimentation Impacts in Poudre River Watershed
The Poudre River Watershed is a source for drinking water, recreation, and ecosystem functionality in the Fort Collins, CO area. Source: Coalition for the Poudre Watershed What is the Poudre River Watershed and why is it important? The Cache la Poudre River (pronounced “pooh-der” in American English) literally means “hide the powder” in French – the […]