Jason Parent from the University of Rhode Island joins us to talk about not having any marketable skills from an environmental science degree, studying the expansion of cities over time through GIS, mapping cities with Landsat, field work with wind flow patterns around tree islands in the Everglades, dust from the Sahara reaching Florida, riding around in airboats, Jason’s work as the PI of Rhode Island View, modeling forest mortality with lidar and imagery, urban tree canopy analysis, mapping dead trees with aerial imagery, mapping vernal pools for habitat analysis, nature-based solutions, and much more.  Show notes and photos are available at:  https://americaview.substack.com