Bo Wilmer, Center for Landscape Analysis, Research Department, The Wilderness Society (TWS)

“With thousands of acres of forests in various stages of degradation, choosing the most appropriate areas to restore is a challenging feat. With limited resources and funding, land managers need a way to prioritize these restoration projects. This is where our TWS landscape ecologist Bo Wilmer comes in. He developed a GIS tool that not only helps identify areas for restoration but also better equip the decision-makers in explaining their selection rationale to the public in a simple, intuitive, and transparent framework.”