https://www.urisatexas.org/Upcoming-Events URISA Texas upcoming events URISA Texas Wild Apricot - membership management software and more en Mon, 18 May 2026 19:16:33 GMT Mon, 18 May 2026 19:16:33 GMT Tue, 26 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT <div align="center"> <p><span style=""><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><img src="https://urisatexas.org/resources/Pictures/Logos/URISA/Texas_Logo-300dpi.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="352" height="209"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> <div align="center"> <h2><span style=""><span style=""><font color="#00BFF3" face="Tahoma"><span><font style="font-size: 36px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></font><font style="font-size: 24px;">Mapping Land/Water Gradients and Wetland Vegetation for the 2029 Louisiana Coastal Master Plan</font></span></font></span></span></h2> <p><br></p> </div> <h4 style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="center"><span><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 21px;"><span><strong>Presentation Outline:</strong></span></font></span></h4> <p style="margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;"><br></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 18px;" align="center">Development of wetland vegetation datasets and land/water gradients for Louisiana’s 2029 Coastal Master Plan using Sentinel-2 imagery, machine learning, and automated big-data workflows. Regional raster processing and AI-assisted code development supported production of 10-meter resolution land, water, and vegetation datasets for coastal planning and scenario evaluation.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="center"><br></p> <p style="margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;"><br></p> <h4 style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" align="center"><span><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 21px;"><span><strong>About the Presenters:</strong></span></font></span>&nbsp;</h4> <p style="margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;"><br></p> <p style="line-height: 18px;" align="center"><span><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://urisatexas.org/resources/Pictures/Blake%20headshot_cropped.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="306" height="248">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</font></span></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: 18px;" align="center"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><span><font><font><strong><font color="#00AEEF">Blake Simon</font></strong>&nbsp;</font></font></span></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: 18px;" align="center"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"><span><font><span><font><abbr>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</abbr></font></span></font></span>Blake Simon is a GIS analyst with experience in spatial analysis, data visualization, geodatabase design, and custom GIS solutions for environmental and infrastructure projects. He completed his Master of Geographic Information Systems at Penn State and has applied GIS expertise to support coastal wetland monitoring, resource management, and municipal water and wastewater planning.</font></p> <p style="line-height: 18px;" align="center"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"><img src="https://urisatexas.org/resources/Pictures/Ben%20Hawkins.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="215" height="287"></font></p> <p style="line-height: 18px;" align="center"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><font color="#00AEEF">Ben Hawkins</font></strong></font></p> <p style="line-height: 18px;" align="center"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;">Ben Hawkins is a GIS Analyst with 13 years of experience working in Stormwater, Environmental and Water Resources consulting.&nbsp;&nbsp; His passions outside GIS include tennis, photography, hiking and gardening.</font></p> <p><br></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><strong><font face="Tahoma">REMINDER: GPN TX OFFERS 1 CR</font></strong><strong><font face="Tahoma">EDIT HOUR&nbsp;</font></strong></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><strong><font face="Tahoma">PDH CERTIFICATES FOR PARTICIPANTS WH</font></strong><strong><font face="Tahoma">O REGISTER AND ATTEND THE MONTHLY SPEAKER SERIES WEBINARS!</font></strong></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><strong><font face="Tahoma">To Join:</font></strong><br></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="Tahoma">Zoom info will be available upon registration.</font></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"><font face="Tahoma"><em>In order to receive a PDH certificate<strong>&nbsp;each participant must register for the event</strong>.&nbsp;Certificates will not be issued to those who have not.</em></font></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="Tahoma" color="#F8AD02" style="font-size: 30px;"><strong>A big THANK YOU to our sponsors!</strong></font></p> <h1 align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="Tahoma" color="#F8AD02" style="font-size: 30px;">The Speaker Series would not be possible without you!</font></h1> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>Geodetic Level Sponsors</strong></font></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><a href="https://allterracentral.com/"><font color="#FB8B01" face="PT Sans"><img src="https://urisatexas.org/resources/Pictures/Sponsors/AllTerra-Color-Logo-CMYK-vert2-url%20-%20Copy.png" border="0" height="198" width="363"></font></a></strong></font></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 24px;"><strong>UTM Level Sponsors</strong></font></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 24px;">&nbsp;<a href="https://tnris.org/"><img width="167" height="167" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/th6Ow02mfptM22qB06L1h9eFFS12Ge_t_aao21VPdO5wTy3qpADT_yyCQD2u2wwpy1-yjZJ_wH9-kj2160etYZ29SKT-qntTENLLgcgqm-BWk2XQRXYgud-ocGKxejARmtsKqjq-vLw-jOM=s2048"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.heb.com/" target="_blank"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 24px;"><img src="https://urisatexas.org/resources/Pictures/1909201bc4434b19af3b102014504c24.png" border="0" width="221" height="120"></font></a></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><strong><strong><a href="https://urisatexas.org/sys/website/?pageId=1816953" target="_blank"><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 24px;">Become a 2026 Sponsor</font></a></strong></strong></strong></font></p> <p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"><br></p> https://urisatexas.org/event-6696553 https://urisatexas.org/event-6696553