Bloomberg Technology's Brad Stone interviewed DroneSeed CEO Grant Canary on his company's use of drone technology to plant native trees and vegetation after devastating wildfires. "We do precision forestry. As you mentioned, per acre per service, planting trees, spraying to protect them, and monitoring their growth. We do that with drone swarms, so not just one drone, but up to five at a time.  What's valuable about that is each aircraft can carry up to 57 pounds of payload, so that's seed, that's spray. We are the first ever to get that FAA approval to allow for aircraft over the 55-pound limit." 

WRAL reports on the use of drone technology in a rescue mission in Transylvania County, NC.  "Two rock climbers were rescued late Saturday in the North Carolina mountains after one fell almost 150 feet, according to rescue crews in Transylvania County. Around 4 p.m. on Saturday, crews received word that two rock climbers spanning the popular Looking Glass Rock were in trouble. The Transylvania County Rescue Squad Facebook page was updated constantly during the search and rescue process. Less than an hour after the initial report, crews found then two climbers with the help of a drone search from Connestee Fire Rescue. Late Saturday night, rescuers confirmed on Facebook that the rock climbers were safe."