As extension of research on modeling of radio wave propagation in the forest environments, a new method to model ground short-range propagation loss in forested areas with tree-canopy effect at the VHF and UHF bands using integration of the existing empirical foliage loss model (Weissberger and ITU-R or COST 235) and ray tracing model (as shown in the figure 1) to include the loss effect from ground and tree canopy reflections was developed by [6].