Stephens Group

Research Interests

My research interests include the ecological and historical roles of fire in the western United States, and addressing relevant management questions. Current research includes shaded fuel break vegetation regrowth according to treatment type and site factors.

Research Interests

Prescribed fire as a management technique for threshold reversal in medusahead

Research Interests

Fire, GIS, and LiDAR

Research Description

Investigating the uses of LiDAR for wildfire models.  Specifically, utilizing LiDAR to derive fuel characteristics for the physics-based fire model, FIRETEC

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Research Interests

Forest Ecology / Disturbance Ecology

Research Description

My work is inspired to better understand forest ecosystems and answer pressing questions about how we should protect, use, and manage our forests. During the past century, many American western forests have seen dramatic changes…[read more]

Research Interests

Wildland fire science, fire ecology, forest management, forest ecology, forest policy

Research Description

I am interested in the interactions of wildland fire and ecosystems. This includes how prehistoric fires once interacted with ecosystems, how current wildland fires are affecting ecosystems, and how future fires and management may change…[read more]

Research Interests

Fire ecology

Research Description

I am interested in fire policies and their effects to ecosystems in California’s Sierra Nevada forests. My proposed research examines both historic and altered fire regime effects on biodiversity, functional diversity, and the forest’s water…[read more]

Research Interests

Forest Ecology, Silviculture, Giant Sequoia restoration and ecology