Hannah Farrell, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Hannah Farrell, Paula J. Fornwalt, Kyle Rodman, Laura Marshall, Kimberley T. Davis, Zachary Holden. 2025. Survive and thrive: Identifying factors that enhance the growth and survival of tree seedlings planted after wildfire
• Nehalem C. Clark, Signe Leirfallom, Hannah Farrell, Michael A. Battaglia, Brandon M. Collins, Justin S. Crotteau, Kimberley T. Davis, Paula J. Fornwalt, Paul F. Hessburg, Sharon M. Hood, Eric E. Knapp, W. Keith Moser, Jose Negron. 2024. What do we know about forest treatments and fire? Photos and long-term studies help us understand
• Hannah Farrell, Wade Tinkham, Andrew T. Hudak, Michael A. Battaglia, Lauren Lad, Amanda West Forma, Nic Kotlinskl, Ethan Bucholz. 2023. Eyes in the sky: Using drones for forest monitoring

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Farrell HL, Munson SM, Butterfield BJ, Duniway MC, Faist AM, Gornish ES, Havrilla CA, Larios L, Reed SC, Rowe HI, Laushman KM, McCormick ML (2023) Treatment and precipitation timing is more important than site variables for seedling development in dryland restoration. Ecological Applications. (doi.org/10.1002/eap.2834)
• Butterfield BJ, Munson SM, Farrell HL (2023) Plant water use strategies predict restoration success across degraded drylands. Journal of Applied Ecology. (doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14393)
• Farrell HL, and Munson SM (2022) RestoreNet subplot data for 21 sites within major dryland ecoregions throughout the southwestern United States, 2018 - 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release. (doi.org/10.5066/P9G7XRIK)
• Gornish ES, Farrell HL, Funk J, & Law D (2022) Using native plants to control buffelgrass. Arizona Cooperative Extension. (arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1996-2022.pdf)
• Farrell HL, Funk J, Law D, & Gornish ES. (2021) Buffelgrass drought tolerance and growth is impacted by competition: an opportunity to select trait-based native grass competitors for active restoration. Biological Invasions. (10.1007/s10530-021-02671-9 )
• Farrell HL, Gornish ES, Fehmi JS. (2021). The effects of site preparation equal those of seeding at a dryland restoration site: 6 years of plant community development. Restoration Ecology. (doi.org/10.1111/rec.13482)
• Shackelford N… [Farrell HL], et al. (2021) Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts. Nature Ecology & Evolution. (10.1038/s41559-021-01510-3)
• Gornish ES, Shaw J, Farrell HL, Roche LM. (2020) Novel approaches to ecological restoration in semi-arid and arid habitats. Arizona Cooperative Extension. (extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1934-2021%20.pdf)
• Farrell HL & Gornish ES (2019) Buffelgrass: a review of treatment efficacy, competitive traits, and restoration opportunities. Invasive Plant Science and Management. (doi.org/10.1017/inp.2019.28)
• Farrell HL & Fehmi JS. (2018) Impacts of seeding, grazing, and trampling on semi-arid revegetation. Applied Vegetation Science. (doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12340 )

Data and Tools

• Tool
  

  Priest River Experimental Forest Interactive Map

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/dataandtools/priest-river-experimental-forest-interactive-map

• Project
  

  Whitebark Pine Resilience Network: Fostering a network of managers and researchers across the western U.S.

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-whitebark-pine-resilience-network
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  Survive and Thrive: Identifying factors that enhance the growth and survival of tree seedlings planted after wildfire

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/survive-and-thrive-identifying-factors-enhance-growth-and-survival-tree-seedlings
• Article
  

  Science offers the Forest Service new approaches toward meeting its fuels reduction goals

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/science-offers-forest-service-new-approaches-toward-meeting-its-fuels-reduction-goals

• University of Arizona, Phd, Natural Resource Management, Restoration Ecology, 2020
• University of Arizona, M.S. Natural Resource Managment, Rangeland Management, 2016
• Humboldt State University, B.S. Environmental Science, Natural Resources Planning, 2012