Jackson M. Leonard, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Joel A. Biederman, Ravindra Dwivedi, Patrick D. Broxton, Travis Woolley, Jackson M. Leonard, m Bohumil M. Svoma, Marcos D. Robles. 2025. Statistical emulation of hyper-resolution mechanistic snow modeling assesses forest management and the importance of tree arrangement
• Lauren L. Tango, Temuulen Ts. Sankey, Jackson M. Leonard, Joel B. Sankey, Alan Kasprak. 2024. Combining terrestrial lidar with single line transects to investigate geomorphic change: A case study on the Upper Verde River, Arizona
• Jacquelyn K. Shuman, Jennifer K. Balch, Rebecca T. Barnes, Philip E. Higuera, Christopher I Roos, Dylan W. Schwilk, E. Natasha Stavros, Tirtha Banerjee, Megan M. Bela, Jacob Bendix, Sandro Bertolino, Solomon Bililign, Kevin D. Bladon, Paulo Brando, Robert E. Breidenthal, Brian Buma, Donna Calhoun, Leila M. V Carvalho, Megan E. Cattau, Kaelin M. Cawley, Sudeep Chandra, Melissa L. Chipman, Jeanette Cobian-Iniguez, Erin Conlisk, Jonathan D. Coop, Alison Cullen, Kimberley T. Davis, Archana Dayalu, Fernando De Sales, Megan Dolman, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Scott Franklin, Christopher H. Guiterman, Matthew Hamilton, Erin J. Hanan, Winslow D. Hansen, Stijn Hantson, Brian J. Harvey, Andres Holz, Tao Huang, Matthew D. Hurteau, Nayani T. Ilangakoon, Megan Jennings, Charles Jones, Anna Klimaszewski-Patterson, Leda N. Kobziar, John Kominoski, Branko Kosovic, Meg A. Krawchuk, Paul Laris, Jackson M. Leonard, S. Marcela Loria-Salazarau, Melissa Lucash, Hussam Mahmoud, Ellis Margolis, Toby Maxwellay, Jessica L. McCarty, David B. McWethy, Rachel S. Meyer, Jessica R. Miesel, W. Keith Moser, R. Chelsea Nagy, Dev Niyogi, Hannah M. Palmer, Adam Pellegrini, Benjamin Poulter, Kevin Robertson, Adrian V Rocha, Mojtaba Sadegh, Fernanda Santos, Facundo Scordo, Joseph O. Sexton, A. Surjalal Sharma, Alistair M. S. Smith, Amber J. Soja, Christopher Still, Tyson Swetnam, Alexandra D. Syphard, Morgan W. Tingley, Ali Tohidi, Anna T. Trugman, Merritt Turetsky, J. Morgan Varner, Yuhang Wang, Thea Whitman, Stephanie Yelenik, Xuan Zhang. 2022. Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene
• Steve McNulty, Ashley Steel, Elaine Springgay, Ben Caldwell, Kenichi Shono, George Pess, Simon Funge-Smith, William Richards, Silvio Ferraz, Dan G. Neary, Jonathan W. Long, Bruno Verbist, Jackson M. Leonard, Ge Sun, Timothy Beechie, Michaela Lo, Lillian McGill, Aimee Fullerton, Simone Borelli. 2021. Managing forests for water [Chapter 3]
• Dan G. Neary, Jackson M. Leonard. 2021. Soil conservation after wildfires: Challenges, failures, and successes [Chapter 2]
• Dan G. Neary, Jackson M. Leonard. 2020. Restoring fire to forests: Contrasting the effects on soils of prescribed fire and wildfire [Chapter 12]
• Temuulen Sankey, Adam Belmonte, Richard Massey, Jackson M. Leonard. 2020. Regional-scale forest restoration effects on ecosystem resiliency to drought: A synthesis of vegetation and moisture trends on Google Earth Engine
• Dan G. Neary, Jackson M. Leonard. 2020. Effects of fire on grassland soils and water: A review
• Temuulen Ts. Sankey, Jackson M. Leonard, Margaret M. Moore. 2019. Unmanned aerial vehicle-based rangeland monitoring: Examining a century of vegetation changes
• Dan G. Neary, Jackson M. Leonard. 2019. Physical vulnerabilities from wildfires: Flames, floods, and debris flows
• Jackson M. Leonard, Hugo A. Magana, Randy K. Bangert, Dan G. Neary, Wilson L. Montgomery. 2017. Fire and floods: The recovery of headwater stream systems following high-severity wildfire
• Dan G. Neary, Jackson M. Leonard. 2015. Wildland fire: Impacts on forest, woodland, and grassland ecological processes [Chapter 3]
• Jackson M. Leonard, Alvin L. Medina, Dan G. Neary, Aregai Tecle. 2015. The influence of parent material on vegetation response 15 years after the Dude Fire, Arizona

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Leonard, J.M., H.A. Magana, R.K. Bangert, D.G. Neary and W.L. Montgomery. 2017. Fire and Floods: The Recovery of Headwater Stream Systems Following High-Severity Wildfire. Journal of the Association of Fire Ecology.
  Neary, D.G. and J.M. Leonard. 2015. Wildland Fire: Impacts on Forest, Woodland, and Grassland Ecological Processes. In António José Bento Gonçalves and António Avelino Batista Vieira (Eds.) Wildland Fires: A Worldwide Reality, pp. 35-112. Hauppauge, New York. Nova Science Publishers.
• Leonard, J.M., A.L. Medina, D.G. Neary, and A. Tecle. 2015. The influence of parent material on vegetation response 15 years after the Dude Fire, Arizona. Forests, 6(3), 613-635.

• Program
  

  Water and Watersheds

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/waterwatersheds
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Lake George Diversion Dam removal and stream restoration on the upper South Platte River

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-lake-george-diversion-dam-removal-and-stream-restoration-upper-south-platte-river
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Using Experimental Forests to provide insight to the Wildfire Crisis Strategy landscapes

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-using-experimental-forests-provide-insight-wildfire-crisis-strategy-landscapes
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/forestsandranges/locations/saef
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Quantifying forest carbon stocks and change from forest management activities

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-quantifying-forest-carbon-stocks-and-change-forest-management-activities
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Post-fire restoration to protect water resources

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-post-fire-restoration-protect-water-resources
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  The long-term effects of high severity wildfire on snow accumulation, ablation and soil water content

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/highseveritywildfire
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  Drought monitoring research that supports multiple partners in Arizona

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/drought-monitoring-research-supports-multiple-partners-arizona
• Article
  

  Recharging the soil moisture battery

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/recharging-soil-moisture-battery

Multimedia

• Webinars

  SCIENCEx Experimental Forests and Ranges Week: Hydrology and Watersheds

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/sciencex-experimental-forests-and-ranges-week-hydrology-and-watersheds

• Northern Arizona University, Ph.D., Biology, 2015
• NREMT, Emt-B And Wilderness First Responder, Certified as an Emergency Medical Technician Basic and Wilderness First Responder, 2009
• Northern Arizona University, M.S., Forest Science, 2007
• Northern Arizona University, B.S., Biology, 2002