Jeremy S. Fried, PhD

Research Forester

Pacific Northwest Research Station

0000-0003-1090-5121

jeremy.s.fried@usda.gov

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Andrew Gray, Taylor K. Lucey, David V. D'Amore, John B. Kim, David L. Nicholls, Nadia A. Tase, Andrew C. Yost, Jeffrey D. Kline, Jeremy S. Fried, Daniel E.B. Swann. 2026. Forest ecosystem carbon models: structure and suitability for current issues on the West Coast of North America
Andrea Watts, Jeremy S. Fried, Sebastian Busby. 2026. Extreme weather, forest structure, and burn severity: Insights from the Pacific Northwest’s 2020 Labor Day Megafires
Thomas Estabrook, Jeremy S. Fried, Weimin Xi, Haibin Su, Jianwei Zhang. 2025. Linking burn severity to pre-fire forest structure and weather on the Dixie fire offers potential to map prospective burn severity
Sebastian Busby, Jeremy S. Fried. 2025. Prospects for silvicultural enhancement of fire resistance in mesic westside forests of the Pacific Northwest
Oriana “Ori” Chafe, Jeremy S. Fried. 2025. Wildfire-initiated dead wood legacies: Post-fire habitat and fuels trajectories in westside Pacific Northwest forests, USA
Bryce Frank, Jacob L. Strunk, Jeremy S. Fried, Karin Wolken, Sean C. McKenzie. 2025. Comparison of digital aerial photogrammetry, lidar, and Sentinel-2 for evaluating forest fire effects
Daniel Swann, Jeremy S. Fried, Andrew Gray. 2025. Evaluating Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) calibration options for predicting biomass accumulation across diverse Oregon landscapes
Evan Patrick, Samuel G. Evans, Jeremy S. Fried, Matthew D. Potts. 2025. Forest product market conditions mediate the scale and benefits of sustainable forest management in the Tahoe-Central Sierra Region
Sebastian Busby, Jeremy S. Fried. 2024. An FIA-based imputation procedure to account for natural tree regeneration post-treatment in FVS
Lixia Lambert, Ryan Jacobson, David Rossi, Consuelo Brandeis, Maggie Davis, Jeremy S. Fried, Burton English, Robert Abt, Karen Abt, Prakash Nepal, Claire O'Dea, Jeffrey P. Prestemon. 2024. Chapter 4: Biomass from the forested land base
Sebastian Busby, Angela M. Klock, Jeremy S. Fried. 2023. Inventory analysis of fire effects wrought by wind-driven megafires in relation to weather and pre-fire forest structure in the western Cascades
Angela M. Klock, Sebastian Busby, Jeremy S. Fried. 2023. It’s about time: A method for estimating wildfire arrival and weather conditions at field-sampled locations
Claudia Herbert, Jeremy S. Fried, Van Butsic. 2023. Validation of Forest Vegetation Simulator Model finds overprediction of carbon growth in California
Christopher Looney, Jonathan W. Long, Christopher J. Fettig, Jeremy S. Fried, Katherine E.A. Wood, Jackson Audley. 2023. Functional diversity affects tree vigor, growth, and mortality in mixed-conifer/hardwood forests in California, U.S.A, in the absence of fire
Jason Barker, Andrew Gray, Jeremy S. Fried. 2022. The effects of crown scorch on post-fire delayed mortality are modified by drought exposure in California (USA)
Bodie Cabiyo, Jeremy S. Fried, Brandon M. Collins, William Stewart, Jun Wong, Daniel L. Sanchez. 2021. Innovative wood use can enable carbon-beneficial forest management in California
Mark E. Fenn, Haiganoush K. Preisler, Jeremy S. Fried, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Susan L. Schilling, Sarah Jovan, Olaf Kuegler. 2020. Evaluating the effects of nitrogen and sulfur deposition and ozone on tree growth and mortality in California using a spatially comprehensive forest inventory
Terrie B. Jain, Jeremy S. Fried, Sara M. Loreno. 2019. Simulating the effectiveness of improvement cuts and commercial thinning to enhance fire resistance in West Coast dry mixed conifer forests
Jason Barker, Jeremy S. Fried, Andrew Gray. 2019. Evaluating model predictions of fire induced tree mortality using wildfire-affected forest inventory measurements
Joshua Petitmermet, Jeremy S. Fried, John Sessions. 2019. Estimating biomass availability and cost when implementing forest restoration with tethered harvest systems
John Sessions, David Smith, Kristin M. Trippe, Jeremy S. Fried, John D. Bailey, Joshua H. Petitmermet, William Hollamon, Claire L. Phillips, John D. Campbell. 2019. Can biochar link forest restoration with commercial agriculture?
Rachel White, Morris C. Johnson, Nicole M. Vaillant, Jeremy S. Fried. 2018. Fuel treatments: Are we doing enough?
Conor K. Bell, Robert F. Keefe, Jeremy S. Fried. 2017. Validation of the OpCost logging cost model using contractor surveys
Jeremy S. Fried, Larry Potts, Sara M. Loreno, Glenn Christensen, R. Jamie Barbour. 2017. Inventory-based landscape-scale simulation of management effectiveness and economic feasibility with BioSum
Conor K. Bell, Robert F. Keefe, Jeremy S. Fried. 2017. OpCost: an open-source system for estimating costs of stand-level forest operations
Jeremy S. Fried, Terrie B. Jain, Sara Loreno, Robert F. Keefe, Conor K. Bell. 2017. A framework for evaluating forest restoration alternatives and their outcomes, over time, to inform monitoring: Bioregional inventory originated simulation under management
Bianca N.I. Eskelson, Vicente Monleon, Jeremy S. Fried. 2016. A 6 year longitudinal study of post-fire woody carbon dynamics in California's forests
Jens Stevens, Hugh D. Safford, Malcolm P. North, Jeremy S. Fried, Andrew Gray, Peter M. Brown, Christopher R. Dolanc, Solomon Z. Dobrowski, Donald A. Falk, Calvin A. Farris, Jerry F. Franklin, Peter Z. Fulé, R. Keala Hagmann, Eric E. Knapp, Jay D. Miller, Douglas F. Smith, Thomas W. Swetnam, Alan H. Taylor, Julia A. Jones. 2016. Average stand age from forest inventory plots does not describe historical fire regimes in ponderosa pine and mixed-conifer forests of western North America
Sara Loreno, Jeremy S. Fried, Andrew Yost. 2015. Applying management modeling to assess the feasibility of accelerating landscape restoration on federal forests in Eastern Oregon
Bianca N.I. Eskelson, Jeremy S. Fried, Vicente Monleon. 2015. Modeling post-fire woody carbon dynamics with data from remeasured inventory plots
Mark E. Fenn, Jeremy S. Fried, Haiganoush K. Preisler, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Susan L. Schilling, Sarah Jovan, Olaf Kuegler. 2015. Remeasured FIA plots reveal tree-level diameter growth and tree mortality impacts of nitrogen deposition on California’s forests
Sue Miller, Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2014. Revisiting disturbance: A new guide for keeping dry mixed conifer forests healthy through fuel management
Jeremy S. Fried, Paul Meznarich. 2014. Efficient initial attacks: analysis of capacity and funding provides insights to wildfire protection planning
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2014. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: Monitoring
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2014. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: Inventory and model-based economic analysis of mechanical fuel treatments
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2014. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: Mechanical, chemical, and biological fuel treatment methods
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2014. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States: Prescribed fire
Jeremy S. Fried, Theresa B. Jain, Jonathan Sandquist. 2013. Modeled forest inventory data suggest climate benefits from fuels management
Jeremy S. Fried, Terrie B. Jain. 2013. Opportunities abound for affordable mechanical fuels treatment in dry mixed-conifer forests
Marie Oliver, Jeremy S. Fried. 2013. Do carbon offsets work? The role of forest management in greenhouse gas mitigation
Yohan Lee, Jeremy S. Fried, Heidi J. Albers, Robert G. Haight. 2013. Deploying initial attack resources for wildfire suppression: spatial coordination, budget constraints, and capacity constraints
Terrie B. Jain, Michael A. Battaglia, Han-Sup Han, Russell T. Graham, Christopher R. Keyes, Jeremy S. Fried, Jonathan Sandquist. 2012. A comprehensive guide to fuel management practices for dry mixed conifer forests in the northwestern United States
Robert W. Malmsheimer, James L. Bowyer, Jeremy S. Fried, Edmund Gee, Robert Izlar, Reid A. Miner, Ian A. Munn, Elaine Oneil, William C. Stewart. 2011. Managing forests because carbon matters: integrating energy, products, and land management policy
Susanna L. Melson, Mark E. Harmon, Jeremy S. Fried, James B. Domingo. 2011. Estimates of live-tree carbon stores in the Pacific Northwest are sensitive to model selection
Terrie B. Jain, Jeremy S. Fried. 2010. Field instructions for the annual inventory of California, Oregon, and Washington 2010: Supplement for: Fire effects and recovery study
Lynn Huntsinger, Martin Johnson, Monica Stafford, Jeremy S. Fried. 2010. Hardwood rangeland landowners in California from 1985 to 2004: production, ecosystem services, and permanence
Demetrios Gatziolis, Jeremy S. Fried, Vicente Monleon. 2010. Challenges to estimating tree height via LiDAR in closed-canopy forest: a parable from western Oregon
Jeremy S. Fried, Burton D. Fried. 2010. A foundation for initial attack simulation: the Fried and Fried fire containment model
Ken Pierce, Janet Ohmann, Michael C. Wimberly, Matthew J. Gregory, Jeremy S. Fried. 2009. Mapping wildland fuels and forest structure for land management: a comparison of nearest neighbor imputation and other methods
Alexandra D. Syphard, Susan I. Stewart, Jason McKeefry, Roger B. Hammer, Jeremy S. Fried, Sherry Holcomb, Volker C. Radeloff. 2009. Assessing housing growth when census boundaries change
Jamie Barbour, Jeremy S. Fried, Peter J. Daugherty, Glenn Christensen, Roger Fight. 2008. Potential biomass and logs from fire-hazard-reduction treatments in Southwest Oregon and Northern California
Jeremy S. Fried, Jamie Barbour, Roger D. Fight, Glenn Christensen, Guy Pinjuv. 2008. Small-diameter timber alchemy: can utilization pay the way toward fire-resistant forests
Jeremy S. Fried, J. Keith Gilless, William J. Riley, Tadashi J. Moody, Clara Simon de Blas, Katharine Hayhoe, Max Mortiz, Scott Stephens, Margaret Torn. 2008. Predicting the effect of climate change on wildfire behavior and initial attack success
Glenn Christensen, Sally J. Campbell, Jeremy S. Fried. 2008. California's forest resources, 2001-2005: five-year Forest Inventory and Analysis Report.
Jeremy S. Fried, Xiaoping Zhou. 2008. Forest inventory-based estimation of carbon stocks and flux in California forests in 1990.
Peter Daugherty, Jeremy S. Fried. 2007. Jointly optimizing selection of fuel treatments and siting of forest biomass-based energy production facilities for landscape-scale fire hazard reduction.
Robert G. Haight, Jeremy S. Fried. 2007. Deploying wildland fire suppression resources with a scenario-based standard response model.
Andrew Gray, Jeremy S. Fried, Glenn Christensen, Larry Potts. 2006. Timber resource statistics for forest land in eastern Washington, January 2002.
Tara M. Barrett, Demetrios Gatziolis, Jeremy S. Fried, Karen Waddell. 2006. Sudden oak death in California: what is the potential?
Jeremy S. Fried, J. Keith Gilless, James Spero. 2006. Analysing initial attack on wildland fires using stochastic simulation.
E.M. (Ted) Bilek, Kenneth E. Skog, Jeremy S. Fried, Glenn Christensen. 2005. Fuel to burn : economics of converting forest thinnings to energy using BioMax in southern Oregon
USDA Forest Service, Bob Rummer, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Dennis M. May, Patrick D. Miles, John S. Vissage, Ronald E. McRoberts, Greg C. C. Liknes, Wayne D. Shepperd, Dennis Ferguson, William J. Elliot, Ina Sue S. Miller, Steve Reutebuch, Jamie Barbour, Jeremy S. Fried, Bryce Stokes, Ted Bilek, Kenneth E. Skog. 2005. A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments in Western States
Christine A. Vogt, Greg Winter, Jeremy S. Fried. 2005. Predicting homeowners' approval of fuel management at the wild-urban interface using the theory of reasoned action.
Jeremy S. Fried, Glenn Christensen, Dale Weyermann, R. Jamie Barbour, Roger Fight, Bruce Hiserote, Guy Pinjuv. 2005. Modeling opportunities and feasibility of siting wood-fired electrical generating facilities to facilitate landscape-scale fuel treatment with FIA BioSum.
E.M. (Ted) Bilek, Kenneth E. Skog, Jeremy S. Fried, Glenn Christensen. 2005. Fuel to burn: economics of converting forest thinnings to energy using BioMax in southern Oregon.
Todd A. Morgan, Charles E. Keegan, Thale Dillon, Alfred L. Chase, Jeremy S. Fried, Marc Weber. 2004. California's forest products industry: a descriptive analysis.
Jeremy S. Fried, Glenn Christensen. 2004. FIA BioSum: a tool to evaluate financial costs, opportunities and effectiveness of fuel treatments.
Jeremy S. Fried, Charles L. Bolsinger, Debby Beardsley. 2004. Chaparral in southern and central coastal California in the mid-1990s: area, ownership, condition, and change.
Bob Rummer, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Dennis M. May, Patrick D. Miles, John S. Vissage, Ron McRoberts, Greg C. C. Liknes, Wayne D. Shepperd, Dennis Ferguson, William J. Elliot, Ina Sue S. Miller, Steve Reutebuch, Jamie Barbour, Jeremy S. Fried, Bryce Stokes, Edward Bilek, Ken Skog. 2003. A strategic assessment of forest biomass and fuel reduction treatments in western states
Susanna Melson, David Azuma, Jeremy S. Fried. 2002. A first look at measurement error on FIA plots using blind plots in the Pacific Northwest
Jeremy S. Fried, Greg J. Winter, Keith J. Gilless. 1999. Assessing the benefits of reducing fire risk in the wildland urban interface: A contingent valuation approach
J. Keith Gilless, Jeremy S. Fried. 1998. Stochastic representation of fire behavior in a wildland fire protection planning model for California.
Jeremy S. Fried, J. Keith Gilless, Robert E. Martin. 1987. CFES--California Fire Economics Simulator: A Computerized System for Wildland Fire Protection Planning

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

Melson, S.; Azuma, D.; Fried, J.S. 2003. A First Look at Measurement Error on FIA Plots Using Blind Plots in the Pacific Northwest. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-NC-230. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 11—20.
Fried, J.S.; Brown, D.G.; Zweifler, M.O.; Gold, M.A. 2000. Mapping Contributing Areas for Stormwater Discharge to Streams Using Terrain Analysis. In Wilson, J.P. and J.C. Gallant (eds), Terrain Analysis: Principles and Applications. New York: John Wiley: 183—203. Chapter 7.
Fried, J.S.; Huntsinger, L. 1998. Managing for Naturalness at Mt. Diablo State Park. Society and Natural Resources. 11: 505—516.
Fried, J.S.; Fried, B.D. 1996. Simulating Wildfire Containment with Realistic Tactics. Forest Science. 42:267—281.
Torn, M.S.; Fried, J.S. 1992. Predicting the impacts of global warming on wildland fire. Climatic Change. 21:(3) 257—274.
Herbert, C., Fried, J.S. and Butsic, V., 2023. Validation of Forest Vegetation Simulator Model Finds Overprediction of Carbon Growth in California. Forests, 14(3), p.604.

Data and Tools

University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Forest Management and Economics, 1992
Oregon State University, M.S., Forest Ecology and Soils, 1985
University of California, Berkeley, B.S., Forestry, 1982

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