James Menakis

Treesearch Publications

• Justin Paul Ziegler, Chad M. Hoffman, Wade Tinkham, Russell A. Parsons, Michael A. Battaglia, James Menakis. 2025. Impact of thinning strategy, surface fuel loading and burning conditions on fuel treatment efficacy in ponderosa pine dominated forests of the southern Rocky Mountains
• Greg Dillon, James Menakis, Frank Fay. 2015. Wildland fire potential: A tool for assessing wildfire risk and fuels management needs
• S. M. Stein, James Menakis, M. A. Carr, S. J. Comas, Susan I. Stewart, H. Cleveland, Lincoln Bramwell, V. C. Radeloff. 2013. Wildfire, wildlands, and people: understanding and preparing for wildfire in the wildland-urban interface - a Forests on the Edge report
• LaWen Hollingsworth, James Menakis. 2010. Using the Large Fire Simulator System to map wildland fire potential for the conterminous United States
• Keith M. Reynolds, Paul F. Hessburg, Robert E. Keane, James Menakis. 2009. National fuel-treatment budgeting in US federal agencies: capturing opportunities for transparent decision-making
• Jack D. Alexander III, Jean Findley, Brenda K. Kury, Jan L. Beyers, Douglas S. Cram, Terrell T. Baker, Jon C. Boren, Carl Edminster, Sue A. Ferguson, Steven McKay, David E. Nagel, Trent Piepho, Miriam Rorig, Casey Anderson, Jeanne Hoadley, Paulette L. Ford, Mark C. Andersen, Ed L. Fredrickson, Joe Truett, Gary W. Roemer, Brenda K. Kury, Jennifer Vollmer, Christine L. May, Danny C. Lee, James Menakis, Robert E. Keane, Zhi-Liang Zhu, Carol L. Miller, Brett H. Davis, Katharine Gray, Ken Mix, William P. Kuvlesky Jr., D. Lynn Drawe, Marcia G. Narog, Roger D. Ottmar, Robert E. Vihnanek, Clinton S. Wright, Timothy Paysen, Burton K. Pendleton, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Carleton S. White, John Rogan, Doug Stow, Janet Franklin, Carol L. Miller, Lisa Levien, Chris Fischer, Emma Underwood, Robert Klinger, Peggy Moore, Clinton Wright. 2008. Poster Session- Extended Abstracts
• Matthew G. Rollins, Robert E. Keane, Zhiliang Zhu, James Menakis. 2006. Chapter 2 - An overview of the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
• Jennifer L. Long, Melanie Miller, James Menakis, Robert E. Keane. 2006. Chapter 6 - Developing the LANDFIRE Vegetation and Biophysical Settings Map Unit Classifications for the LANDFIRE Prototype Project
• James Menakis, Melanie Miller, Thomas Thompson. 2004. Mapping relative fire regime condition class for the Western United States
• Kirsten Schmidt, James Menakis, Colin C. Hardy, Wendall J. Hann, David L. Bunnell. 2002. Development of coarse-scale spatial data for wildland fire and fuel management
• G. E. Gruell, W. C. Schmidt, S. F. Arno, W. J. Reich, James Menakis. 1999. Historical silvicultural treatments
• G. E. Gruell, W. C. Schmidt, S. F. Arno, W. J. Reich, James Menakis. 1999. Natural regeneration response to initial treatments
• Robert E. Keane, Janice L. Garner, Kirsten Schmidt, Donald G. Long, James Menakis, Mark A. Finney. 1998. Development of input data layers for the FARSITE fire growth model for the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Complex, USA
• Stephen W. Barrett, Stephen F. Arno, James Menakis. 1997. Fire episodes in the Inland Northwest (1540-1940) based on fire history data
• Robert E. Keane, Donald G. Long, James Menakis, Wendel J. Hann, Collin D. Bevins. 1996. Simulating coarse-scale vegetation dynamics using the Columbia River Basin Succession Model-CRBSUM
• Robert E. Keane, James Menakis, Wendel J. Hann. 1996. Coarse-scale restoration planning and design in Interior Columbia River Basin ecosystems: An example for restoring declining whitebark pine forests

Data and Tools

• Dataset
  

  LANDFIRE – Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/firelab/products/dataandtools/landfire-landscape-fire-and-resource-management-planning

• Project
  

  Effect of treatments on wildfire risk exposure to critical infrastructure

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-effect-treatments-wildfire-risk-exposure-critical-infrastructure
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  Science You Can Use: Restore ponderosa forests—and reduce fire risk? Study shows the path forward

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/science-you-can-use-restore-ponderosa-forests-and-reduce-fire-risk-study-shows-path
• Article
  

  How thinning and fuels treatment design influence outcomes

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/how-thinning-and-fuels-treatment-design-influence-outcomes