Joseph Wagenbrenner, PhD

Research Hydrologist

Pacific Southwest Research Station

0000-0003-3317-5141

joseph.wagenbrenner@usda.gov

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Julia Petreshen, Salli F. Dymond, Elizabeth Keppeler, Scott T. Allen, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2025. Fog presence and ecosystem responses in a managed coast redwood forest
E.W. McKeever, S.F. Dymond, Elizabeth Keppeler, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2024. Basal area and hillslope position impacts to hydraulic redistribution in a coast redwood forest
Emma C. Sevier, Karen L. Pope, David Dralle, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Adam Cummings, Paul Richardson, Margaret Lang. 2024. Rapid hydrological responses following process‐based restoration in a degraded Sierra Nevada meadow
Elizabeth Keppeler, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Salli Dymond, David Dralle. 2024. Streamflow response to drought in a managed coast redwood catchment
Paul W. Richardson, Peter H. Cafferata, Salli F. Dymond, Elizabeth Keppeler, Joseph Wagenbrenner, John Whiting. 2023. Past and future roles of paired watersheds: a North American inventory and anecdotes from the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds
J. Neris, Pete R. Robichaud, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Bob E. Brown, S.H. Doerr. 2023. Soil erosion after fire in volcanic terrain: Assessment and implications for post-fire soil losses
Karl M. Meingast, Evan Kane, Amy M. Marcarelli, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Vincent G. Beltrone. 2023. Seasonal trends of DOM character in soils and stream change with snowmelt timing
Joseph Wagenbrenner, Drew Coe, Will Olsen. 2023. Mitigating potential sediment delivery from post-fire salvage logging
Brian A. Ebel, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Alicia M. Kinoshita, Kevin D. Bladon. 2022. Hydrologic recovery after wildfire: A framework of approaches, metrics, criteria, trajectories, and timescales
Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Jorge de las Heras, Daniel Moya Navarro, Javier González-Romero, Esther Peña-Molina, Mehdi Navidi, Álvaro Fajardo-Cantos, Isabel Miralles Mellado, Pedro Antonio Plaza-Alvarez, Bruno Gianmarco Carrà, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Demetrio Antonio. Zema. 2022. Short-term effects of prescribed fires with different severity on rainsplash erosion and physico-chemical properties of surface soil in Mediterranean forests
Elizabeth W. Boyer, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Lu Zhang. 2022. Wildfire and hydrological processes
Mohammad Safeeq, Aliva Nanda, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Jack Lewis, Carolyn T. Hunsaker. 2022. Climatic and hydrogeomorphic controls on sediment characteristics in the southern Sierra Nevada
Yang Yang, Mohammad Safeeq, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Stephen C. Hart. 2022. Impacts of climate and forest management on suspended sediment source and transport in montane headwater catchments
Shelby R. Kassuelke, Salli Dymond, Xue Feng, Jessica A. Savage, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2022. Understory evapotranspiration rates in a coast redwood forest
Salli Dymond, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Elizabeth Keppeler, Kevin D. Bladon. 2021. Dynamic hillslope soil moisture in a Mediterranean montane watershed
Paul Richardson, Jayme E. Seehafer, Elizabeth Keppeler, Diane G. Sutherland, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Kevin D. Bladon, Salli Dymond, Ryan P. Cole. 2021. Fifty‐eight years and counting of watershed science at the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds in northern California
Joseph Wagenbrenner, Brian A. Ebel, Kevin D. Bladon, Alicia M. Kinoshita. 2021. Post-wildfire hydrologic recovery in Mediterranean climates: A systematic review and case study to identify current knowledge and opportunities
Salli Dymond, Paul Richardson, Lynn A. Webb, Elizabeth Keppeler, Ivan Arismendi, Kevin D. Bladon, Peter H. Cafferata, Helen E. Dahlke, David L. Longstreth, Patrick K. Brand, Peter R. Ode, Christopher G. Surfleet, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2021. A field-based experiment on the influence of stand density reduction on watershed processes at the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds in Northern California
Mohammad Safeeq, Ryan R. Bart, Norman F. Pelak, Chandan K. Singh, David Dralle, Peter Hartsough, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2021. How realistic are water‐balance closure assumptions? A demonstration from the southern sierra critical zone observatory and kings river experimental watersheds
Joseph Wagenbrenner, David Dralle, Mohammad Safeeq, Carolyn T. Hunsaker. 2021. The Kings River Experimental Watersheds: Infrastructure and data
Sergio A. Prats, Maruxa C. Malvar, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2021. Compaction and cover effects on runoff and erosion in post‐fire salvage logged areas in the Valley Fire, California
Will H. Olsen, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Peter R. Robichaud. 2021. Factors affecting connectivity and sediment yields following wildfire and post‐fire salvage logging in California's Sierra Nevada
Codie Wilson, Stephanie K. Kampf, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Lee H. MacDonald, Hunter Gleason. 2021. Hillslope sediment fence catch efficiencies and particle sorting for post‐fire rain storms
Alexandro B. Leverkus, Brian Buma, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Philip J. Burton, Emanuele Lingua, Raffaella Marzano, Simon Thorn. 2021. Tamm review: Does salvage logging mitigate subsequent forest disturbances?
Ryan R. Bart, Mohammad Safeeq, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Carolyn T. Hunsaker. 2020. Do fuel treatments decrease forest mortality or increase streamflow? A case study from the Sierra Nevada (USA)
Ryan P. Cole, Kevin D. Bladon, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Drew B. R. Coe. 2020. Hillslope sediment production after wildfire and post‐fire forest management in northern California
Holly Barnard, Enhao Du, Sherri Johnson, Julia Jones, Elizabeth Keppeler, Hyojung Kwon, Ashley A. Coble, Timothy E. Link, Brooke Penaluna, Maryanne Reiter, Mark River, Klaus Puettmann, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2020. Long-term hydrological response to forest harvest during seasonal low flow: Potential implications for current forest practices
Paul Richardson, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Diane Sutherland, T. E. Lisle. 2020. Measuring and modeling gravel transport at Caspar Creek, CA, to detect changes in sediment supply, storage, and transport efficiency
Manuel E. Lucas-Borja, R. Ortega, I. Miralles, P. A. Plaza-Álvarez, J. González-Romero, E. Peña-Molina, D. Moya, D. A. Zema, Joseph Wagenbrenner, J. de las Heras. 2020. Effects of wildfire and logging on soil functionality in the short-term in Pinus halepensis M. forests
Pete R. Robichaud, Sarah A. Lewis, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Robert E. Brown, Fredrick B. Pierson. 2020. Quantifying long-term post-fire sediment delivery and erosion mitigation effectiveness
Joshua C. Davis, Joseph P. Shannon, Matthew J. Van Grinsven, Nicholas W. Bolton, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Randy Kolka, Thomas G. Pypker. 2019. Nitrogen cycling responses to simulated emerald ash borer infestation in Fraxinus nigra-dominated wetlands
Paul Richardson, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2019. Assessing the applicability of the Wilcock 2-fraction bedload transport model at the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds, CA
Lee MacDonald, Daniel Brogan, Peter Nelson, Stephanie Kampf, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2019. Scaling post-fire effects from hillslopes to watersheds: processes, problems, and implications
Elizabeth Keppeler, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2019. A tale of two droughts: the role of drought in the hydrologic response of a managed coast redwood watershed
Pete R. Robichaud, Keenan A. Storrar, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2019. Effectiveness of straw bale check dams at reducing post-fire sediment yields from steep ephemeral channels
S.A. Prats, M.C. Malvar, C.O.A Coelho, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2019. Hydrologic and erosion responses to compaction and added surface cover in post-fire logged areas: Isolating splash, interrill and rill erosion
Nam Jin Noh, Joseph P. Shannon, Nicholas W. Bolton, Joshua C. Davis, Matthew J. Van Grinsven, Thomas G. Pypker, Randy Kolka, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2019. Temperature responses of carbon dioxide fluxes from coarse dead wood in a black ash wetland
Stephanie K. Kampf, Joshua Faulconer, Jeremy R. Shaw, Michael Lefsky, Joseph Wagenbrenner, David J. Cooper. 2018. Rainfall thresholds for flow generation in desert ephemeral streams
Roger Bales, Erin Stacy, Mohammad Safeeq, Xiande Meng, Matthew Meadows, Carlos Oroza, Martha Conklin, Steven Glaser, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2018. Spatially distributed water-balance and meteorological data from the rain–snow transition, southern Sierra Nevada, California
Mohammad Safeeq, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Erin Stacy, Peter Hartsough, Scott Devine, Zhiyaun Tian, Ryan Ferrell, Mike Goulden, Jan W. Hopmans, Roger Bales, Anthony (Toby) O’Geen. 2018. Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory and Kings River Experimental Watersheds: a synthesis of measurements, new insights, and future directions
Alexandro B. Leverkus, José María Rey Benayas, Jorge Castro, Dominique Boucher, Stephen Brewer, Brandon M. Collins, Daniel Donato, Shawn Fraver, Barbara E. Kishchuk, Eun-Jae Lee, David B. Lindenmayer, Emanuele Lingua, Ellen Macdonald, Raffaella Marzano, Charles C. Rhoades, Alejandro A. Royo, Simon Thorn, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Kaysandra Waldron, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Lena Gustafsson. 2018. Salvage logging effects on regulating and supporting ecosystem services — a systematic map
Codie Wilson, Stephanie K. Kampf, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Lee H. MacDonald. 2018. Rainfall thresholds for post-fire runoff and sediment delivery from plot to watershed scales
Matthew Van Grinsven, Joseph Shannon, Nicholas Bolton, Joshua Davis, Nam Noh, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Randy Kolka, Thomas Pypker. 2018. Response of black ash wetland gaseous soil carbon fluxes to a simulated emerald ash borer infestation
Nicholas Bolton, Joseph Shannon, Joshua Davis, Matthew Grinsven, Nam Noh, Shon Schooler, Randy Kolka, Thomas Pypker, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2018. Methods to Improve Survival and Growth of Planted Alternative Species Seedlings in Black Ash Ecosystems Threatened by Emerald Ash Borer
Randy Kolka, Anthony W. D'Amato, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Robert A. Slesak, Thomas G. Pypker, Melissa B. Youngquist, Alexis R. Grinde, Brian J. J. Palik. 2018. Review of ecosystem level impacts of emerald ash borer on black ash wetlands: What does the future hold?
Matthew J. Van Grinsven, Joseph P. Shannon, Joshua C. Davis, Nicholas W. Bolton, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Randy Kolka, Thomas Grant Pypker. 2017. Source water contributions and hydrologic responses to simulated emerald ash borer infestations in depressional black ash wetlands
Joseph Wagenbrenner, Pete R. Robichaud, R. E. Brown. 2016. Rill erosion in burned and salvage logged western montane forests: Effects of logging equipment type, traffic level, and slash treatment
Pete R. Robichaud, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Fredrick B. Pierson, Kenneth E. Spaeth, Louise E. Ashmun, Corey A. Moffet. 2016. Infiltration and interrill erosion rates after a wildfire in western Montana, USA
Joseph Wagenbrenner, Lee H. MacDonald, Robert N. Coats, Pete R. Robichaud, Bob E. Brown. 2015. Effects of post-fire salvage logging and a skid trail treatment on ground cover, soils, and sediment production in the interior western United States
Joseph Wagenbrenner, Pete R. Robichaud. 2014. Post-fire bedload sediment delivery across spatial scales in the interior western United States
Pete R. Robichaud, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Sarah A. Lewis, Louise E. Ashmun, Bob E. Brown, Pete M. Wohlgemuth. 2013. Post-fire mulching for runoff and erosion mitigation; Part II: Effectiveness in reducing runoff and sediment yields from small catchments
Pete R. Robichaud, Sarah A. Lewis, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Louise E. Ashmun, Bob E. Brown. 2013. Post-fire mulching for runoff and erosion mitigation; Part I: Effectiveness at reducing hillslope erosion rates
Joseph Wagenbrenner, Pete R. Robichaud. 2011. Rill erosion rates in burned forests
Pete R. Robichaud, William J. Elliot, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2011. Probabilistic soil erosion modeling using the Erosion Risk Management Tool (ERMIT) after wildfires
Joseph Wagenbrenner, Bob E. Brown, Pete R. Robichaud. 2010. Rill erosion in natural and disturbed forests: 1. Measurements
Joseph Wagenbrenner, Pete R. Robichaud, William J. Elliot. 2010. Rill erosion in natural and disturbed forests: 2. Modeling approaches
Pete R. Robichaud, Joseph Wagenbrenner, Bob E. Brown, Kevin M. Spigel. 2009. Three years of hillslope sediment yields following the Valley Complex fires, western Montana
Joseph Wagenbrenner, Bob E. Brown, Pete M. Wohlgemuth, Pete R. Robichaud, Jan L. Beyers. 2008. Evaluating the effectiveness of contour-felled log erosion barriers as a post-fire runoff and erosion mitigation treatment in the western United States
Pete R. Robichaud, Frederick B. Pierson, Bob E. Brown, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2008. Measuring effectiveness of three postfire hillslope erosion barrier treatments, western Montana, USA
Joseph Wagenbrenner, L. H. MacDonald, D. Rough. 2006. Effectiveness of three post-fire rehabilitation treatments in the Colorado Front Range
Pete R. Robichaud, T.R. Lillybridge, Joseph Wagenbrenner. 2006. Effects of postfire seeding and fertilizing on hillslope erosion in north-central Washington, USA

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

Prats, S.A., J.W. Wagenbrenner, M.M.A. Martins, M.M. Malvar, and J.J. Keizer. 2016. Hydrologic implications of post-fire mulching across different spatial scales. Land Degradation and Development 27: 1440–1452
Prats, S.A., J.W. Wagenbrenner, M.M.A. Martins, M.M. Malvar, and J.J. Keizer. 2016. Mid-term and scaling effects of forest residue mulching on post-fire runoff and soil erosion. Science of the Total Environment 573: 1242–1254

Washington State University, Pullman, Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering, 2013
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, M.S., Watershed Science, 2003
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, B.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, 1993

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