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Matt C. Reeves, PhD

Matt C. Reeves, PhD

Research Ecologist

Rocky Mountain Research Station

matt.c.reeves@usda.gov

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Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, Sofia Koutzoukis, Richard F. Miller, Sarah C. Barga, Rhett Boswell, Robert W. Heckman, Mark Madsen, Matt C. Reeves, Vaughn Thacker, Stephanie Yelenik. 2025. Major changes in climate, vegetation, and ecological resilience in recent decades suggest climate smart management strategies for western US dryland shrublands and woodlands
Sylvia Kantor, Jeanne C. Chambers, Duncan Leao, Jessica L. Brown, Brice Hanberry, Matt C. Reeves, Karen C. Short, Claire Tortorelli, Alexandra K. Urza. 2025. Right fuel treatment, right place: Managing wildfire in sagebrush country
Matt C. Reeves, Joseph Swisher, Michael Krebs, Kelly Warnke, Brice Hanberry, Tip Hudson, Sonia A. Hall. 2025. Data-driven decision support to guide sustainable grazing management
E. Raymond Hunt, Cuizhen Wang, D. Terrance Booth, Samuel E. Cox, Lalit Kumar, Matt C. Reeves. 2024. Remote sensing of rangeland biodiversity [Chapter 12]
Lalit Kumar, Priyakant Sinha, Jesslyn F. Brown, R. Douglas Ramsey, Matthew Rigge, Carson A. Stam, Alexander J. Hernandez, E. Raymond Hunt, Matt C. Reeves. 2024. Characterization, mapping, and monitoring of rangelands: Methods and approaches [Chapter 13]
Matt C. Reeves, Robert Washington-Allen, Jay Angerer, E. Raymond Hunt, Lalit Kulawardhana, Lalit Kumar, Tatiana Loboda, Thomas Loveland, Graciela Metternicht, R. Douglas Ramsey, Joanne V Hall, Trenton Benedict, Pedro Millikan, Angus Retallack, Arjan J. H. Meddens, William K. Smith, Wen Zhang. 2024. A global view of remote sensing of rangelands: Evolution, applications, future pathways (Chapter 11)
Jennifer Costanza, Frank H. H. Koch, Matt C. Reeves. 2024. Recent forest exposure to multiyear drought across the conterminous United States
Yavar Pourmohamad, John T. Abatzoglou, Erin J. Belval, Erica Fleishman, Karen C. Short, Matt C. Reeves, Nicholas Nauslar, Philip E. Higuera, Eric Henderson, Sawyer Ball, Amir AghaKouchak, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Julia Olszewski, Mojtaba Sadegh. 2024. Physical, social, and biological attributes for improved understanding and prediction of wildfires: FPA FOD-Attributes dataset
Hailey Wilmer, J. Bret Taylor, Daniel Macon, Matt C. Reeves, Carrie S. Wilson, Jacalyn Mara Beck, Nicole K. Strong. 2024. Loss of seasonal ranges reshapes transhumant adaptive capacity: Thirty‑five years at the US Sheep Experiment Station
Sylvia Kantor, Linda A. Joyce, Claire B. O’Dea, Matt C. Reeves, Travis Warziniack. 2024. Taking stock with the Resources Planning Act: The outlook for natural resources in the United States and the Rocky Mountain Region
Tip Hudson, Sonia Hall, Matt C. Reeves, Louis Dzierzak. 2024. StockSmart tool: Big data for big landscape grazing decisionmaking
Michael Kolian, Laura E. Stevens, Derek Arndt, Jessica Blunden, Erik Johnson, Ann Y. Liu, Sheri Spiegal, Rebecca L. Achey, Seth Bogle, Boyin Huang, Willem Klajbor, AnnaClaire Marley, Miranda H. Mockrin, Matt C. Reeves, Jared Rennie, William L. Royer, Hua Shi, William Sweet, Russell S. Vose, Steven E. Yochum. 2024. Indicators [Appendix 4]
Jeanne C. Chambers, Richard F. Miller, Jessi L. Brown, Sarah C. Barga, Rhett Boswell, Mark Madsen, Matt C. Reeves, Vaughn Thacker, Alexandra K. Urza. 2024. Selecting appropriate vegetation treatments in shrubland and pinyon-juniper ecosystems in a USDA Forest Service wildfire crisis landscape: Evaluating resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grasses and predicting vegetation response
Jeanne C. Chambers, Eva K. Strand, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Claire Tortorelli, Alexandra K. Urza, Michele R. Crist, Richard F. Miller, Matt C. Reeves, Karen C. Short, Claire L. Williams. 2024. Review of fuel treatment effects on fuels, fire behavior and ecological resilience in sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems in the Western U.S.
Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, Matt C. Reeves, Eva K. Strand, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Claire Tortorelli, Alexandra K. Urza, Karen C. Short. 2024. Fuel treatment response groups for fire‑prone sagebrush landscapes
Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, T. Ryan McCarley, Sebastian Martinuzzi, R. Travis Belote, Mackensie Bosher, Connor Bailey, Matt C. Reeves. 2023. A spatial and temporal assessment of energy development around wilderness areas
Claire L. Williams, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Eva K. Strand, Matt C. Reeves, Scott E. Shaff, Karen C. Short, Jeanne C. Chambers, Beth A. Newingham, Claire Tortorelli. 2023. Fuel treatments in shrublands experiencing pinyon and juniper expansion result in trade‑offs between desired vegetation and increased fire behavior
Matt C. Reeves, E. Natasha Stavros, Nancy F. Glenn, Andrew T. Hudak, Birgit Peterson, Amanda Armstrong, Everett Hinkley, Elizabeth Hoy, Jeff W. Atkins. 2023. USFS-NASA Joint applications workshop: Satellite data to support natural resource management: A framework for aligning NASA products with land management agency needs
Matt Elmer, Chris Miller, Matt C. Reeves, Travis Warziniack. 2023. Forest vulnerability assessments—integrating social and ecological indicators and scores
Jennifer Costanza, Frank H. H. Koch, Matt C. Reeves. 2023. Future exposure of forest ecosystems to multi‐year drought in the United States
Jennifer Costanza, Frank H. H. Koch, Matt C. Reeves, Kevin M. Potter, Karen G. Schleeweis, Kurt Riitters, Sarah Anderson, Evan B. Brooks, John W. Coulston, Linda A. Joyce, Prakash Nepal, Benjamin Poulter, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, J. Morgan Varner, David M. Walker. 2023. Disturbances to Forests and Rangelands
Matt C. Reeves, Michael Krebs, Sarah E. McCord, Matt Fitzpatrick, Roger Claassen, Emily Kachergis, Loretta J. Metz, Brice Hanberry. 2023. Rangeland Resources
Scott N. Zimmer, Matt C. Reeves, Joseph R. St. Peter, Brice Hanberry. 2022. Earlier green-up and senescence of temperate United States rangelands under future climate
L. M. Ellsworth, B. A. Newingham, S. E. Shaff, C. L. Williams, E. K. Strand, Matt C. Reeves, D. A. Pyke, E. W. Schupp, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2022. Fuel reduction treatments reduce modeled fire intensity in the sagebrush steppe
Matt C. Reeves. 2021. Do you know where your rangeland carbon is? New approach for estimating rangeland carbon stocks helps managers plan climate change mitigation strategies
Matt C. Reeves. 2021. High and dry: Quickly assessing forage losses in western rangelands during drought
Andrea Watts, Sean P. Healey, Matt C. Reeves, Richard Birdsley, Duncan C. McKinley, Alexa Dugan. 2021. Need to manage management decisions about carbon: There is a dashboard for that
Tipton D. Hudson, Matt C. Reeves, Sonia A. Hall, Georgine G. Yorgey, J. Shannon Neibergs. 2021. Big landscapes meet big data: Informing grazing management in a variable and changing world
Matthew O. Jones, Nathaniel P. Robinson, David E. Naugle, Jeremy D. Maestas, Matt C. Reeves, Robert W. Lankston, Brady W. Allred. 2021. Annual and 16-Day Rangeland Production Estimates for the Western United States
Anna Maher, Nicolas Quintana Ashwell, Kristie Maczko, David Taylor, John Tanaka, Matt C. Reeves. 2021. An economic valuation of federal and private grazing land ecosystem services supported by beef cattle ranching in the United States
Scott N. Zimmer, Eugene W. Schupp, Janis L. Boettinger, Matt C. Reeves, Eric T. Thacker. 2021. Considering spatiotemporal forage variability in rangeland inventory and monitoring
Paulette L. Ford, Matt C. Reeves, Carol Baldwin. 2021. Shortgrass steppe in the southern Great Plains: Prescribed fire, drought, production, and grazing
WeiMin M. Hao, Matt C. Reeves, Scott Baggett, Yves Balkanski, Philippe Ciais, Bryce L. Nordgren, Alexander Petkov, Rachel E. Corley, Florent Mouillot, Shawn P. Urbanski, Chao Yue. 2021. Wetter environment and increased grazing reduced the area burned in northern Eurasia from 2002 to 2016
Matt C. Reeves, Jack L. Butler, Michele Schoeneberger, John Kilgo. 2021. Regional summaries: Great Plains Region
Matt C. Reeves, Inés Ibáñez, Dana Blumenthal, Gang Chen, Qinfeng Guo, Catherine Jarnevich, Jennifer Koch, Frank Sapio, Michael K. Schwartz, Ross K. Meentemeyer, Bruce K. Wylie, Stephen Boyte. 2021. Tools and Technologies for Quantifying Spread and Impacts of Invasive Species
Matt C. Reeves, Brice Hanberry, Hailey Wilmer, Nicole E. Kaplan, William K. Lauenroth. 2021. An assessment of production trends on the Great Plains from 1984 to 2017
Paulette L. Ford, Matt C. Reeves. 2020. Asking "what-if" questions: New ST-Sim tool helps managers forecast future rangeland conditions
Toni Klemm, David D. Briske, Matt C. Reeves. 2020. Potential natural vegetation and NPP responses to future climates in the U.S. Great Plains
Toni Klemm, David D. Briske, Matt C. Reeves. 2020. Vulnerability of rangeland beef cattle production to climate-induced NPP fluctuations in the US Great Plains
Matt C. Reeves, Brice Hanberry, Iric Burden. 2020. Rapidly quantifying drought impacts to aid reseeding strategies
Matt C. Reeves, Brice Hanberry, Jeffrey L. Bruggink, Michael A. Krebs, Steven B. Campbell, Scott Baggett. 2020. A novel approach for estimating nonforest carbon stocks in support of forest plan revision
Mark D. D. Nelson, Kurt Riitters, John W. Coulston, Grant M. Domke, Eric J. Greenfield, Linda Langner, David J. Nowak, Claire O'Dea, Sonja Oswalt, Matt C. Reeves, David N. Wear. 2020. Defining the United States land base: a technical document supporting the USDA Forest Service 2020 RPA assessment
Matt C. Reeves. 2019. Homes on the range: Helping to understand residential development of U.S. rangelands
Chiara Patriarca, Mamane Bako, Anne Branthomme, Tracey Frescino, Fidaa F. Haddad, Abdel Hamied Hamid, Antonio Martucci, Hivy Ortiz Chour, Paul L. Patterson, Nicolas Picard, Matt C. Reeves, Richard T. Reynolds, Moctar Sacande, Kenichi Shono, Ben Sparrow, Fred Stolle, Norbert Winkler-Rathonyi, Daowei Zhang, Feras Ziadat. 2019. Trees, forests and land use in drylands: The first global assessment
Brice Hanberry, Matt C. Reeves, Andrew Brischke, Mike Hannemann, Tipton Hudson, Richard Mayberry, Dennis Ojima, Holly R. Prendeville, Imtiaz Rangwala. 2019. Managing Effects of Drought in the Great Plains
Michael A. Krebs, Matt C. Reeves, Scott Baggett. 2019. Predicting understory vegetation structure in selected western forests of the United States using FIA inventory data
Shawn P. Urbanski, Matt C. Reeves, Rachel E. Corley, Robin P. Silverstein, WeiMin M. Hao. 2018. Contiguous United States wildland fire emission estimates during 2003-2015
Paulette L. Ford, Matt C. Reeves. 2018. The Rangeland Vegetation Simulator: A decision support tool for monitoring and projecting grassland conditions
Rebecca Rasch, Matt C. Reeves, Colin Sorenson. 2018. Does oil and gas development impact recreation visits to public lands? A cross-sectional analysis of overnight recreation site use at 27 national forests with oil and gas development
Matt C. Reeves, Michael Krebs, Ian Leinwand, David M. Theobald, John Mitchell. 2018. Rangelands on the Edge: Quantifying the modification, fragmentation, and future residential development of U.S. rangelands
Kristen Averyt, Justin D. Derner, Lisa Dilling, Rafael Guerrero, Linda A. Joyce, Shannon McNeeley, Elizabeth McNie, Jeffrey T. Morisette, Dennis Ojima, Robin O'Malley, Dannele Peck, Andrea J. Ray, Matt C. Reeves, William Travis. 2018. Regional climate response collaboratives: Multi-institutional support for climate resilience
Wayne G. Padgett, Matt C. Reeves, Stanley G. Kitchen, David L. Tart, Jeanne C. Chambers, Cheri Howell, Mary E. Manning, John G. Proctor. 2018. Effects of climate change on nonforest vegetation [Chapter 7]
Matt C. Reeves, Mary E. Manning, Jeff P. DiBenedetto, Kyle A. Palmquist, William K. Lauenroth, John B. Bradford, Daniel R. Schlaepfer. 2018. Effects of climate change on rangeland vegetation in the Northern Rockies Region [Chapter 7]
Sue Miller, Matt C. Reeves, Karen Bagne, John Tanaka. 2017. Where's the beef? Predicting the effects of climate change on cattle production in western U.S. rangelands
Matt C. Reeves, Mary E. Manning, Jeff P. DiBenedetto, Kyle A. Palmquist, William K. Lauenroth, John B. Bradford, Daniel R. Schlaepfer. 2017. Effects of climate change on rangeland vegetation in the northern Rockies [Chapter 6]
Matt C. Reeves, Karen Bagne, John Tanaka. 2017. Potential climate change impacts on four biophysical indicators of cattle production from western US rangelands
Justin Derner, David Briske, Matt C. Reeves, Tami Brown-Brandl, Miranda Meehan, Dana Blumenthal, William Travis, David Augustine, Hailey Wilmer, Derek Scasta, John Hendrickson, Jerry Volesky, Laura Edwards, Dannele Peck. 2017. Vulnerability of grazing and confined livestock in the Northern Great Plains to projected mid- and late-twenty-first century climate
Lamar Smith, Joe Hicks, Scott Lusk, Mike Hemmovich, Shane Green, Sarah McCord, Mike Pellant, John Mitchell, Judith Dyess, Jim Sprinkle, Amanda Gearhart, Sherm Karl, Mike Hannemann, Ken Spaeth, Jason Karl, Matt C. Reeves, Dave Pyke, Jordan Spaak, Andrew Brischke, Del Despain, Matt Phillippi, Dave Weixelmann, Alan Bass, Jessie Page, Lori Metz, David Toledo, Emily Kachergis. 2017. Does size matter? Animal units and animal unit months
Matt C. Reeves, Leonardo Frid. 2016. The Rangeland Vegetation Simulator: A user-driven system for quantifying production, succession, disturbance and fuels in non-forest environments
Matt C. Reeves, Paulette L. Ford, Leonardo Frid, David Augustine, Justin Derner. 2016. A prototype application of state and transition simulation modeling in support of grassland management
Matt C. Reeves, Karen Bagne. 2016. Vulnerability of cattle production to climate change on U.S. rangelands
Deborah M. Finch, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Matt C. Reeves, Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Jack L. Butler, Jacqueline P. Ott, Jeremy R. Pinto, Paulette L. Ford, Justin B. Runyon, Mark A. Rumble, Stanley G. Kitchen. 2016. Rangeland drought: Effects, restoration, and adaptation [Chap. 8]
Matt C. Reeves, Robert A. Washington-Allen, Jay Angerer, E. Raymond Hunt, Ranjani Wasantha Kulawardhana, Lalit Kumar, Tatiana Loboda, Thomas Loveland, Graciela Metternicht, R. Douglas Ramsey. 2015. Global view of remote sensing of rangelands: Evolution, applications, future pathways [Chapter 10]
Matt C. Reeves, Adam L. Moreno, Karen Bagne, Steven W. Running. 2014. Estimating climate change effects on net primary production of rangelands in the United States
Matt C. Reeves, Scott Baggett. 2014. A remote sensing protocol for identifying rangelands with degraded productive capacity
Michell L. Thomey, Paulette L. Ford, Matt C. Reeves, Deborah M. Finch, Marcy E. Litvak, Scott L. Collins. 2014. Review of climate change impacts on future carbon stores and management of warm deserts of the United States
Frank Sturges, Linda A. Joyce, Thomas C. Brown, Curtis H. Flather, Miranda H. Mockrin, Matt C. Reeves. 2013. Coming to a landscape near you: Natural resource changes in the Interior West
Derrick A. Reeves, Matt C. Reeves, Ann M. Abbott, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Mark D. Coleman. 2012. A detrimental soil disturbance prediction model for ground-based timber harvesting
Matt C. Reeves, John Mitchell. 2011. Extent of coterminous US rangelands: Quantifying implications of differing agency perspectives
Matt C. Reeves, Kevin C. Ryan, Matthew G. Rollins, Thomas Thompson. 2009. Spatial fuel data products of the LANDFIRE Project
Chris Toney, Matt C. Reeves. 2009. Equations to convert compacted crown ratio to uncompacted crown ratio for trees in the Interior West

Data and Tools

Washington State University, B.S., Rangeland Management, 1995
Arizona State University, M.S., Environmental Resources, 1999
University of Montana, Ph.D., Remote Sensing and Ecological Modeling, 2004

Last updated July 9, 2026

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