Rebecca Flitcroft

Featured Publications

• Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Dana C. Dedrick, Courtland L. Smith, Cynthia A. Thieman, John P. Bolte. 2009. Social infrastructure to integrate science and practice: the experience of the Long Tom Watershed Council
• E. Ashley Steel, Ariel Muldoon, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Julie C. Firman, Kara J. Anlauf-Dunn, Kelly M. Burnett, Robert J. Danehy. 2017. Current landscapes and legacies of land-use past: understanding the distribution of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and their habitats along the Oregon Coast, USA
• John Kirkland, Rebecca Flitcroft, Gordon Reeves, Paul Hessburg. 2017. Adaptation to wildfire: A fish story
• Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Jeffrey A. Falke, Gordon H. Reeves, Paul F. Hessburg, Kris M. McNyset, Lee E. Benda. 2016. Wildfire may increase habitat quality for spring Chinook salmon in the Wenatchee River subbasin, WA, USA
• Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Sarah L. Lewis, Ivan Arismendi, Rachel LovellFord, Mary V. Santelmann, Mohammad Safeeq, Gordon Grant, Kyle A. Young. 2016. Linking hydroclimate to fish phenology and habitat use with ichthyographs
• Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Daniel L. Bottom, Karen L. Haberman, Ken F. Bierly, Kim K. Jones, Charles A. Simenstad, Ayesha Gray, Kami S. Ellingson, Erin Baumgartner, Trevan J. Cornwell, Lance A. Campbell. 2016. Expect the unexpected: place-based protections can lead to unforeseen benefits
• Jeffrey A. Falke, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Jason B. Dunham, Kristina M. McNyset, Paul F. Hessburg, Gordon H. Reeves, C. Tara Marshall. 2015. Climate change and vulnerability of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus ) in a fire-prone landscape
• R. Flitcroft, K. Burnett, J. Snyder, G. Reeves, L. Ganio. 2014. Riverscape patterns among years of juvenile coho salmon in midcoastal Oregon: implications for conservation
• R. Flitcroft, K. Burnett, J. Snyder, G. Reeves, L. Ganio. 2014. Riverscape patterns among years of juvenile coho salmon in midcoastal Oregon: implications for conservation
• Rebecca Flitcroft, Kelly Burnett, Kelly Christiansen. 2013. A simple model that identifies potential effects of sea-level rise on estuarine and estuary-ecotone habitat locations for salmonids in Oregon, USA

Other Publications

• Natasha Vizcarra, Rebecca Flitcroft. 2024. Resetting Oregon’s floodplains to rehabilitate native fish habitats
• Michael J. Moore J., Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Emil Tucker, Katherine M. Prussian, Shannon M. Claeson, Alejandro Huertas Herrera. 2024. Same streams in a different forest? Investigations of forest harvest legacies and future trajectories across 30 years of stream habitat monitoring on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska
• John Kirkland, Rebecca Flitcroft, Brooke Penaluna. 2024. Living water: Mapping aquatic biodiversity
• Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Gwendolynn W. Bury, Linda A. Joyce, Shannon L. Kay, Michael S. Knowles, Mark D. Nelson, Travis Warziniack. 2023. Biodiversity: Wildlife and Aquatic Biota
• Jason Dunham, Christine Hirsch, Sean Gordon, Rebecca Flitcroft, Nathan Chelgren, Marcia Snyder, David Hockman-Wert, Gordon Reeves, Heidi Andersen, Scott Anderson, William Battaglin, Tom Black, Jason Brown, Shannon Claeson, Lauren Hay, Emily Heaston, Charles Luce, Nathan Nelson, Colin Penn, Mark Raggon. 2023. Northwest Forest Plan—the first 25 years (1994–2018): watershed condition status and trends
• Carolyn E. Gombert, Stephen T. Lancaster, Gordon E. Grant, Rebecca L. Flitcroft. 2023. Novel dimensionless index for physically based assessment of thermal refugia characterizes off‐channel habitat on gravel bed river
• Arif Jan, Ivan Arismendi, Guillermo Giannico, Rebecca Flitcroft. 2023. Habitat overlap among native and introduced cold-water fishes in the Himalayas
• Rebecca Flitcroft, Luke Whitman, James White, Rose Wallick, Laurel Stratton Garvin, Cassandra Smith, Robert Plotnikoff, Michael Mulvey, Tobias Kock, Krista Jones, Peter Gruendike, Carolyn Gombert, Guillermo Giannico, Andrew Dutterer, Daniel Brown, Hannah Barrett, Brian Bangs, Robert M. Hughes. 2023. Science to support conservation action in a large river system: The Willamette River, Oregon, USA
• Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Robin Abell, Ian Harrison, Ivan Arismendi, Brooke E. Penaluna. 2023. Making global targets local for freshwater protection
• Mary V Santelmann, Alessandra G. Harewood, Rebecca L. Flitcroft. 2022. Effects of stream enhancement structures on water temperature in South Sister Creek, Oregon
• Rebecca L. Flitcroft, William R. Brignon, Brian Staab, J. Ryan Bellmore, Jonathan Burnett, Paul Burns, Brian Cluer, Guillermo Giannico, Joseph M. Helstab, Jeremy Jennings, Christopher Mayes, Celeste Mazzacano, Lauren Mork, Kate Meyer, Jay Munyon, Brooke E. Penaluna, Paul Powers, Daniel N. Scott, Steven M. Wondzell. 2022. Rehabilitating valley floors to a Stage 0 condition: A synthesis of opening outcomes.
• Daniel N. Scott, Scott Shahverdian, Rebecca Flitcroft, Ellen Wohl. 2022. Geomorphic heterogeneity as a framework for assessing river corridor processes and characteristics
• John Kirkland, Rebecca Flitcroft. 2022. Goldilocks and coho salmon: What conditions are “Just Right” for migration and spawning?
• Rebecca Flitcroft, Jay Munyon, Shannon Claeson, Adelaide Johnson, Michael Moore, Emil Tucker, Katherine Prussian, Sheila Jacobson, Heidi Lombard. 2022. Forest legacies and climate realities: spatial and temporal variation in fish populations and habitat characteristics on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska
• Brittany E. Pugh, Megan Colley, Stephen J. Dugdale, Patrick Edwards, Rebecca Flitcroft, Andrés Holz, Matthew Johnson, Michela Mariani, Mickey Means‐Brous, Kate Meyer, Kevan B. Moffett, Lisa Renan, Franziska Schrodt, Colin Thorne, Samuel Valman, Upekala Wijayratne, Richard Field. 2022. A possible role for river restoration enhancing biodiversity through interaction with wildfire
• Anne S. Marsh, Deborah C. Hayes, Patrice N. Klein, Nicole Zimmerman, Aliso Dalsimer, Douglas A. Burkett, Cynthia D. Huebner, Robert Rabaglia, Laura A. Meyerson, Bonnie L. Harper-Lore, Jamie L. Davidson, Marla R. Emery, Travis Warziniack, Rebecca Flitcroft, Becky K. Kerns, Vanessa M. Lopez. 2021. Sectoral Impacts of Invasive Species in the United States and Approaches to Management
• Steven J. Seybold, Susan J. Frankel, Deanna H. Olson, Rebecca Flitcroft, Becky K. Kerns, Jana C. Lee, Karen L. Ripley, Steve Munson. 2021. Regional Summaries: Northwest Region
• John Kirkland, Rebecca Flitcroft, Gordon Grant. 2021. Let the fish do the talking: How fish behavior is linked to patterns of temperature and stream discharge
• Henriette I Jager, Jonathan W. Long, Rachel L. Malison, Brendan P. Murphy, Ashley Rust, Luiz G. M. Silva, Rahel Sollmann, Zachary L. Steel, Mark D. Bowen, Jason B. Dunham, Joseph L. Ebersole, Rebecca L. Flitcroft. 2021. Resilience of terrestrial and aquatic fauna to historical and future wildfire regimes in western North America
• Gwendolynn W. Bury, Rebecca Flitcroft, Mark D. Nelson, Ivan Arismendi, Evan B. Brooks. 2021. Forest-associated fishes of the conterminous United States
• Mackenzie B. Butler, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Guillermo Giannico. 2021. The relationship between hydroregime and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) redd construction in the Smith River, Oregon
• Paul Hessburg, Susan Charnley, Andrew Gray, Thomas Spies, David Peterson, Rebecca Flitcroft, Kendra Wendel, Jessica Halofsky, Eric White, John Marshall. 2021. Climate and wildfire adaptation of inland Northwest US forests
• Rachel M. LovellFord, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Sarah L. Lewis, Mary V Santelmann, Gordon E. Grant. 2020. Patterns of river discharge and temperature differentially influence migration and spawn timing for Coho Salmon in the Umpqua River basin, Oregon
• John Kirkland, Rebecca Flitcroft. 2020. Location, location, location: For coho salmon, it’s all about the neighborhood
• Paul F. Hessburg, Susan Charnley, Kendra L. Wendel, Eric M. White, Peter H. Singleton, David W. Peterson, Jessica E. Halofsky, Andrew N. Gray, Thomas A. Spies, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Rachel White. 2020. The 1994 Eastside Screens large-tree harvest limit: review of science relevant to forest planning 25 years later
• Brett A. Boisjolie, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Mary V Santelmann. 2019. Patterns of riparian policy standards in riverscapes of the Oregon Coast Range
• Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Ivan Arismendi, Mary V Santelmann. 2019. A review of habitat connectivity research for Pacific salmon in marine, estuary, and freshwater environments
• Rebecca Flitcroft, Michael S. Cooperman, Ian J. Harrison, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Philip J. Boon. 2019. Theory and practice to conserve freshwater biodiversity in the Anthropocene
• Rebecca Flitcroft, Sarah Lewis, Ivan Arismendi, Chante Davis, Guillermo Giannico, Brooke Penaluna, Mary Santelmann, Mohammad Safeeq, Jeff Snyder. 2019. Using expressed behaviour of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) to evaluate the vulnerability of upriver migrants under future hydrological regimes: Management implications and conservation planning
• Mary V Santelmann, Brett A. Boisjolie, Rebecca Flitcroft, Megan Gomez. 2019. Relationships between salt marsh vegetation and surface elevation in Coos Bay estuary, Oregon
• Chanté D. Davis, Clinton W. Epps, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Michael A. Banks. 2018. Refining and defining riverscape genetics: How rivers influence population genetic structure
• Rebecca Flitcroft, Patrick Clinton, Kelly Christiansen. 2018. Adding to the toolbox for tidal-inundation mapping in estuarine areas
• Brooke E. Penaluna, Gordon H. Reeves, Zanethia Barnett, Peter A. Bisson, John M. Buffington, Andy Dolloff, Rebecca Flitcroft, Charles H. Luce, Keith Nislow, John Rothlisberger, Mel.  Warren. 2018. Using natural disturbance and portfolio concepts to guide aquatic-riparian ecosystem management
• Rebecca Flitcroft. 2018. Vignette: Rebecca Flitcroft, Research Fish Biologist, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR
• Helen W. Beeson, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Mark A. Fonstad, Joshua J. Roering. 2018. Deep-Seated landslides drive variability in valley width and increase connectivity of salmon habitat in the Oregon Coast Range
• Brett A. Boisjolie, Mary V. Santelmann, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Sally L. Duncan. 2017. Legal ecotones: A comparative analysis of riparian policy protection in the Oregon Coast Range, USA
• Brooke E. Penaluna, Deanna H. Olson, Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Matthew A. Weber, J. Ryan Bellmore, Steven M. Wondzell, Jason B. Dunham, Sherri L. Johnson, Gordon H. Reeves. 2017. Aquatic biodiversity in forests: a weak link in ecosystem services resilience
• Diego Juffe-Bignoli, Ian Harrison, Stuart HM Butchart, Rebecca Flitcroft, Virgilio Hermoso, Harry Jonas, Anna Lukasiewicz, Michele Thieme, Eren Turak, Heather Bingham, James Dalton, William Darwall, Marine Deguignet, Nigel Dudley, Royal Gardner, Jonathan Higgins, Ritesh Kumar, Simon Linke, G Randy Milton, Jamie Pittock, Kevin G Smith, Arnout van Soesbergen. 2016. Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 to improve the performance of protected areas and conserve freshwater biodiversity
• Rebecca Flitcroft, Guillermo Guannico. 2013. Keeping pace with future environmental conditions in coastal Oregon, USA
• Rebecca L. Flitcroft, Kelly M. Burnett, Gordon H. Reeves, Lisa M. Ganio. 2012. Do network relationships matter? Comparing network and instream habitat variables to explain densities of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in mid-coastal Oregon, USA
• Marie Oliver, Rebecca Flitcroft. 2011. Watershed councils: it takes a community to restore a watershed
• A.H. Fullerton, Kelly Burnett, Ashley Steel, Rebecca Flitcroft, G.R. Pess, B.E. Feist, C.E. Torgersen, D.J. Miller, B.L. Sanderson. 2010. Hydrological connectivity for riverine fish: measurement challenges and research opportunities

Data and Tools

• Interactive Map
  

  National Aquatic Biodiversity Assessment Storymap

• Tool
  

  National Aquatic Biodiversity Assessment Dashboard

• Center or Group
  

  Northwest Water Research Initiative

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  Pacific Northwest Research Station
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  Connectivity of Aquatic Habitats in Space and Time

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  Pacific Northwest Research Station
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  Estuaries, Climate Change, and Native Fish

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  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Program
  

  Watershed and Aquatic Sciences

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  Pacific Northwest Research Station
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  Cold Enough for Ya? Remote Temperature Sensing Advancements for Trout Habitat Management

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  Northern Research Station
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  Aquatic Biodiversity

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  Pacific Northwest Research Station
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  Assessing wildfire risk to municipal drinking water sources

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  Pacific Northwest Research Station
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  Linking Fish, Forests, Fire, and Stream Function

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  Pacific Northwest Research Station

Multimedia

• Webinars

  SCIENCE x Planning for Forests of the Future: Rangeland Resources and Biodiversity

• Webinars

  PNW SciCast Webinar: Outcomes of Restoration to a Stage 0 Condition: What Can We Expect?

Science Delivery

• Science Findings
  

  Living water: Mapping aquatic biodiversity

• Science Findings
  

  Resetting Oregon’s floodplains to rehabilitate native fish habitats

• Science Findings
  

  What conditions are "just right" for migration and spawning by coho salmon?

• Science Findings
  

  Let the fish do the talking: How fish behavior is linked to patterns of temperature and stream discharge

• Science Findings
  

  Location, location, location: For coho salmon, it’s all about the neighborhood

• Science Findings
  

  Adaptation to wildfire: A fish story

• Science Findings
  

  Watershed councils: it takes a community to restore a watershed

Features

• Feature Story
  

  Fresh Critical Water

News Releases

• Nearly a quarter of freshwater fish in the conterminous United States are linked to forests

  • Date

    December 16, 2021
  • News Release

• Fish in the Future: Evaluating Coho Salmon Migration under Projected Environmental Conditions

  • Date

    July 31, 2019
  • News Release

• Immersive data collection, peer networks among key elements of effective watershed councils

  • Date

    January 24, 2011
  • News Release