Sara A. Goeking, PhD
Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program Manager
sara.goeking@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Baylee M. Olds, Margaret A. Wolf, Sara A. Goeking, Paul D. Brooks. 2026. Quantifying the Influence of Vegetation on Net Snow Accumulation Across Elevations, Aspects and During Years With High and Low Snowfall
- Sean A. Parks, Kira Hefty, Jaclyn Rushing, Sara A. Goeking, Diana F. Tomback, Sharon M. Hood, Chris Toney, Destin L. Harrell, James Lindstrom, Cameron E. Naficy, Michele R. Slaton, Benjamin S. Soderquist, E. J. Taylor. 2025. Whitebark pine in the United States projected to experience an 80% reduction in climatically suitable area by the mid-21st century
- Lara T. Murray, Sonja Oswalt, Sara A. Goeking, Katherine Renwick. 2025. Forest definitions applied for national United States forest reporting: Status, gaps, and opportunities
- Lauren T. Toth, Elizabeth T. Borer, Deron E. Burkepile, Joan Dudney, Nathan P. Lemoine, Julianna J. Renzi, Kathryn E. L. Smith, Travis A. Courtney, Sara A. Goeking, William M. Hammond, David L. Hoover, Sandra MacFadyen, Michael J. Osland, Joseph E. Townsend, Robert Y. Fidler. 2024. Scenarios and strategies for future-proofing ecosystem management under climatic novelty
- Marisa Anderson, Sara A. Goeking. 2024. Growing consensus: Diverse stakeholders collaborate on easy-to-use guide for restoring riparian forests
- Marisa Anderson, Sara A. Goeking, Jimi Gragg, Shane A. Green, Allison Jones, Mary O’Brien, David Tart. 2024. Guidelines for riparian forest restoration in Utah
- Shayla Williams, James Steed, Jeremy Morrone, Sara A. Goeking, Matt Lavin, Erich Dodson, Rachel Simons. 2024. Accuracy of whitebark pine and limber pine identification by Forest Inventory and Analysis field crews
- J. Menlove, Jennifer Bakken, John D. Shaw, Sara A. Goeking, Erich Kyle Dodson, T.A. Morgan. 2024. Utah’s forest resources, 2008-2017
- Sean A. Parks, Lisa M. Holsinger, Kori Blankenship, Greg Dillon, Sara A. Goeking, Randy Swaty. 2023. Contemporary wildfires are more severe compared to the historical reference period in western US dry conifer forests
- Josh McDaniel, Anna W. Schoettle, Barbara J. Bentz, Sara A. Goeking, Robert E. Keane, Melissa Jenkins, Diana Tomback. 2023. Not on our watch: Scientists and managers rush to save high-elevation, five-needle pines
- Sara A. Goeking, David G. Tarboton. 2022. Spatially distributed overstory and understory leaf area index estimated from forest inventory data
- Sara A. Goeking, David G. Tarboton. 2022. Variable streamflow response to forest disturbance in the western US: A large-sample hydrology approach
- Christopher Witt, Kristen A. Pelz, Sara A. Goeking, John D. Shaw, Jennifer Bakken, Jim A. Menlove. 2022. Nevada’s forest resources, 2009-2018
- Christopher W. W. Woodall, S. Fraver, Sonja Oswalt, Sara A. Goeking, Grant M. Domke, M.B. Russell. 2021. Decadal dead wood biomass dynamics of coterminous US forests
- Kevin Wheeler, Eric Kuhn, Lindsey Bruckerhoff, Brad Udall, Jian Wang, Lael Gilbert, Sara A. Goeking, Alan Kasprak, Bryce Mihalevich, Bethany Neilson, Homa Salehabadi, John C. Schmidt. 2021. Alternative management paradigms for the future of the Colorado and Green Rivers
- Sara A. Goeking, Marcella A. Windmuller-Campione. 2021. Comparative species assessments of five-needle pines throughout the western United States
- Sara A. Goeking, David Tarboton. 2020. Watering the forests for the trees: Water yield and changes in forest cover
- Sara A. Goeking, D. G. Tarboton. 2020. An enhanced representation of forest cover for distributed hydrologic modeling based on forest inventory data
- Homa Salehabadi, David Tarboton, Eric Kuhn, Brad Udall, Kevin Wheeler, David Rosenberg, Sara A. Goeking, John C. Schmidt. 2020. The future hydrology of the Colorado River Basin
- Andres Espejo, Sandro Federici, Carly Green, Naikoa Amuchastegui, Remi d'Annunzio, Heiko Balzter, Pradeepa Bholanath, Cris Brack, Charles Brewer, Luca Birigazzi, Edersson Cabrera, Sarah Carter, Narendra Chand, Danny Donoghue, Simon Eggleston, Nikki Fitzgerald, Giles Foody, Gustavo Galindo, Sara A. Goeking, Giacomo Grassi, Alex Held, Martin Herold, Christoph Kleinn, Werner Kurz, Erik Lindquist, Ronald McRoberts, Anthea Mitchell, Erik Næsset, Evan Notman, Shaun Quegan, Ake Rosenqvist, Stephen Roxburgh, Christophe Sannier, Charles Scott, Goran Stahl, Stephen Stehman, Viliame Tupua, Pete Watt, Sylvia Wilson, Curtis Woodcock, Mike Wulder. 2020. Integration of remote-sensing and ground-based observations for estimation of emissions and removals of greenhouse gases in forests: Methods and guidance from the Global Forest Observations Initiative, Edition 3.0
- James Steed, Sara A. Goeking. 2020. Western larch regeneration responds more strongly to site and indirect climate factors than to direct climate factors
- Sara A. Goeking, David G. Tarboton. 2020. Forests and water yield: A synthesis of disturbance effects on streamflow and snowpack in western coniferous forests
- Zachary Wurtzebach, R. Justin DeRose, Renate Bush, Sara A. Goeking, Sean P. Healey, James S. Menlove, Kristen A. Pelz, Courtney Schultz, John D. Shaw, Christopher Witt. 2019. Supporting National Forest System planning with Forest Inventory and Analysis data
- Christopher Witt, John D. Shaw, Jim Menlove, Sara A. Goeking, R. Justin DeRose, Kristen A. Pelz, Todd A. Morgan, Steven W. Hayes. 2019. Montana’s forest resources, 2006-2015
- Christopher Witt, R. Justin DeRose, Sara A. Goeking, John D. Shaw. 2018. Idaho’s forest resources, 2006-2015
- R. Justin DeRose, John D. Shaw, Sara A. Goeking, Kate Marcille, Chelsea P. McIver, James S. Menlove, Todd A. Morgan, Christopher Witt. 2018. Wyoming’s forest resources, 2011-2015
- Sara A. Goeking, Deborah K. Izlar, Thomas C. Edwards. 2018. A landscape-level assessment of whitebark pine regeneration in the Rocky Mountains, USA
- Feng Zhao, Sean P. Healey, Chengquan Huang, James B. McCarter, Chris Garrard, Sara A. Goeking, Zhiliang Zhu. 2018. Assessing the effects of fire disturbance and timber management on carbon storage in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
- John D. Shaw, James S. Menlove, Christopher Witt, Todd A. Morgan, Michael C. Amacher, Sara A. Goeking, Charles E. Werstak. 2018. Arizona’s forest resources, 2001-2014
- Sara A. Goeking, Deborah Kay Izlar. 2018. Pinus albicaulis Engelm. (whitebark pine) in mixed-species stands throughout its US range: Broad-scale indicators of extent and recent decline
- Sara A. Goeking, James S. Menlove. 2017. New Mexico’s forest resources, 2008-2014
- John D. Shaw, Sara A. Goeking, James S. Menlove, Charles E. Werstak. 2017. Assessment of fire effects based on Forest Inventory and Analysis data and a long-term fire mapping data set
- Michael T. Thompson, John D. Shaw, Christopher Witt, Charles E. Werstak, Michael C. Amacher, Sara A. Goeking, R. Justin DeRose, Todd A. Morgan, Colin B. Sorenson, Steven W. Hayes, James S. Menlove. 2017. Colorado's forest resources, 2004-2013
- Maggie Toone, Sara A. Goeking. 2017. Application of rangeland health indicators on forested plots on the Fishlake National Forest, Utah
- James S. Menlove, John D. Shaw, Christopher Witt, Charles E. Werstak, R. Justin DeRose, Sara A. Goeking, Michael C. Amacher, Todd A. Morgan, Colin B. Sorenson. 2016. Nevada's forest resources, 2004-2013
- Charles E. Werstak, John D. Shaw, Sara A. Goeking, Christopher Witt, James S. Menlove, Mike T. T. Thompson, R. Justin DeRose, Michael C. Amacher, Sarah Jovan, Todd A. Morgan, Colin B. Sorenson, Steven W. Hayes, Chelsea P. McIver. 2016. Utah's forest resources, 2003-2012
- Sara A. Goeking, Deborah K. Izlar. 2015. Using landscape-level forest monitoring data to draw a representative picture of an iconic subalpine tree species
- Sara A. Goeking, Paul L. Patterson. 2015. Redrawing the baseline: a method for adjusting biased historical forest estimates using a spatial and temporally representative plot network
- Sara A. Goeking. 2015. Disentangling forest change from forest inventory change: A case study from the US Interior West
- P. Barbosa, F. Herrera, Sara A. Goeking, V. Nieto, M. Pena, S. Ortiz. 2014. Manual de control de calidad del Inventario Forestal Nacional (IFN) [Quality control manual of the National Forest Inventory (NFI)]
- Sara A. Goeking, D. Izlar. 2014. Natural regeneration of whitebark pine: Factors affecting seedling density
- Sara A. Goeking, John D. Shaw, Christopher Witt, Mike T. T. Thompson, Charles E. Werstak, Michael C. Amacher, Mary Stuever, Todd A. Morgan, Colin B. Sorenson, Steven W. Hayes, Chelsea P. McIver. 2014. New Mexico's forest resources, 2008-2012
- Sara A. Goeking, Paul L. Patterson. 2013. Stratifying to reduce bias caused by high nonresponse rates: A case study from New Mexico’s forest inventory
- Sara A. Goeking, Greg C. C. Liknes. 2012. Is lodgepole pine mortality due to mountain pine beetle linked to the North American Monsoon?
- Sara A. Goeking. 2012. Trends in standing biomass in Interior West forests: Reassessing baseline data from periodic inventories
- Paul L. Patterson, Sara A. Goeking. 2012. Estimators used in the New Mexico inventory: practical implications of "truly" random nonresponse within each stratum
- Sara A. Goeking, Greg C. C. Liknes, Erik Lindblom, John M. Chase, Dennis M. Jacobs, Robert Benton. 2012. A GIS-based tool for estimating tree canopy cover on fixed-radius plots using high-resolution aerial imagery
- Greg C. C. Liknes, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Brian F. Walters, Sara A. Goeking. 2012. Unlocking the climate riddle in forested ecosystems
- Christopher Witt, John D. Shaw, Mike T. T. Thompson, Sara A. Goeking, James S. Menlove, Michael C. Amacher, Todd A. Morgan, Charles E. Werstak. 2012. Idaho's Forest Resources, 2004-2009
- Sara A. Goeking. 2012. Potential applications of prefield land use and canopy cover data: Examples from nonforest and nonsampled forest inventory plots
- Sara A. Goeking, Greg C. C. Liknes. 2009. The role of pre-field operations at four forest inventory units: We can see the trees, not just the forest
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Schmidt, J.C., Topping, D.J., Rubin, D.M., Hazel, J.E., Jr., Kaplinski, M., Wiele, S.M., and Goeking, S.A., 2007. Streamflow and sediment data collected to determine the effects of low summer steady flows and habitat maintenance flows in 2000 on the Colorado River between Lees Ferry and Bright Angel Creek, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1268, 79 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1268/].
- Grams, P.E., J.C. Schmidt, D.J. Topping, and S.A. Goeking, S., 2004. The degraded reach: rate and pattern of bed and bank adjustment of the Colorado River in the 25 km immediately downstream from Glen Canyon Dam. Technical report to the USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, 111 p.
- Goeking, S.A., 2003. Long-term dynamics of riparian vegetation, and their relation to hydrology and geomorphology, along the Green River in the Uintah Basin. Masters Thesis, Utah State University, Logan.
- Goeking, S.A., J.C. Schmidt, and M.K. Webb, 2003. Spatial and temporal trends in the size and number of backwaters between 1935 and 2000, Marble and Grand Canyons, Arizona. Technical report to USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, 15 p.
- Schmidt, J. C., S.A. Goeking, D.J. Topping, D. Rubin, B. Lockwood, J.E. Hazel, M. Kaplinski, S. Wiele, and M. Franseen, 2003. Stream flow and sediment data collected to determine the effects of low summer steady flows and habitat maintenance flows in 2000 on the Colorado River between Lees Ferry and Bright Angel Creek, Arizona. Technical report to the USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, 54 p.
- Schmidt, J.C., D.J. Topping, S.A. Goeking, H. Sondossi, J.E. Hazel, and P.E. Grams, 2002. System-wide changes in the distribution of fine-grained alluvium in the Colorado River corridor between Lees Ferry and Bright Angel Creek, Arizona, 1980s to 2001. Technical report to the USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, 86 p.
- Birchell, G.J., K. Christopherson, C. Crosby, T.A. Crowl, J. Gourley, M. Townsend, S. Goeking, T. Modde, M. Fuller, and P. Nelson, 2002. The levee removal project: assessment of floodplain habitat restoration in the middle Green River. Final report. Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program Project CAP-6-LR. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Salt Lake City. 257 pages + appendices.
- Utah State University, Ph.D., Watershed Sciences, 2022
- Utah State University, M.S., Forest Ecology, 2003
- Utah State University, B.S., Environmental Studies and Plant Science, 1996
Last updated March 10, 2026