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Wade Tinkham, PhD

Wade Tinkham, PhD

Research Forester

Rocky Mountain Research Station

0000-0002-4668-7624

wade.tinkham@usda.gov

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Katarina J. Warnick, Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, Katherine Nigro, Sarah J. Hart. 2026. The influence of provenance on climate response and drought resilience of lodgepole pine in the southern Rocky Mountains, U.S.
Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, George A. Woolsey, Lauren E. Lad, Lance A. Asherin. 2026. Frequency versus individuals, clumps, and openings prescription marking: Comparison in ponderosa pine restoration treatments using uncrewed aerial systems
Lauren E. Lad, Wade Tinkham, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann, Melanie Vanderhoof, Jody Vogeler, Alistair M. S. Smith. 2026. Drought on the fly: UAS mapping of conifer drought stress
Sylvia Kantor, Michael A. Battaglia, Wade Tinkham, Kimberley T. Davis, Russell A. Parsons, James Menakis, Chad M. Hoffman, Justin Ziegler. 2026. Restore ponderosa forests - and reduce fire risk? Study shows the path forward
Gunnar C. Ohlson, Chad M. Hoffman, Wade Tinkham, Scott Baggett, J. Kevin Hiers. 2025. Spatiotemporal dynamics of fine dead surface fuel moisture content in a Colorado mixed-conifer forest
Raquel Partelli-Feltrin, Alistair M. S. Smith, Aaron M. Sparks, Zachary W. Foley, Scott W. Rainsford, Grant L. Harley, James G. Moberly, Henry D. Adams, Dylan W. Schwilk, Wade Tinkham, Douglas D. Hardman, J. R. Kok, R. Alex Thompson, Andrew T. Hudak, David R. Wilson, Chad M. Hoffman, James A. Lutz, Alexander S. Blanco, Mark A. Cochrane, Robert L. Kremens, Joseph Dahlen, Luigi Boschetti, Li Huang, Daniel M. Johnson. 2025. Methods to assess fire-induced tree mortality: comparing heated water baths to experimental laboratory fires
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
Alistair M. S. Smith, Raquel Partelli-Feltrin, Aaron M. Sparks, James G. Moberly, Henry D. Adams, Dylan W. Schwilk, Wade Tinkham, John R. Kok, David R. Wilson, Alex Thompson, Andrew T. Hudak, Chad M. Hoffman, James A. Lutz, Alexander S. Blanco, Mark A. Cochrane, Robert L. Kremens, Joseph Dahlen, Grant L. Harley, Scott W. Rainsford, Li Huang, Douglas D. Hardman, Luigi Boschetti, Daniel Johnson. 2025. Methods to assess fire-induced tree mortality: Review of fire behavior proxy and real fire experiments
Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, Lance A. Asherin. 2024. Assessment of crown base recession in uneven-aged ponderosa pine forest of Colorado and Arizona
Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, Chad M. Hoffman. 2024. Evaluating long-term seedling growth across densities using Nelder plots and FVS in the Black Hills
Wade Tinkham, George A. Woolsey. 2024. Influence of structure from motion algorithm parameters on metrics for individual tree detection accuracy and precision
Sophie R. Bonner, Chad M. Hoffman, Rodman R. Linn, Wade Tinkham, Adam L. Atchley, Carolyn H. Sieg, J. Morgan Varner, Joseph J. O’Brien, J. Kevin Hiers. 2024. Forest structural complexity and ignition pattern influence simulated prescribed fire effects
Lauren Hines-Acosta, Kelly Burns, Anna W. Schoettle, Jane Stewart, Wade Tinkham. 2024. Promoting healthy forests: Limber pine in the Rockies is vulnerable to long-term decline
George A. Woolsey, Wade Tinkham, Mike A. Battaglia, Chad M. Hoffman. 2024. Constraints on mechanical fuel reduction treatments in United States Forest Service Wildfire Crisis Strategy priority landscapes
Laura Hanna, Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, Jody C. Vogeler, Scott Ritter, Chad M. Hoffman. 2024. Characterizing heterogeneous forest structure in ponderosa pine forests via UAS‑derived structure from motion
Casey Menick, Wade Tinkham, Chad Hoffman, Melanie Vanderhoof, Jody Vogeler. 2024. Snow-cover remote sensing of conifer tree recovery in high-severity burn patches
Aaron M. Sparks, Alexander S. Blanco, Lauren E. Lad, Alistair M.S. Smith, Henry D. Adams, Wade Tinkham. 2024. Prefire drought intensity drives postfire recovery and mortality in Pinus monticola and Pseudotsuga menziesii saplings
Lauren E. Lad, Wade Tinkham, Aaron M. Sparks, Alistair M. S. Smith. 2023. Evaluating predictive models of tree foliar moisture content for application to multispectral UAS data: A laboratory study
Hannah Farrell, Wade Tinkham, Andrew T. Hudak, Michael A. Battaglia, Lauren Lad, Amanda West Forma, Nic Kotlinskl, Ethan Bucholz. 2023. Eyes in the sky: Using drones for forest monitoring
Anthony G. Vorster, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Nicholas Young, Brian Woodward, Christopher Tsz Hin Choi, Marin E. Chambers, Antony S. Cheng, Michael Caggiano, Courtney Schultz, Matthew P. Thompson, Michelle Greiner, Greg Aplet, Robert N. Addington, Michael A. Battaglia, Daniel Bowker, Ethan Bucholz, Brian Buma, Paul Evangelista, David Huffman, Stephanie Mueller, Charles C. Rhoades, William H. Romme, Andrew J. Sanchez Meador, Wade Tinkham, Matt Tuten, Amanda West (Fordham). 2023. Metrics and considerations for evaluating how forest treatments alter wildfire behavior and effects
Chad M. Hoffman, Justin P. Ziegler, Wade Tinkham, John Kevin Hiers, Andrew T. Hudak. 2023. A comparison of four spatial interpolation methods for modeling fine-scale surface fuel load in a mixed conifer forest with complex terrain
Kelly S. Burns, Wade Tinkham, K. A. Leddy, Anna W. Schoettle, William R. Jacobi, Jane E. Stewart. 2023. Interactions between white pine blister rust, bark beetles, and climate over time indicate vulnerabilities to limber pine health
Wade Tinkham, Lauren E. Lad, Alistair M. S. Smith. 2023. Preface: Special issue on advances in the measurement of fuels and fuel properties
Shaundra Rasmussen, Wade Tinkham, Melissa McHale. 2022. What can a midsized, semi-arid city teach us about human-made forests?
Chad M. Hoffman, Justin P. Ziegler, Wade Tinkham, Kevin Hiers, Andrew T. Hudak. 2022. A comparison of four spatial interpolation methods for modeling fine-scale surface fuel load in a mixed conifer forest with complex terrain [Chapter 4 - Risk Assessment]
Wade Tinkham, Neal C. Swayze, Chad M. Hoffman, Lauren E. Lad, Michael A. Battaglia. 2022. Modeling the missing DBHs: Influence of model form on UAV DBH Characterization
Neal C. Swayze, Wade Tinkham. 2022. Application of unmanned aerial system structure from motion point cloud detected tree heights and stem diameters to model missing stem diameters
Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, C. M. Hoffman. 2022. Evaluating long-term ponderosa pine seedling growth across densities using Nelder plots and FVS in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Neal C. Swayze, Wade Tinkham, Matthew B. Creasy, Jody C. Vogeler, Chad M. Hoffman, Andrew T. Hudak. 2022. Influence of UAS flight altitude and speed on aboveground biomass prediction
Sophie R. Bonner, Chad M. Hoffman, Jeffrey M. Kane, J. Morgan Varner, J. Kevin Hiers, Joseph J. O'Brien, Heather D. Rickard, Wade Tinkham, Rodman R. Linn, Nicholas Skowronski, Russell A. Parsons, Carolyn H. Sieg. 2021. Invigorating prescribed fire science through improved reporting practices
Wade Tinkham, Michael A. Battaglia, Chad M. Hoffman. 2021. Evaluating long-term seedling growth across densities using Nelder plots and the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) in the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Neal C. Swayze, Wade Tinkham, Jody C. Vogeler, Andrew T. Hudak. 2021. Influence of flight parameters on UAS-based monitoring of tree height, diameter, and density
Andrew T. Hudak, Patrick A. Fekety, Van R. Kane, Robert Kennedy, Steven K. Filippelli, Michael J. Falkowski, Wade Tinkham, Alistair M. S. Smith, Nicholas L. Crookston, Grant M. Domke, Mark V Corrao, Benjamin C. Bright, Derek J. Churchill, Peter Gould, Robert McGaughey, Jonathan T. Kane, Jinwei Dong. 2020. A carbon monitoring system for mapping regional, annual aboveground biomass across the northwestern USA
Jeffery B. Cannon, Wade Tinkham, Ryan K. DeAngelis, Edward M. Hill, Michael A. Battaglia. 2019. Variability in mixed conifer spatial structure changes understory light environments
Wade Tinkham, Patrick R. Mahoney, Andrew T. Hudak, Grant M. Domke, Mike J. Falkowski, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Alistair M. S. Smith. 2018. Applications of the United States Forest Inventory and Analysis dataset: A review and future directions
Wade Tinkham, Yvette Dickinson, Chad M. Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, Seth Ex, Jeffrey Underhill. 2017. Visualization of heterogeneous forest structures following treatment in the southern Rocky Mountains
Emma Vakili, Chad M. Hoffman, Robert E. Keane, Wade Tinkham, Yvette Dickinson. 2016. Spatial variability of surface fuels in treated and untreated ponderosa pine forests of the southern Rocky Mountains
Wade Tinkham, Alistair M. S. Smith, David L. R. Affleck, Jarred D. Saralecos, Michael J. Falkowski, Chad M. Hoffman, Andrew T. Hudak, Michael A. Wulder. 2016. Development of height-volume relationships in second growth Abies grandis for use with aerial LiDAR
Wade Tinkham, Chad M. Hoffman, Seth A. Ex, Michael A. Battaglia, Jarred D. Saralecos. 2016. Ponderosa pine forest restoration treatment longevity: Implications of regeneration on fire hazard
Wade Tinkham, Bob J. Denner, Russell T. Graham. 2015. Climate, snowpack, and streamflow of Priest River Experimental Forest, revisited
Alistair M. S. Smith, Crystal A. Kolden, Wade Tinkham, Alan F. Talhelm, John D. Marshall, Andrew T. Hudak, Luigi Boschetti, Michael J. Falkowski, Jonathan A. Greenberg, John Anderson, Andrew Kliskey, Lilian Alessa, Robert F. Keefe, James R. Gosz. 2014. Remote sensing the vulnerability of vegetation in natural terrestrial ecosystems
Nolan W. Brewer, Alistair M.S. Smith, Jeffery A. Hatten, Philip E. Higuera, Andrew T. Hudak, Roger D. Ottmar, Wade Tinkham. 2013. Fuel moisture influences on fire-altered carbon in masticated fuels: An experimental study
Wade Tinkham, Alistair M. S. Smith, Chad Hoffman, Andrew T. Hudak, Michael J. Falkowski, Mark E. Swanson, Paul E. Gessler. 2012. Investigating the influence of LiDAR ground surface errors on the utility of derived forest inventories
Wade Tinkham, Hongyu Huang, Alistair M.S. Smith, Rupesh Shrestha, Michael J. Falkowski, Andrew T. Hudak, Timothy E. Link, Nancy F. Glenn, Danny G. Marks. 2011. A comparison of two open source LiDAR surface classification algorithms

University of Idaho, Ph.D., Natural Resources; Biometrics/Remote Sensing, 2013
University of Idaho, M.S., Forest Science, 2010
Washington State University, B.S., Forest Management, 2008

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