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Education/certifications

1990 B.S. Forestry and Resource Management, University of California, Berkeley

1998 M.S. Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana

2003 Certified Forester, Society of American Foresters

Publications

Scott, Joe H.; R. E. Burgan. 2005. Standard fire behavior fuel models: A comprehensive set for use with Rothermel’s surface fire spread model. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-153 Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 72 p.

Keane, R. E; Elizabeth Reinhardt; Joe H. Scott; Kathy Gray; James A. Reardon. In press. Estimating forest canopy bulk density using six indirect methods. Can. J. For. Res. In press.

Scott, Joe H.; E. D. Reinhardt. 2005. Stereo Photo Guide for Estimating Canopy Fuel Characteristics in Conifer Stands. RMRS-GTR-145. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 49 p. plus stereoscope

Scott, Joe H. 2003. Canopy fuel treatment standards for the wildland-urban interface. In: " Fire, fuel treatments, and ecological restoration: conference proceedings; 2002 April 16-18; Fort Collins, CO. Omi, Philip N.; Joyce, Linda A., tech. eds. 2003. Proceedings RMRS-P-29. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, p. 29-37.

Scott, Joe H. and Elizabeth D. Reinhardt. 2002. Estimating canopy fuels in conifer forests. Fire Management Today. 62(4): 45-50.

Scott, Joe H. and Elizabeth D. Reinhardt. 2001. Assessing crown fire potential by linking models of surface and crown fire behavior. Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-29. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 59 p.

Scott, Joe H. 2001. User’s Guide to NEXUS. Electronic help file available at www.fire.org/nexus/nexus.html

Scott, Joe H. 1999. NEXUS: A system for assessing crown fire hazard. Fire Management Notes 59(2): 21-24.

Scott, Joe H. 1998. Sensitivity analysis of a method for assessing crown fire hazard in the northern Rocky Mountains, USA. In: Proceedings of the III International Conference on Forest Fire Research and 14th Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology, Luso, Portugal. 16/20 November 1998, VOL II, p. 2517-2532.

Scott, Joe H. 1998. Using the Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator to assess long-term changes in crown fire hazard. In: Proceedings of the III International Conference on Forest Fire Research and 14th Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology, Luso, Portugal. 16/20 November 1998, VOL II, p. 2621-2629.

Scott, Joe H. 1998.  Reduce fire hazards in ponderosa pine by thinning. Fire Management Notes 58(1): 20-25.

Scott, Joe H. 1998. Fuel reduction in residential and scenic forests: a comparison of three treatments in a western Montana ponderosa pine stand.  Research Paper RMRS-RP-5. Ogden, UT:  USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; 19 p.

Scott, Joe H.  1996.  Restoring recreational and residential forests.  In: Hardy, Colin C., and Arno, Stephen F., eds.  1996. The use of fire in forest restoration. General Technical Report INT-GTR-341. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, p. 44-45.

Arno, Stephen F., Joe H. Scott and Mike Hartwell. 1995.  Age-class structure of old growth ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir stands and its relationship to fire history.  Research Paper INT-RP-481. Ogden, Utah: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, 25 p.

Arno, Stephen F., Elizabeth D. Reinhardt and Joe H. Scott. 1993. Forest structure and landscape patterns in the subalpine lodgepole pine type: a procedure for quantifying past and present conditions. General Technical Report INT-294. Ogden, Utah: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 17 p.

Scott, Joe H. and Stephen F. Arno. 1992. Using a power increment borer to determine the age structure of old-growth conifer stands.  Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 7(4): 100-102.

Martin, R. E. and Joe H. Scott. 1991. Observations on the glowing combustion of duff.  In: Proceedings of the 1991 SAF National Convention, August 4-8 1991, San Francisco, CA.