Haydee M. Hampton

Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability

Geospatial Research And Information Laboratory (GRAIL), Applied Research & Development Building

NAU Box 4071, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4071
Tel: 928-523-0872; FAX: 928-523-7423; Email: haydee.hampton@nau.edu

EDUCATION

M.A., Geography and Public Planning (GIS/remote sensing), 1998, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Thesis:  Use of Multichannel Synthetic Aperture Radar to Predict Forest Structure for Bird Habitat Mapping
M.S., Environmental Engineering, 1990, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
B.S., Environmental Resources Engineering, 1987, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

EXPERIENCE

Spatial Analyst / Project Leader (Research Associate), July 2001 to present
School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University (NAU), Flagstaff, AZ.  Directs, manages, and conducts spatial analyses designed to aid in forest restoration decision-making including collaborative landscape assessments. Principal Investigator of Small-Diameter Wood Supply in Northern Arizona (May 2007-February 2008) and project lead or co-investigator on other projects involving fire, carbon, and climate spatial modeling at the landscape scale, as well as, geodatabase design and internet mapping.

Spatial Analyst / Programmer (Senior Research Specialist), March 1999 to July 2001
Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University (NAU), Flagstaff, AZ. 
Encoded an ecological model that links field and remotely-sensed data to predict animal abundance under various land-use scenarios.  Duties also included computer server maintenance and graduate student guidance in spatial analyses.

Geographic Information System Specialist (Physical Scientist), June 1996 to December 1998
U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ.  Created digital maps and databases of the Grand Canyon region. Responsibilities included writing GIS programs and metadata, and informing public and scientific community of current products and plans.

Geography and Environmental Sciences Lab Instructor (Graduate student), August 1995 to December 1996
Geography Department and Center for Environmental Sciences, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ.  Prepared lectures and lab exercises for undergraduate environmental science and cartography classes.

Stormwater Engineering Intern (Graduate student), April 1995 to May 1996
Stormwater Management Section, Engineering Division, City of Flagstaff, AZ.  Created and updated floodplain maps using AutoCAD and HEC-2 models.

Senior Integrated Planner, April 1990 to September 1994
Electric Resources and Energy Efficiency Planning Departments, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco, CA. Prepared engineering and economic analyses, such as benefit-cost computer simulations of supply and demand-side energy resources. Promoted company strategies via negotiation, presentations, and testimony in areas related to integrated resource planning.

Waste Treatment Consultant, February to August 1988
A.T. Kearney, Environmental Division, Redwood City, CA. Held 6-month position under contract to EPA. Visually inspected and wrote assessments of waste handling and storage practices at industrial sites as required by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Research Engineer, January 1986 to January 1988
Science Applications International Corporation, Los Altos, CA. Evaluated energy and waste-treatment technologies, such as cogeneration and recycling, from a technical and economic standpoint. Developed and encoded computer simulations.

PUBLICATIONS

Hampton, H.M., S.E. Sesnie, J.D. Bailey and G.B. Snider. In Review. Estimating regional wood supply based on stakeholder consensus for forest restoration. Journal of Forestry.

Hampton, H.M., S.E. Sesnie, B.G. Dickson, J.M. Rundall, T.D. Sisk, G.B. Snider and J.D. Bailey. 2008. Analysis of Small-Diameter Wood Supply in Northern Arizona. Forest Ecosystem Restoration Analysis Project, Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University, 74p.

Xu, Y., J. Prather, H.M. Hampton, B.G. Dickson, J. Palumbo, and T.D. Sisk. 2007. Effects of mismatches of scale and location between ground data and remote sensing imagery on forest structure mapping. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 72:31-38.

Hampton, H.M., E.N. Aumack, J.W. Prather, B.G. Dickson, Y. Xu, and T.D. Sisk. 2006. Development and transfer of spatial tools based on landscape ecology principles: supporting public participation in forest restoration planning in the southwestern U.S. Pages 65-95 in A. Perera, L. Buse, and T. Crow, eds., Forest landscape ecology: transferring knowledge to practice. Springer, New York, NY, USA.

Dickson, B.G., J.W. Prather, Y. Xu, H.M. Hampton, E.N. Aumack, and T.D. Sisk. 2006. Mapping the occurrence and probability of large fire ignitions in northern Arizona. Landscape Ecology: 21:747-761.
Prather, J. W., N.L. Dodd, B.G. Dickson, H.M. Hampton, Y. Xu, E.N. Aumack, and T.D. Sisk. 2006. Landscape models to predict the influence of forest structure on Tassel-eared Squirrel populations. Journal of Wildlife Management: 70(3):723-731.

Hampton, H.M., E.N. Aumack, J.W. Prather, Y. Xu, B.G. Dickson, and T.D. Sisk. 2005. Demonstration and test of a spatial decision support system for forest restoration. Pp. 47-65 in The Colorado Plateau II: Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Research (C. Van Riper and D.J. Mattson, eds.). University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Prather, J.W., H.M. Hampton, Y. Xu, B.G. Dickson, N.L. Dodd, E.N. Aumack, and T.D. Sisk. 2005. Modeling the effects of forest restoration treatments on sensitive wildlife taxa: a GIS-based approach. Pp. 69-85 in The Colorado Plateau II: Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Research (C. Van Riper and D.J. Mattson, eds.). University of Arizona Press, Tucson.  

Xu, Y., J.W. Prather, H.M. Hampton, B.G. Dickson, E.N. Aumack, and T.D. Sisk. 2006. Advanced exploratory data analysis for mapping regional canopy cover. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 72: 31-38.
Hampton, H.M., Y. Xu, J. W. Prather, E.N. Aumack, B.G. Dickson, M.M. Howe, and T.D. Sisk. 2003. Spatial tools for guiding forest restoration and fuel reduction efforts. Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) International User Conference.

Sisk, T.D., J.W. Prather, H.M. Hampton, E.N. Aumack, Y. Xu, and B.G. Dickson. 2006. Participatory landscape analysis to guide restoration of ponderosa pine ecosystems in the American Southwest. Landscape and Urban Planning 78: 300-310.

Hampton, H.M., L. Ries, and T.D. Sisk. 2001. A Spatial Model for Predicting Animal Responses to Ecological Changes. Proceedings of Twenty-First Annual ESRI International User Conference. San Diego, California, USA.

Billingsley, G.H. and H.M. Hampton. 2001. Geologic map of the House Rock Spring quadrangle, Coconino County, northern Arizona:  U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2367, scale 1:24,000.

Billingsley, G.H. and H.M. Hampton. 2000. Geologic Map of the Grand Canyon 30 X 60 minute quadrangle, Coconino and Mohave Counties, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series I-2688, scale 1:100,000.

Sisk, T.D., B.R. Noon and H.M. Hampton. 2000. Estimating the effective area of habitat patches in heterogeneous landscapes in J. M. Scott, P. Heglund and M.L. Morrison et al, eds. Predicting Species Occurrences. Island Press, Covelo, pp. 713-726.

Billingsley, G.H. and H.M. Hampton. 1999. Physiographic Rim of the Grand Canyon, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-30, scale 1:250,000. 

Hampton, H.M. 1998. Use of Multichannel Synthetic Aperture Radar to Predict Forest Structure for Bird Habitat Mapping, Master’s thesis, Department of Geography and Public Planning, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. 93p.

Hampton, H.M. 1998. GIS for Geologic Map of the Grand Canyon in the Vicinity of the South Rim Visitor Center, in Kamilli, Robert J., and Richard, S.M., eds., Geologic Highway Map of Arizona, Arizona Geological Society and Arizona Geological Survey, 1 sheet, scale 1:62,500.

Hampton, H.M. and G.H. Billingsley. 1998. Geographic Information System Techniques for Displaying Geologic Features in the Grand Canyon Region: Geological Society of America, 50th Annual Meeting, Rocky Mountain Section, Flagstaff, Arizona, abstracts with programs, v.30, no.6, p.10.

Hampton, H.M. 1997. GIS for Map Plates 1 and 2, in Billingsley, G.H., Spamer, E.E., and Menkes Dave, Quest for the Pillar of Gold, the Mines and Miners of the Grand Canyon: Grand Canyon, Arizona, Grand Canyon Association, Monograph no. 10, 112p.

Estey, P., H.M. Hampton and S. Sefidpour. 1987. Electrotechnologies for Waste and Water Treatment, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, Final Report, October 1987, EM-5418, 293p.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Hampton, H.M. 2008. Collaborative Landscape Assessments to Aid in Prioritizing Restoration Treatments, The Nature Conservancy, Fire Learning Network meeting, Bend, OR, Nov. 20. Oral presentation.

Sesnie, S.E., H.M. Hampton, B.G. Dickson, J.M. Rundall, and T.D. Sisk. 2008. Large-area imputation of ponderosa pine forest structural parameters in northern Arizona with national Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plots and Landsat TM imagery. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Reno-Tahoe, NV, Nov. 6. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M. 2008. Guest Lecturer in FOR 500 Ecosystem Science and Management Principles, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Professor Ching-Hsun Huang, Nov. 4. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M. 2008. USDA Forest Service Regional Office Supervisor, Deputies, Directors and Staff, Northern Arizona Wood Supply Analysis Results, Albuquerque, NM, June 2. Oral presentation. 

Hampton, H.M. 2008. USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region Planner’s meeting, Regional Wood Supply Analysis, Camp Verde, AZ, May 9. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M. 2008. Northern Arizona Wood Supply Analysis, Governor’s Forest Health Council, Phoenix, AZ, Feb. 1. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M. 2008. Northern Arizona Wood Supply Analysis, Eastern Counties Supervisors, Phoenix, AZ, Feb. 20.

Hampton, H.M. and S.E. Sesnie. 2008. Collaborative Landscape Assessments. Forest Inventory Analysis User’s Group meeting, Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 27. Oral presentation.

Sesnie, S.E. and H.M. Hampton. 2008. Mapping Forest Structure for Regional Wood Supply Analysis. Forest Service Remote Sensing Conf, Salt Lake City, UT, April 15. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M., S.E. Sesnie, B.G. Dickson, J.M. Rundall, T.D Sisk, G.B. Snider and J.D. Bailey. 2008. Defining the zone of agreement among stakeholders on small-diameter wood byproducts from restoration treatments in northern Arizona, Northern Arizona Chapter of the Society of American Foresters, Flagstaff, AZ, March 6. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M. and S.E. Sesnie. 2008. Northern Arizona Wood Supply Analysis, White Mountains Natural Resources Working Group, Pinetop, AZ, Feb. 13. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M., J.B. Abrams, J.W. Prather, B.G. Dickson, Y. Xu, and T.D. Sisk.  2006. Design and transfer of spatial tools for forest restoration planning.In symposium: Knowledge transfer in landscape ecology: What have we learned? Organized by Perera and Gustafson. 21st Annual Symposium of the International Association of Landscape Ecology, U.S. Regional Association, San Diego, CA, March 28-April 1. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M., E.N. Aumack, J.W. Prather, Y. Xu, B.G. Dickson, and T.D. Sisk.  2004. Western Mogollon Plateau Adaptive Landscape Assessment.  Forest Service Southwestern Region Assessment of Assessments Workshop. Taos, NM, July 20-22. Oral presentation.

OTHER PRESENTATIONS

Neary, D.G, H.M. Hampton, K.A. Koestner and P.E. Koestner. 2009. Validation of Landscape-Level Post-Wildfire Erosion and Sedimentation Prediction Models Using Geomorphology Parameters. Seventh International Conference on Geomorphology, Melbourne, Australia, July 7, 2009. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M., B.G. Dickson, S.E. Sesnie, J.M. Rundall, G.B. Snider, J.D. Bailey, and T.D Sisk. 2008. Supporting a broad range of stakeholders in identifying potential landscape-scale restoration treatments to address fire concerns and inform wood fiber contracts. Association of Fire Ecology Conference, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 30, 2008. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M., B.G. Dickson, Y. Xu, J.B. Abrams, J.M. Rundall, and T.D. Sisk. 2006. Collaborative Development of Prioritized Restoration Plans for Southwest Forest and Woodland Ecosystems. Conserving and Restoring Frequent Fire Landscapes in the West:  Linking Science, Collaboration, and Practice, October 24-26, 2006, Flagstaff, AZ. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M., J.W. Prather, Y. Xu, E.N. Aumack, B.G. Dickson and T.D. Sisk. 2004. Collaborative Tools for Landscape-level Planning of Forest Management.  Ecological Society of America 89th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, August 1-6. Poster presentation.

Hampton, H.M., J.W. Prather, Y. Xu, E.N. Aumack, B.G. Dickson and T.D. Sisk. 2004. Spatial Tools Supporting Public Participation in Planning Forest Restoration. 19th Annual Symposium of the International Association of Landscape Ecology (I.A.L.E.) U.S. Regional Association, March 31 – April 2, Las Vegas, NV.  Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M., E.N. Aumack, J.W. Prather, Y. Xu, B.G. Dickson and T.D. Sisk. 2003. A Spatial Decision Support System for Forest Restoration. 7th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, U.S Geological Society, Flagstaff, AZ, Nov. 3-6. Oral presentation.

Xu, Y., J.W. Prather, H.M. Hampton, E.N. Aumack, B.G. Dickson and T.D. Sisk. 2003. Mapping Forest Structure using Multi-Source Spatial Data for Strategic Forest Management in Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems, 7th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, U.S Geological Society, Flagstaff, AZ, Nov. 3-6. Poster presentation.

Prather, J.W., B.G. Dickson, Y. Xu, H.M. Hampton, E.N. Aumack and T.D. Sisk. 2003. Modeling the Effects of Forest Restoration Treatments on Sensitive Wildlife Taxa: a GIS-based Approach, 7th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, U.S Geological Society, Flagstaff, AZ, Nov. 3-6. Poster presentation.

Dickson, B.G., J.W. Prather, Y. Xu, S. Jentsch, H.M. Hampton, W.M. Block and T.D. Sisk. 2003. Modeling Multi-Scale Patterns of Avian Species Occurrence: Implications for Fuels Management and Restoration Treatments in the Southwest, 7th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, U.S Geological Society, Flagstaff, AZ, Nov. 3-6. Poster presentation.

Hampton, H.M., Y. Xu, J.W. Prather, E.N. Aumack, B.G. Dickson, M.M. Howe and T.D. Sisk. 2003. Spatial tools for guiding forest restoration and fuel reduction efforts. Twenty-Third Annual Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) International User Conference, July 7-11. Oral presentation.

Sisk, T.D., H.M. Hampton, J.W. Prather, Y. Xu and E.N. Aumack. 2003. Modeling fire and biodiversity to guide ecological restoration of pine forests in arid North America. International Association for Landscape Ecology, 6th World Congress. Darwin, Australia, July 13-17. Oral presentation.

Dickson, B.G., H.M. Hampton, J.W. Prather and T.D. Sisk. 2003. Modeling the effects of prescribed fire as a forest restoration alternative: a landscape-level approach. Southwest Fire Initiatives Conference. Flagstaff, AZ, April 29. Oral presentation.

Prather, J.W., Y. Xu, B.G. Dickson, T.D. Sisk, H.M. Hampton and E.N. Aumack. 2003. Using remotely-sensed forest structure data to help predict the effects of forest management on ponderosa pine forest birds in northern Arizona. Cooper Ornithological Society. Flagstaff, AZ, April 30 - May 2. Oral presentation.

Hampton, H.M., E.N. Aumack, J.W. Prather, B.G. Dickson, Y. Xu, M.M. Howe, J.M. Rundall, K.M. Kolanoski and T.D. Sisk. 2003. The development of integrated spatial models to aid in prioritizing forest treatments at the landscape scale. Southwestern Fire Initiatives Conference. Flagstaff, AZ, April 29. Poster presentation.

Prather, J.W., Y. Xu, H.M. Hampton, B.G. Dickson, E.N. Aumack and T.D. Sisk. 2003. Using FlamMap and remotely-sensed forest structural data layers to predict fire behavior across large landscapes. Southwest Fire Initiatives Conference. Flagstaff, AZ, April 29. Oral presentation.

Prather, J.W., E.N. Aumack, H.M. Hampton, Y. Xu, B.G. Dickson and T.D. Sisk. 2002. Linking forest management practices, fire threat, and wildlife needs to facilitate forest restoration planning in Arizona. Wildlife Society, Arizona Chapter. Flagstaff, AZ, October 23-24. Oral presentation.

Prather, J.W., H.M. Hampton, Y. Xu, E.N. Aumack, B.G. Dickson, and T.D. Sisk. 2002. Analyzing the potential effects of forest management on biodiversity and fire threat in pine forests across Northern Arizona. Ecological Society of America. Tucson, AZ, August 4-9. Poster presentation.

Hampton, H. M., L. Ries, and T.D. Sisk. 2001. A Spatial Model for Predicting Animal Responses to Ecological Changes. Twenty-First Annual ESRI International User Conference. San Diego, CA, July 9-13. Oral presentation.
Sisk, T.D., B.R. Noon and H.M. Hampton. 2000. Predicting Animal Responses to Ecological Changes: A Spatial Model Incorporating Edge Effects: GIS/EM4 Conference, Banff, Canada, September 2-8. Poster presentation.

Hampton, H.M., T.D. Sisk and B.R. Noon. 1999.  A Spatial Model of Animal Density Incorporating Edge Effects: Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Flagstaff, AZ, November 8-10. Poster presentation.

Hampton, H.M., L. Ries, T.D. Sisk and B.R. Noon. 1999.  Predicting Animal Responses to Ecological Changes on the San Pedro River: A Spatial Model Incorporating Edge Effects: Divided Waters - Common Ground Conference, Cananea, Mexico and Bisbee, AZ, November 8-10. Poster presentation.

Billingsley, G.H. and H.M. Hampton.1997. A new digital geologic map of the Grand Canyon 30' X 60' quadrangle, northern Arizona: Fourth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Flagstaff, AZ, September 16-18. Poster presentation.

Hampton, H.M.,and G.H. Billingsley. 1996. Geographic Information Systems Techniques for displaying geologic features: ESRI User Conference, Palm Springs, CA, May 20-24. Poster presentation.

AWARDS

Northern Arizona University: Awarded in and out-of-state tuition-waivers and teaching and research assistantships while completing Master’s degree. Thesis research funded by NASA. Completed Master’s with Distinction, 1998.

U.S. Geological Survey: "On-The-Spot Award" for conducting work above job expectations, 1998.

Environmental Systems Research Institute: Awarded ESRI Student Assistantship covering travel, stipend and registration fees for the ESRI Annual User Conference, Palm Springs, CA, 1996.

Stanford University: Awarded full funding and research assistantship while completing Master’s degree, graduated 1990.

Humboldt State University: Deans List, graduated 1987.

GRANTS

Predicted Effects of Climate Change on Optimal Forest Restoration Treatment Configurations, Ecological Restoration Institute, June 2009 – November 2010, $33,765, Management status: PI

GRAIL Geodatabase and Internet Mapping, Ecological Restoration Institute, January 2009 – September 2010, $44,208, Management status: PI

Wood Supply Follow-Up (Project 2: Landscape Assessment), Ecological Restoration Institute, April 2007 – March 2009, $44,208, Management status: PI

Watershed Validation (Project 2: Landscape Assessment), Ecological Restoration Institute, April 2007 – March 2009, $16,289, Management status: PI

Collaborative Forest Restoration of the Vallecitos Federal Sustained Yield Unit, New Mexico Collaborative Forest Restoration Program, Las Comunidades, August 2007 – August 2010, $13,000 subcontract, Management status: PI

Estimating Northern Arizona Wood Supply and Supporting Collaborative Process, USDA Forest Service, May - December 2007, $150,000, Management status: PI

Spatial Technologies Applied Research Training Program (START): Workforce Development for the Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University ERDENE Program, July 2007 – June 2008, $99,000, Management status: Co-PI