Applied Ecology Lab Center for Environmental Sciences and Education NAU Box 5694 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5694 Tel: 928-523-0872 FAX: 928-523-7423 email: haydee.hampton@nau.edu

EDUCATION

M.A., Geography (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., Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1990, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

B.S., Environmental Engineering, 1985, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

EXPERIENCE

Project Manager (Research Associate), July 2001 to present

Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University (NAU), Flagstaff, AZ. 
Currently managing the development of a spatial database and associated analytical tools designed to
aid in forest ecosystem restoration (ForestERA project).

Spatial Analyst (Senior Research Specialist), March 1999 to July 2001

Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University (NAU), Flagstaff, AZ. 
Managed the development of 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 analysis.

Geographic Information System Specialist (Physical Scientist), June 1996 to Dec. 1998

U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ.  Created digital maps and databases of the Grand Canyon region. Responsibilities included writing programs and spatial metadata, and informing public and scientific community of current products and plans.

Geography and Environmental Science Lab Instructor, August 1995 - 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, April 1995 - 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 - 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 tests 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 - 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 - 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., 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. by transferring knowledge into practice In Forest Landscape Ecology: Transferring Knowledge to Practice. (A. Perera, L. Buse, and T. Crow, eds.). Springer, New York. In press.

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.

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

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 Presss. 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: in press

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 Hampton, H.M., 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 Hampton, H.M., 2001,  Geologic Map of the Grand Canyon 30 X 60 minute quadrangle, Coconino and Mohave Counties, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series I-XXX, 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 and P. Heglund, eds. Predicting Species Occurrences. Island Press, Covelo.

illingsley, G.H. and Hampton, H.M., 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, Masters thesis, Department of Geography and Public Planning, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. 93 p.

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 Billingsley, G.H., 1998, Geographic Information System Techniques for Displaying Geologic Features in the Grand Canyon Region: Geological Society of America, 50^th 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., Hampton, H.M. and Sefidpour S., 1987, Electrotechnologies for Waste and Water Treatment, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, EM-5418, October.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

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 (I.A.L.E.) U.S. Regional Association, March 28 – April 1, 2006, San Diego, CA.  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 89 th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, August 1-6. Poster 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 Southwest Region Assessment of Assessments Workshop. Taos, New Mexico. Oral 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, 2004, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 2003. O ral 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, Arizona. April 29, 2003. O ral 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, Arizona. April 30 - May 2, 2003. O ral 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, Arizona. April 29, 2003. 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, Arizona. April 29, 2003. O ral 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, Arizona. October 23-24, 2002. O ral presentation.

Prather, J. W., H.M. Hampton, Y. Xu, E. N. Aumack, B.G. Dickson, and T. A. 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, Arizona. August 4-9, 2002. 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, California, USA.  July 9-13. Oral presentation.

Thomas D. Sisk, Barry R. Noon  and Haydee 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.

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

Haydee M. Hampton, Leslie Ries, Thomas D. Sisk, and Barry 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, Arizona, November 8-10, Poster presentation.

Billingsley, G.H. and Hampton, H.M., 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, September 16-18, Flagstaff, Arizona. Poster presentation.

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

AWARDS

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

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

1996 ESRI User Conference: Awarded Student Assistantship covering all costs. Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California.

Standford University: Awarded full funding and research assistantship while completing Masters degree, graduated 1990.

Humboldt State University: Deans List, graduated 1985.