Application Systems Analyst

Education

• B.A. Geography, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1990
  
• M.S. Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, Fall 2005

Professional Experience

• 2002 – present, Applications Systems Analyst, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University
• 1997 – 2002, Research Technician, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University
• 1997 – 1999, Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography and Public Planning, Northern Arizona University
• 1991 – 1997, Remote Sensing and GIS Analyst, Pacific Meridian Resources, Portland, Oregon

Research Interests

• Remote sensing and GIS as restoration tools; fuels mapping and modeling; pinyon-juniper change detection

Publications and Presentations

• Berlin, Lennis G., and J.E. Crouse. In press. Prehistoric agricultural assessment of the Highway 89 project area using multidate aerial photographs. In: M.D. Elson (ed.), Sunset Crater Archaeology: The History of a Volcanic Landscape. Chapter 5, Anthropological Papers No. 33. Tucson: Center for Desert Archaeology.
• Crouse, J.E. 2005. Fuels and Fire Behavior Modeling Using Remotely Sensed Data on the San Francisco Peaks, Arizona.Master's Thesis, NAU School of Forestry.
• Cocke, A.E, P.Z. Fulé, and J.E. Crouse. 2005. Forest change on a steep mountain gradient after extended fire exclusion: San Francisco Peaks, Arizona, USA. Journal of Applied Ecology 42: 814-823.
• Cocke, A.E, P.Z. Fulé, and J.E. Crouse. 2005. Comparison of burn severity assessments using differenced normalized burn ratio (NBR) and ground data. International Journal of Wildland Fire 14(2):189-198
• Moore, M.M., D.W. Huffman, P.Z. Fulé, W.W. Covington, and J.E. Crouse. 2004. Comparison of historical and contemporary forest structure and composition on permanent plots in southwestern ponderosa pine forests. Forest Science 50:162-176.
• Fulé, P.Z., J.E. Crouse, Cocke, A.E., M.M. Moore, and W.W. Covington. 2004. Changes in canopy fuels and potential fire behavior 1880-2040: Grand Canyon, Arizona. Ecological Modeling 175:231-248.
• Fulé, P.Z., J.E. Crouse, T.A. Heinlein, M.M. Moore, W.W. Covington, and G. Verkamp. 2003. Mixed-Severity Fire Regime in a High-Elevation Forest: Grand Canyon, Arizona. Landscape Ecology 18: 465-486.
• Bakker, J.D., M.M. Moore, J.D. Springer, and J.E. Crouse. 2002. Long-term (85-year) understory vegetation change in Pinus ponderosa stands of northern Arizona. Presented at Ecological Society of America / Society for Ecological Restoration, Tucson, AZ, August.
• Crouse, Joseph E., and Peter Z. Fulé. 2002. Species and Canopy Cover Map Development Using Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Imagery For Grand Canyon National Park. Presented at Ninth Biennial Remote Sensing Applications Conference. San Diego, CA, April 10.
• Berlin, G.L., J. Crouse, M. Elson, and S. Smith, 2000. Gilbert Crater, Arizona: A Special Agricultural Site. In Abstracts of the 65th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology, p. 50.
• Crouse, J.E., M.M. Moore, and P.Z. Fulé, 2000. Fifty Years of Land-Use Change in a Urban-Wildland Interface, Poster presented at the Eighth Biennial Forest Service. Remote Sensing Applications Conference, Albuquerque
• Huffman, D.W., M. M. Moore, W. W. Covington, J. E. Crouse, and P. Z. Fulé. Ponderosa Pine Forest Reconstruction: Comparisons with Historical Data. Proceedings -- Steps Toward Stewardship: Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Restoration and Conservation Conference. April 25-27, 2000. Flagstaff, Arizona.
• Moore, M.M., D.W. Huffman, W.W. Covington, J.E. Crouse, P.Z. Fulé, and W.H. Moir, 2000. Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forest Structure and Fire Regime Disruption Date: Re-Measurement of Historical Permanent Forest Plots. Final Report, USDA Forest Service, 153 pp.
• Moore, M, M., D. W. Huffman and J. E. Crouse, 1999. Eighty-Three Years of Understory Change in a Northern Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forest, Talk presented at ESA, Spokane.