Research Specialist

Education

• M.S. Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 2005
• B.S. Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1995

Professional Experience

• 2005 – present, Research Specialist, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University
• 1995 – 2005, Research Technician, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University
• 1994, Research Lab Aid, Ecological Restoration Institute, Northern Arizona University

Research Interests

• Restoration ecology; fire ecology; fire behavior modeling; GIS

Theses and Publications

• Roccaforte, J.P., P.Z. Fulé, and W.W. Covington. 2009. Assessing Changes in Canopy Fuels and Potential Fire behavior Following Ponderosa Pine Restoration. Fire Management Today 69(2):47-50.
• Roccaforte, J.P., P.Z. Fulé, and W.W. Covington. In Press. Monitoring landscape-scale ponderosa pine restoration treatment implementation and effectiveness. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00508.x
• Roccaforte, J.P., P.Z. Fulé, and W.W. Covington. 2008. Landscape-scale changes in canopy fuels and potential fire behaviour following ponderosa pine restoration treatments. International Journal of Wildland Fire 17(2):293-303.
• Fulé, P.Z., J.P. Roccaforte, and W.W. Covington. 2007. Posttreatment tree mortality after forest ecological restoration, Arizona, United States. Environmental Management 40:623-634.
• Roccaforte, J. P. 2005. Monitoring landscape-scale forest structure and potential fire behavior following ponderosa pine restoration treatments. M.S. thesis, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.

Other Articles

• Roccaforte, J.P. 2006. Monitoring Landscape-Scale Restoration Treatment Implementation. ERI, NAU

Presentations

• Roccaforte, J.P., P.Z. Fulé, and W.W. Covington. Landscape-scale changes in canopy fuels and potential fire behavior following ponderosa pine restoration treatments. Poster presented at the 3rd International Fire Ecology & Management Congress, November 13-17, 2006, San Diego, CA.
• Roccaforte, J.P., P.Z. Fulé, and W.W. Covington. Monitoring treatment implementation and effectiveness of a landscape-scale ponderosa pine restoration project. Poster presented at the Conserving and Restoring Frequent Fire Landscapes of the West: Linking Science, Collaboration and Practice, 2006 National Conference, October 24-26, 2006, Flagstaff, AZ.
• Roccaforte, J.P., P.Z. Fulé, and W.W. Covington. Landscape-scale changes in canopy fuels and potential fire behavior following ponderosa pine forest restoration treatments at Mt. Trumbull, Arizona. Poster presented at the 33rd Annual Natural Areas Conference: Stewards of the Old and New West, September 20-23, 2006, Flagstaff, AZ.
• Roccaforte, J.P. and P. Z. Fulé. Landscape-scale changes in canopy fuels and potential fire behavior following ponderosa pine restoration treatments. 8th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, November 8, 2005, Flagstaff, AZ.
• Roccaforte, J.P. and P. Z. Fulé. Landscape-scale changes in canopy fuels and fire behavior following ponderosa pine restoration treatments. Ecological Restoration of Southwest Ponderosa Pine and Pinyon-Juniper Ecosystems, Society of American Foresters, May 11-13, 2005, St. George, UT.
• Roccaforte, J.P. and M. C. Tuten. Ecological restoration in southwestern ponderosa pine forests. Presented at the Red Rock State Park, April 6, 2003, Sedona, AZ.
• Roccaforte, J.P., W. W. Covington, M. M. Moore, H. B. Smith, A. E.M. Waltz, and T. A. Heinlein. Applied restoration research and management in southwestern forest ecosystems. Poster presented at the 11th Annual International Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration, September 23-25, 1999, San Francisco, CA.