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Stephen HartleyGEOGRAPHERContact InfoShort Biography Education: M.S., Geology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2000 B.S., Geology, Louisiana Tech, 1985
Current Position: Geographer I am responsible for installation, configuration, and overall maintenance of software, hardware, and networking for geographic information system operations. My specific duties include managing and coordinating GIS projects, performing image analysis, developing prototype GIS products, troubleshooting, quality control, personnel management and training, and interacting with clients. I serve as the NWRC's GAP coordinator for Louisiana. Download CV PublicationsThatcher, C.A., Hartley, S.B., and Wilson, S.A. 2010. Bank Erosion of Navigation Canals in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1017/OCS Study BOEMRE 2010-039, In Press.Linscombe, R.G., and Hartley, S.B., 2011, Analysis of change in marsh types of coastal Louisiana, 1978–2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1282, 52 . [Link] Barras, John; Beville, Shelly; Britsch, Del; Hartley, Stephen; Hawes, Suzanne; Johnston, James; Kemp, Paul; Kinler, Quin; Martucci, Antonio; Porthouse, Jon; Reed, Denise; Roy, Kevin; Sapkota, Sijan; Suhayda, Joseph, 2003. Historical and rojected coastal Louisiana land changes: 1978-2050. Open-File Report 2003-334, 39 . [Link] Day, R.H., and Hartley, S.B., 2009, An estimate of above ground forest biomass within the Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, USA [abs.], in SWS-WWA-WBS Joint Meeting, Wetland Connections, June 21-26, 2009, Madison, Wisconsin, p. 41, http://www.sws.org/2009_meeting/docs/SWS0021.pdf .
Hartley, S.B., 2009, Modified methodology for projecting coastal Louisiana land changes over the next 50 years: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3098, 1 sheet, scale 1:750,000. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3098/
Burkett, V.R., Hyman, R.C., Hagelman, R., Hartley, S.B., Sheppard, M., Doyle, T.W., Beagan, D.M., Meyers, A., Hunt, D.T., Maynard, M.K., Henk, R.H., Seymour, E.J., Olson, L.E., Potter, J.R., and Srinivasan, N.N., 2008, 2.0 Why study the gulf coast?, in Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I; Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research: Washington, D.C., Department of Transportation, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.7, 445 p., online at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-7/final-report/sap4-7-final-all.pdf
Sasser, C.E., Visser, J.M., Mouton, Edmond, Linscombe, Jeb, and Hartley, S.B., 2008, Vegetation types in coastal Louisiana in 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1224, 1 sheet, scale 1:550,000. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1224/pdf/OFR2008-1224.pdf
Hartley, S., 2007, USGS humanitarian and geospatial response for search and rescue after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, in Science and the Storms: the USGS Response to the Hurricanes of 2005: Reston, Va., U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Circular 1306, p. 17-20, online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/pdf/c1306_ch3_a.pdf.
Barras, John A., Hartley, S., Johnston, James B., and Jones, W. R. 100+ years of land change for coastal Louisiana [map] 2004. In Sappington, N., ESRI Map Book, p. 74: ESRI.
Hartley, S. and Johnston, J. ATLSS data viewer: a tool to analyze and display ATLSS model outputs [abs.] First National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration: Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration Through Integration of Science, Planning and Policy, 2004, 173 Lake Buena Vista, FL: National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration
Johnston, J.B., Barras, J., Hartley, S., and Sapkota, S., 2004, Coastal Louisiana: America's vanishing wetlands: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Coastal Condition Report, Office of Research and Development, Office of Water: Washington, D.C., EPA-620/R-01/005, p. 160-161, also available at http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/nccr2/index.html.
Barras, J., Beville, S., Britsch, D., Hartley, S., Hawes. S., Johnston, J., Kemp, P., Kinler, Q., Martucci, A., Porthouse, J., Reed, D., Roy, K., Sapkota, S., and Suhayda, J., 2003, Historical and projected coastal Louisiana land changes: 1978-2050: USGS Open File Report 03-334, 39 p. Available at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr03334
Handley, L.R., Calix, A.G., Jones, W., Hartley, S., Mouton, R.C., Martucci, A., and Linscombe,R.G., 2003, Mapping restoration management of a disappearing barrier island - Raccoon Island, Louisiana [abs.], in Wetland Stewardship: Changing Landscapes and Interdisciplinary Challenges, 24th Annual Conference of the Society of Wetland Scientists: New Orleans, La., June 8-13, 2003: New Orleans, La., p.123.
Handley, L.R., Wells, C.J., Lichenberg, D., Mouton, R.C., and Hartley, S., 2003, High Resolution mapping of marsh dieback syndrome [abs.], in Wetland Stewardship: Changing Landscapes and Interdisciplinary Challenges, 24th Annual Conference of the Society of Wetland Scientists: New Orleans, La., June 8-13, 2003: New Orleans, La., p. 124.
Hartley, Stephen B., Johnston, James B., and O'Neil, C. P. Spatial correlations between STATSGO/SSURGO soil data bases and the Louisiana GAP land use/land cover in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, 6th Biannual Basics of the Basin Research Symposium Addressing the Condition of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, Pontchartrain Research Committee and Gulf Estuarine Research Society - Annual Meeting, 2002, 26-32 New Orleans, LA: Pontchartrain Research Committee
Chabreck, R. H., Linscombe, G., Hartley, S., Johnston, James B., and Martucci, A. Coastal Louisiana: marsh-vegetation types [CD-ROM] 2001, 1. Lafayette, LA: USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Report to the Coastal Wetlands, Planning, Protection and Restoration Act, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Daigle, J.J., and Hartley, S.B., 2001, Development of a soil erosion model to predict vulnerability of various marsh ecosystems [abs.]: Abstracts from "Coastal Marsh Dieback in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Extent, Causes, Consequences, and Remedies," USGS Information and Technology Report, USGS/BRD/ITR--2001- 0003, 31 p.
Linscombe, G., Chabreck, R. H., and Hartley, S. Abstracts from Coastal Marsh Dieback in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Extent, Causes, Consequences, and Remedies 2001, 1-31 No. USGS/BRD/ITR--2001-0003. Stewart, R. E., Jr., Proffitt, C. Edward, and Charron, T. M. Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division.
Handley, Larry R., Calix, A. G., Jones, W., Hartley, S., Seeger, E. B., Barrilleaux, T. C., Mouton, R. C., Marien, L., Martucci, A., and Linscombe, G. Nourishment of a disappearing barrier island -- Raccoon Island, Louisiana 2000, 31 No. USGS/BRD/ITR-2000-0008. Handley, Larry R., D'Erchia, F. J., and Charron, T. M. Lafayette, LA: U.S. Geological Survey.
Hartley, S., A. Martucci, and J.B. Johnston. 2000. Wetland reserve program decision support system. Pages 27-28 in L.R. Handley, F.J. D'Erchia, and T.M. Charron, editors. Extended abstracts from BioGeo99: applications of geospatial technology to biological sciences. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR--2000-0008.
Hartley, S., Pace, R. III, Johnston, J. B., and others, 2000, A GAP analysis of Louisiana Final report and data Lafayette, LA, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey,2 CD-ROM's.
Wilson, A. C., Barras, John A., Hartley, S., and Johnston, James B. Geographic information systems in the courtroom for natural resource litigation, 2000, 3-4 No. USGS/BRD/ITR-2000-0008. Handley, Larry R., D'Erchia, F. J., and Charron, T. M. Lafayette, LA: U.S. Geological Survey.
Fuller, D. A., Barras, John A., Handley, Larry R., Steyer, Gregory D., and Hartley, S. The integration of GIS and image processing technology with real-time data collection for monitoring wetland restoration projects, Abstracts of the Proceedings of 15th Annual ESRI User Conference, 1999, 200-201
Greco, R. E., Wagner, R. T., McGinnis, T. E., II, Cahoon, Donald R., Hartley, Stephen B., and Rogers, R. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) pipelines and navigation canals along the gulf coast of Texas [abs.] Conference Abstracts from the 15th Biennial International Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation '99, 1999, 41-42: Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
Johnston, James B., Barras, John A., Hartley, S., Fuller, D. A., and Steyer, Gregory D. The integration of GIS and image processing technology for monitoring wetland restoration projects [abs.] Wetlands for the Future: Proceedings of INTECOL's V International Wetlands Conference, 1998, 607-616 Glen Osmond, Australia: Gleneagles Publishing
O'Neil, C.P., L.R. Handley, S. Hartley, J.B. Johnston, B. Coffland, and L. Schoelerman. 1996. 1995 scanned aerial photography of the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. Pages 293-299 in Sixth Biennial Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference Publication. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Denver, CO.
Handley, Larry R., Calix, A. G., Seeger, E. B., and Hartley, Stephen B. Large scale base map production using aerial photography and a global positioning system [abs.] Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Louisiana Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Workshop [abs.], 1995, 64 Lafayette, LA: National Biological Service, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University, Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Task Force, Louisiana Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Mid-South Region and Gulf Coast Chapter of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Ramsey, Elijah W., III and Hartley, S. National Wetlands Research Center uses visual true color classification in waterfowl habitat mapping. Earth Observation Magazine, 3[2], 28-30. 1994. My Science Topics
My USGS Science Strategy AreasUnderstanding Ecosystems & Predicting Ecosystems ChangeData Integration & Interoperability | GIS Ecosystem Assessment and ModelingHere at the Center I apply advanced spatial analysis and modeling methods to analyze and understand a variety of ecosystem issues, such as wetland ecosystem restoration, distributions of wildlife populations, and disturbances in coastal natural resources. I design systems to use in wetland restoration planning, risk assessment, ecosystem modeling, landscape ecology, biodiversity studies, and sensitivity analyses. These studies primarily use GIS-based spatial data, but also include remotely sensed imagery, field measurements, and planning information from resource managers. In addition to spatial models, research products also include synthesized ecological data sets and GIS-based decision support systems for implementing model analysis. Contact Information700 Cajundome Blvd. Lafayette, LA 70506 337-266-8543 337-266-8616 - Fax Back to top |