Larissa Yocom
Wildland Resources
Associate Professor

Educational Background
PhD, Forest Ecology, Northern Arizona University, 2011 Dissertation
Influence of climate and local factors on fire in high-elevation forests of Mexico
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Fact Sheets
- Dutson, L., Becker, K., Stemmler, K., Washa, B., Yocom, L., Chandrasekaran, A., Birch, J., Hotaling, S., (2025). Fuel treatements in the wildland-urban interface: Supporting wildfire-resilient communities in Utah. USU Extension
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Klimas, K., Yocom, L., Belmont, P., Lutz, J., Wall, S., DeRose, J., (2025). A machine learning model to predict wildfire burn severity for pre-fire risk assessments, Utah, USA. . Fire Ecology, 21:8, doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-024-00346-z
- Howe, A.A, Parks, S.A, Harvey, B.J, Saberi, S.J, Lutz, J., Yocom, L., (2022). Comparing Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 for burn severity mapping in western North America. Remote Sensing, 14:20, 5249. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14205249
- Larsen, L.N, Howe, P., Brunson, M.W, Yocom, L., McAvoy, D., Berry, E.H, Smith, J., (2021). Risk perceptions and mitigation behaviors of residents following a near-miss wildfire. Landscape and Urban Planning, 207, 104005. doi: 10.1016/.landurbplan.2020.10400
- Lutz, J., Struckman, S., Furniss, T.J, Birch, J.D, Yocom, L., McAvoy, D., (2021). Large-diameter trees, snags, and deadwood in southern Utah, USA. Ecological Processes, 10, 9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-020-00275-0
- Gray, C.A, Toone, C., Jenkins, M.J, Null, S., Yocom, L., (2021). Spatial and temporal fuels changes in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) from mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Forest Ecology and Management, 482, doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118789
- Chikamoto, Y., Wang, S., Yost, M., Yocom, L., Gillies, R.R, (2020). Colorado River water supply is predictable on multi-year timescales owing to long-term ocean memory. Communications Earth and Environment, doi: 10.1038/s43247-020-00027-0
Professional Journal
- McAvoy, D., DeRose, J., Yocom, L., (2024). Stand composition and development stage affect fuel characteristics of quaking aspen forests in UT, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
Other Reports
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Publications | Other
Other
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Teaching
WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100 - Introduction to Wildland Fire, Fall 2025
WILD 5100 - Forests and Fuels Measuring & Modeling, Fall 2024
WILD 6900 - Graduate Special Topics, Fall 2024
WILD 3100 - Introduction to Wildland Fire, Fall 2024
WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD, WILD 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100, 3100 - Introduction to Wildland Fire, Fall 2024
WILD 5710 - Forest Vegetation Disturbance Ecology and Management, Fall 2022
WILD 3100 - Introduction to Wildland Fire, Fall 2022
WILD 5710 - Forest Vegetation Disturbance Ecology and Management, Fall 2021
WILD 3100, 6900 - Introduction to Wildland Fire, Fall 2021
WILD 5710 - Forest Vegetation Disturbance Ecology and Management, Fall 2020
WILD 3100 - Introduction to Wildland Fire, Fall 2020
WILD 6900 - Graduate Special Topics, Fall 2019
WILD 3100 - Introduction to Wildland Fire, Fall 2019
WILD 5710 - Forest Vegetation Disturbance Ecology and Management, Fall 2018
WILD 3100 - Introduction to Wildland Fire, Fall 2018
WILD 5710 - Forest Vegetation Disturbance Ecology and Management, Fall 2017
WILD 5710 - Forest Vegetation Disturbance Ecology and Management, Fall 2017
Graduate Students Mentored
Annie Prescott, Wildland Resources, August 2023
Kirstie Kandaris, Wildland Resources, August 2023
Kipling Klimas, Wildland Resources, July 2020
Alexander Howe, Wildland Resources, August 2018
Nadav Mouallem, Wildland Resources, January 2022 - February 2024
Sarah Kapel, Wildland Resources, January 2022 - December 2023
Megan Whetzel, Wildland Resources, January 2021 - April 2023
Kristin Nesbit, Wildland Resources, August 2020 - December 2022
Jamela Thompson, Wildland Resources, January 2019 - May 2022
Mark Kreider, Wildland Resources, August 2018 - December 2020
Cody Dangerfield, Wildland Resources, April 2019 - October 2020
Graduate Students
Kipling Klimas - PhD
Nadav Mouallem - MS
Alex Howe - PhD