Larissa Yocom

Wildland Resources

Associate Professor


Larissa Yocom

Contact Information

Office Location: NR 236
Email: larissa.yocom@usu.edu
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Educational Background

PhD, Forest Ecology, Northern Arizona University, 2011
Influence of climate and local factors on fire in high-elevation forests of Mexico
Other, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 2006
BA, Public Policy Analysis / Biology, Pomona College, 1999

    Publications | Book Chapters

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Publications | Fact Sheets

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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

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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