Refereed Journal Articles
Kang, H., Cole, R.P., Miralha, L., Compton, J.E., and Bladon, K.D. In review. Hydrologic responses to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Hydrology.
Myers-Pigg, A., Grieger, S., Roebuck Jr., J.A., Barnes, M., Bladon, K.D., Bailey, J., Barton, R., Chu, R., Graham, E., Homolka, K., Kew, W., Lipton, A., Scheibe, T., Toyoda, J., and Wagner, S. In review. Laboratory simulated burned plants and their leachates are not reflective of open air burn chemistries. Environmental Science & Technology.
Roon, D.A., Bellmore, J.R., Benjamin, J.R., Robinne, F.-N., Flitcroft, R.L., Compton, J.E., Ebersole, J.L., Dunham, J.B., and Bladon, K.D. In review. Linking fire, food webs, and fish in stream ecosystems. Ecosystems.
Wampler, K.A., Bladon, K.D., and Myers-Pigg, A. In review. The influence of burn severity on dissolved organic carbon concentrations across a stream network differs based on seasonal wetness conditions. Biogeosciences.
Jarecke, K.M., Bladon, K.D., Meinzer, F.C., and Wondzell, S.M. 2024. Impact of rainfall and vapor pressure deficit on latewood growth and water stress in Douglas-fir in a Mediterranean climate. Forest Ecology and Management. 551: 121529. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121529. View
Miralha, L., Segura, C., and Bladon, K.D. 2024. Stream temperature responses to forest harvesting with different riparian buffer prescriptions in Northern California. Forest Ecology and Management. 552: 121581. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121581. View
Beyene, M.T., Leibowitz, S.G., Dunn, C.J., and Bladon, K.D. 2023. An empirical assessment of the impacts of wildfires and prescribed fires on trace element concentrations in Western US streams. Science of the Total Environment. 863: 160731. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160731. View
Graham, E.B., Song, H.-S., Grieger, S., Garayburu-Caruso, V.A., Stegen, J.C., Bladon, K.D., and Myers-Pigg, A. 2023. Potential bioavailability of representative pyrogenic organic matter compounds in comparison to natural dissolved organic matter pools. Biogeosciences. 20: 3449-3457. doi: 10.5194/bg-20-3449-2023. View
Jarecke, K.M., Hawkins, L.R., Bladon, K.D., and Wondzell, S.M. 2023. Carbon uptake by Douglas-fir is more sensitive to increased temperature and vapor pressure deficit than reduced rainfall in the western Cascade Mountains, Oregon, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 329: 109267. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109267. View
Miralha, L., Wissler, A.D., Segura, C., and Bladon, K.D. 2023. Characterizing stream temperature hysteresis in forested headwater streams. Hydrological Processes. 37(1): e14795. doi: 10.1002/hyp.14795. View
Robinne, F.-N., Lamache, C., Thompson, D.K., Leach, J.A., and Bladon, K.D. 2023. Canada Source Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A catchment dataset for the protection of Canada's municipal water supply. Scientific Data. 10: 807. doi: 10.1038/s41597-023-02732-9. View
Wampler, K.A., Bladon, K.D., and Faramarzi, M. 2023. Predicting wildfire effects on streamflow using hydrologic modeling. Journal of Hydrology. 621: 129585. DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129585. View
Ebel, B.A., Wagenbrenner, J.W., Kinoshita, A.M., and Bladon, K.D. 2022. Hydrologic recovery after wildfire: A framework of approaches, metrics, criteria, trajectories, and timescales. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics. 70(4): 388-400. doi: 10.2478/johh-2022-0033. View
Robinne, F.-N., Paquette, C., Hallema, D.W., Bladon, K.D., and Parisien, M.-A. 2022. Baseline geographic information on wildfire-watershed risk in Canada: Needs, gaps, and opportunities. Canadian Water Resources Journal. 47(1): 1-18. doi: 10.1080/07011784.2022.2032367. View
Roebuck Jr., J.A., Bladon, K.D., Donahue, D., Graham, E.B., Grieger, S., Morgenstern, K., Norwood, M., Wampler, K.A., Erkert, L., Renteria, L., Danczak, R., Fricke, S., and Myers-Pigg, A. 2022. Spatiotemporal controls on the delivery of dissolved organic matter to streams following a wildfire. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(16): e2022GL099535. doi: 10.1029/2022GL099535. View
Shuman, J.K., Balch, J.K., Barnes, R.T., Higuera, P.E., Roos, C.I., Schwilk, D.W., Stavros, E.N., Banerjee, T., Bela, M., Bendix, J., Bertolino, S., Bililign, S., Bladon, K.D., Brando, P., Breidenthal, R.E., Buma, B., Calhoun, D., Carvalho, L.M.V., Cattau, M., Cawley, K.M., Chandra, S., Chipman, M.L., Cobian, J., Conlisk, E., Coop, J., Cullen, A., Davis, K.T., Dayalu, A., Dolman, M., Ellsworth, L.M., Franklin, S., Guiterman, C.H., Hamilton, M., Hanan, E.J., Hansen, W.D., Hantson, S., Harvey, B.J., Holz, A., Huang, T., Hurteau, M.D., Ilangakoon, N.T., Jennings, M., Jones, C., Klimaszewski-Patterson, A., Kobziar, L.N., Kominoski, J., Kosovic, B., Krawchuk, M.A., Laris, P., Leonard, J., Loria-Salazar, S.M., Lucash, M., Mahmoud, H., Margolis, E., Maxwell, T., McCarty, J., McWethy, D.B., Meyer, R., Miesel, J.R., Moser, W.K., Nagy, R.C., Niyogi, D., Palmer, H.M., Pellegrini, A., Poulter, B., Robertson, K., Rocha, A., Sadegh, M., De Sales, F., Santos, F., Scordo, F., Sexton, J.O., Sharma, A.S., Smith, A.M.S., Soja, A., Still, C., Swetnam, T., Syphard, A.D., Tingey, M.W., Tohidi, A., Trugman, A., Turetsky, M., Varner, J.M., Wang, Y., Whitman, T., Yelenik, S., Zhang, X. 2022. Reimagine fire science for the Anthropocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus. 1 (3): pgac115. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac115. View
Warren, D.R., Roon, D.A., Swartz, A., and Bladon, K.D. 2022. Loss of riparian forests from wildfire led to increased stream temperatures in summer, yet salmonid fish persisted. Ecosphere. 13(9): e4233. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4233. View
Wissler, A.D., Segura, C., and Bladon, K.D. 2022. Comparing headwater stream thermal sensitivity across two distinct regions in Northern California. Hydrological Processes. 36(3): e14517. doi: 10.1002/hyp.14517 View
Bateman, D.S., Chelgren, N.D., Gresswell, R.E., Dunham, J.B., Hockman-Wert, D.P., Leer, D.W., and Bladon, K.D. 2021. Fish response to successive clearcuts in a second-growth forest from the central Coast Range of Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management. 496: 119447. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119447. View
Dymond, S.F., Richardson, P.W., Webb, L.A., Keppeler, E.T., Arismendi, I., Bladon, K.D., Cafferata, P.H., Dahlke, H.E., Longstreth, D.L., Brand, P.K., Ode, P.R., Surfleet, C.G., and Wagenbrenner, J.W. 2021. A field-based experiment on the influence of stand density reduction on watershed processes at the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds in Northern California. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 4: 691732. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.691732. View
Dymond, S.F., Wagenbrenner, J.W., Keppeler, E.T., and Bladon, K.D. 2021. Dynamic hillslope soil moisture in a Mediterranean montane watershed. Water Resources Research. 57(11): e2020WR029170. doi: 10.1029/2020WR029170. View
Jarecke, K.M., Bladon, K.D., and Wondzell, S.M. 2021. The influence of local and nonlocal factors on soil water content in a steep forested catchment. Water Resources Research. 57(5): e2020WR028343. doi: 10.1029/2020WR028343. View
Richardson, P.W., Seehafer, J.E., Keppeler, E.T., Sutherland, D.G., Wagenbrenner, J.W., Bladon, K.D., Dymond, S.F., Cole, R.P. 2021. Fifty-eight years and counting of watershed science at the Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds in northern California. Hydrological Processes. 35(6): e14207. doi: 10.1002/hyp.14207 View
Robinne, F.-N., Hallema, D.W., Bladon, K.D., Flannigan, M.D., Boisrame, G., Brethaut, C.M., Doerr, S.H., Di Baldassarre, G., Gallagher, L., Hohner, A.K., Khan, S.J., Kinoshita, A.M., Mordecai, R., Nunes, J.P., Nyman, P., Santin, C., Sheridan, G., Stoof, C.R., Thompson, M.P., Waddington, J.M., Wei, Y. 2021. Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply. Hydrological Processes. 35(5): e14086. doi: 10.1002/hyp.14086. View
Wagenbrenner, J.W., Ebel, B.A., Bladon, K.D., and Kinoshita, A.M. 2021. A systematic review of post-wildfire hydrologic recovery in Mediterranean climates: Current knowledge, gaps, and opportunities. Journal of Hydrology. 602: 126772. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126772. View
Wilson, A.C., Nolin, A.W., and Bladon, K.D. 2021. Assessing the role of snow cover for post-fire revegetation across the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 126: e2021JG006465. doi: 10.1029/2021JG006465. View
Cole, R.P., Bladon, K.D., Wagenbrenner, J.W., and Coe, D.B.R. 2020. Hillslope sediment production after wildfire and post-fire forest management in northern California. Hydrological Processes. 34(26): 5242-5259. doi: 10.1002/hyp.13932. View
Loiselle, D., Du, X., Alessi, D.S., Bladon, K.D., and Faramarzi, M. 2020. Projecting impacts of wildfire and climate change on streamflow, sediment, and organic carbon yields in a forested watershed. Journal of Hydrology. 590: 125403. View
Matosziuk, L.M., Hatten, J.A., Gallo, A., Bladon, K.D., Ruud, D., Bowman, M., Egan, J., Heckman, K., SanClements, M., Strahm, B., and Weiglein, T., 2020. Short-term effects of recent fire on the production and translocation of pyrogenic carbon in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 3: 6. View
Niemeyer, R.J., Bladon, K.D., and Woodsmith, R.D. 2020. Long-term hydrologic recovery after wildfire and post-fire forest management in the interior Pacific Northwest. Hydrological Processes. 34(5): 1182-1197. View
Pate, A.A., Segura, C., and Bladon, K.D. 2020. Streamflow permanence in headwater streams across four geomorphic provinces in Northern California. Hydrological Processes. 34(23): 4487-4504. doi: 10.1002/hyp.13889. View
Puntenney-Desmond, K.C., Bladon, K.D., and Silins, U. 2020. Runoff and sediment production from harvested hillslopes and the riparian area during high intensity rainfall events. Journal of Hydrology. 582: 124452. View
Rachels, A.A., Bladon, K.D., Bywater-Reyes, S., and Hatten, J.A. 2020. Quantifying effects of forest harvesting on sources of suspended sediment to an Oregon Coast Range headwater stream. Forest Ecology and Management. 466: 118123. View
Robinne, F.-N., Hallema, D.W., Bladon, K.D., and Buttle, J.M. 2020. Wildfire impacts on hydrologic ecosystem services in North American high-latitude forests: A scoping review. Journal of Hydrology. 581: 124360. View
Segura, C., Bladon, K.D., Hatten, J.A., Jones, J.A., Hale, V.C., and Ice, G.G. 2020. Long-term effects of forest harvesting on summer low flow deficits in the Coast Range of Oregon. Journal of Hydrology. 585: 124749. View
Bladon, K.D., Bywater-Reyes, S., LeBoldus, J.M., Keriö, S., Segura, C., Ritóková, G., and Shaw, D.C. 2019. Increased streamflow in catchments affected by a forest disease epidemic. Science of the Total Environment. 691: 112-123. View
Robinne, F.-N., Bladon, K.D., Silins, U., Emelko, M.B., Flannigan, M.D., Parisien, M.-A., Wang, X., Kienzle, S.W., and Dupont, D.D. 2019. A regional-scale index for assessing the exposure of drinking-water sources to wildfires. Forests. 10: 384. View
Bladon, K.D. 2018. Rethinking wildfire and forest watershed management. Science. 359(6379): 1001-1002. View
Bladon, K.D., Segura, C., Cook, N.A., Bywater-Reyes, S., and Reiter, M. 2018. A multi-catchment analysis of headwater and downstream temperature effects from contemporary forest harvesting. Hydrological Processes. 32(2): 293-304. View
Bywater-Reyes, S., Bladon, K.D., and Segura, C. 2018. Relative influence of landscape variables and discharge on suspended sediment yields in temperate mountain catchments. Water Resources Research. 54(7): 5126-5142. View
Hallema, D.W., Robinne, F.-N., and Bladon, K.D. 2018. Reframing the challenge of global wildfire threats to clean water. Earth's Future. 6(6): 772-776. View
Hallema, D.W., Sun, G., Caldwell, P.V., Norman, S.P., Cohen, E.C., Liu, Y., Bladon, K.D., and McNulty, S.G. 2018. Burned forests impact water supplies. Nature Communications. 9: 1307. View
Hatten, J.A., Segura, C., Bladon, K.D., Hale, V.C., Ice, G.G., and Stednick, J.D. 2018. Effects of contemporary forest harvesting on suspended sediment in the Oregon Coast Range: Alsea Watershed Study Revisited. Forest Ecology and Management. 408: 238-248. View
McDonnell, J.J., Evaristo, J., Bladon, K.D., Buttle, J.M., Creed, I.F., Dymond, S.F., Grant, G.E., Iroume, A., Jackson, C.R., Jones, J.A., Maness, T.C., McGuire, K.J., Scott, D.F., Segura, C., Sidle, R.C., and Tague, A.N. 2018. Water sustainability and watershed storage. Nature Sustainability. 1: 378-379. View
Robinne, F.-N., Bladon, K.D., Miller, C., Parisien, M.-A., Mathieu, J., and Flannigan, M.D. 2018. A spatial evaluation of global wildfire-water risks to human and natural systems. Science of the Total Environment. 610-611: 1193-1206. View
Bywater-Reyes, S., Segura, C., and Bladon, K.D. 2017. Geology and geomorphology control suspended sediment yield and modulate increases following timber harvest in temperate headwater streams. Journal of Hydrology. 548: 754-769. View
Hallema, D.W., Sun, G., Bladon, K.D., Norman, S.P., Caldwell, P.V., Liu, Y., and McNulty, S.G. 2017. Regional patterns of post-wildfire streamflow in the western United States: The importance of scale-specific connectivity. Hydrological Processes. 31: 2582-2598. View
Bladon, K.D., Cook, N.A., Light, J.T., and Segura, C. 2016. A catchment-scale assessment of stream temperature response to contemporary forest harvesting in the Oregon Coast Range. Forest Ecology and Management. 379(1): 153-164. View
Emelko, M.B., Stone, M., Silins, U., Allin, D., Collins, A.L., Williams, C.H.S., Martens, A.M., and Bladon, K.D. 2016. Sediment-phosphorus dynamics can shift aquatic ecology and cause downstream legacy effects after wildfire in large river systems. Global Change Biology. 22(3): 1168-1184. View
Robinne, F.-N., Miller, C., Parisien, M.-A., Emelko, M.B., Bladon, K.D., Silins, U., and Flannigan, M. 2016. A global index for mapping the exposure of water resources to wildfire. Forests. 7(1): 22. View
Silins, U., Anderson, A., Bladon, K.D., Emelko, M.B., Stone, M., Spencer, S.A., Williams, C.H.S., Wagner, M.J., Martens, A.M., and Hawthorn, K. 2016. Southern Rockies Watershed Project. The Forestry Chronicle. 92(1): 39-42. View
Spencer, S.A., Anderson, A., and Bladon, K.D. 2016. Long-term forest watershed research in Alberta. The Forestry Chronicle. 92(1): 3-5. View
Faramarzi, M., Srinivasan, R., Iravani, M., Bladon, K.D., Abbaspour, K.C., Zehnder, A.J.B., and Goss, G. 2015. Setting up a hydrological model: Data discrimination analyses prior to calibration. Environmental Modelling and Software. 74: 48-65. View
Bladon, K.D., Emelko, M.B., Silins, U., and Stone, M. 2014. Wildfire and the future of water supply. Environmental Science & Technology. 48: 8936-8943. View
Silins, U., Bladon, K.D., Kelly, E.N., Esch, E., Spence, J.R., Stone, M., Emelko, M.B., Boon, S., Wagner, M.J., Williams, C.H.S., and Tichkowsky, I. 2014. Five-year legacy of wildfire and salvage logging impacts on nutrient runoff and aquatic plant, macroinvertebrate, and fish productivity. Ecohydrology. 7(6): 1508-1523. View
Wagner, M.J., Bladon, K.D., Silins, U., Williams, C.H.S., Martens, A.M., Boon, S., MacDonald, R.J., Stone, M., Emelko, M.B., and Anderson, A. 2014. Catchment-scale stream temperature response to land disturbance by wildfire governed by surface-subsurface energy exchange and atmospheric controls. Journal of Hydrology. 517: 328-338. View
Bothwell, M.L., Kilroy, C., Taylor, B.W., James, D.A., Gillis, C-A., Bladon, K.D., and Silins, U. 2012. Iron not involved in Didymosphenia geminata bloom success in phosphorus-poor rivers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 69(11): 1723-1727. View
Emelko, M.B., Silins, U., Bladon, K.D., and Stone, M. 2011. Implications of land disturbance on drinking water treatability in a changing climate: demonstrating the need for “source water supply and protection” strategies. Water Research. 45(2): 461-472. View
Silins, U., Stone, M., Emelko, M.B., and Bladon, K.D. 2009. Sediment production following severe wildfire and post-fire salvage logging in the Rocky Mountain headwaters of the Oldman River Basin, Alberta. Catena. 79(3): 189-197. View
Bladon, K.D., Silins, U., Wagner, M.J., Stone, M., Emelko, M.B., Devito, K.J., Mendoza, C.A., and Boon, S. 2008. Wildfire impacts on nitrogen export and production from headwater streams in southern Alberta's Rocky Mountains. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 38: 2359-2371. View
Bladon, K.D., Lieffers, V.J., Silins, U., Landhäusser, S.M., and Blenis, P.V. 2008. Elevated mortality of residual trees following variable retention harvesting of mixedwood forest. The Forestry Chronicle. 84: 70-75. View
Silins, U., Stone, M., Emelko, M., and Bladon, K. 2008. Impacts of wildfire and post-fire salvage logging on sediment transfer in headwater regions of the Oldman Watershed, Alberta. Sediment Dynamics in Changing Environments. IAHS Red Book Series. 325: 510-515. View
Bladon, K.D., Silins, U., Landhäusser, S.M., Messier, C., and Lieffers, V.J. 2007. Carbon isotope discrimination and water stress in trembling aspen following variable retention harvesting. Tree Physiology. 27: 1065-1071. View
Bladon, K.D., Silins, U., Landhäusser, S.M., and Lieffers, V.J. 2006. Differential transpiration by three boreal tree species in response to increased evaporative demand after variable retention harvesting. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 138: 104-119. View
Refereed Technical and Extension Publications
Hallema, D.W., Sun, G., Caldwell, P.V., Robinne, F.-N., Bladon, K.D., Norman, S.P., Liu, Y., Cohen, E.C. and McNulty, S.G. 2019. Wildland fire impacts on water yield across the contiguous United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-238. U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC. 109 pp. View
Wiensczyk, A., Gayton, D., Redding, T., Bladon, K., Leach, J., Swift, K., Ran, S., Krishnaswamy, A., Simmons, E., Joseph, L., Almuedo, P.L., and Cuzner, D. 2012. Climate-induced changes to natural disturbance regimes and management responses in British Columbia: Impacts on natural and human systems. FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources, Kamloops, B.C., FORREX Series 27. 28 pp.
Pike, R.G., Redding, T., Moore, R.D., Winkler, R.D., and Bladon, K.D. (editors). 2010. Compendium of forest hydrology and geomorphology in British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range, Forest Science Program, Victoria, B.C. and FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources, Kamloops, B.C. Land Management Handbook 66. 805 pp. View Vol. 1 View Vol. 2
Silins, U., Bladon, K.D., Anderson, A., Diiwu, J. Emelko, M.B., Stone, M., and Boon, S. 2009. Southern Rockies Watershed Project: How wildfire and salvage logging affect water quality and aquatic ecology. Streamline. 12(2):1–7. View
Boon, S., Davis, R., Bladon, K., and Wagner, M. 2009. Comparison of field techniques for measuring snow density at a point. Streamline. 12(2):8–12. View
Silins, U., Bladon, K.D., Stone, M., Emelko, M.B., and Boon, S. 2009. Southern Rockies Watershed Project: Impact of natural disturbance by wildfire on hydrology, water quality, and aquatic ecology. Phase I Final Report (2004-2008). Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. Edmonton, AB. 89 pp.
Bladon, K.D., and Redding, T. 2009. Wildfire and watershed hydrology: Key findings from a workshop. Streamline. 13(1):1-4. View
Redding, T., and Bladon, K.D. 2009. Mountain pine beetle and watershed management. Streamline. 13:29-31. View
Bladon, K.D. 2009. One Watershed – One Water Conference Summary. LINK. 4:1–2.
Bladon, K.D., and Silins, U. 2008. Linking silviculture to watershed management. Canadian Silviculture. August 2008:6–10. View
Emelko, M.B., Silins, U., Bladon, K.D., and Stone, M. 2008. Drinking water treatability implications of severe wildfire. In Proceedings of the AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference. Denver, CO.
Bladon, K.D., Rothwell, R., and Spillios, L. 2008. Chapter 12: Hydrologic concerns of cold climate harvesting. In Handbook of Control and Mitigation Measures for Silvicultural Operations. National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. (NCASI). Montreal, QC.
Bladon, K.D., Rothwell, R., and Spillios, L. 2008. Chapter 9: Control and mitigation measures for fire: Hydrologic considerations. In Handbook of Control and Mitigation Measures for Silvicultural Operations. National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. (NCASI). Montreal, QC.
Bladon, K.D., and Lieffers, V.J. 2008. What happens to structure trees that are left in variable retention cutovers? Sustainable Forest Management Network. Research Note No. 28.
Bladon, K.D., Silins, U., Lieffers, V.J., and Landhäusser, S.M. 2008. Lessons learned from observations of mortality of residual trees following variable retention in west-central Alberta. In Overcoming Obstacles to Variable Retention in Forest Management: Science to Management Forum Proceedings, September 25–27, 2007. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management. 8(3): 73-76.
Bladon, K.D. 2006. Stress and mortality of four boreal tree species following variable retention harvesting. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
Bladon, K.D., Lieffers, V.J., Silins, U., Landhäusser, S. 2006. Residual trees are under water stress in variable retention stands. Centre for Enhanced Forest Management. Advances in Forestry Research. Research Note 08/06.
Bladon, K.D. 2004. Brown trees in green-tree retention. Environmental Research News in Alberta. 5(1): 7-8.