Justin S. Crotteau
Research Forester
Forest and Woodland Ecosystems
800 East Beckwith Avenue
Missoula, MT 59801-5801
United States
Missoula, MT 59801-5801
United States
Phone
406-542-4169
0000-0001-8889-822X
Current Research
I investigate forest structural and compositional change (i.e., stand dynamics) to inform management. Active forest management plays an integral role in providing society the resources required to function and flourish. Overall, my research elucidates stand responses to natural disturbances or silvicultural practices in multiple benefit forests, and therefore has implications for timber production, biodiversity, restoration, and resilience to future disturbances.
Research Interest
- Silviculture
- Stand dynamics
- Disturbance ecology
- Emulating natural disturbances
- Natural regeneration
- Fire and fuels
Why This Research Is Important
Understanding how forests change in response to management decisions and natural disturbances is imperative for delivering sustainable benefits to forest land owners. By evaluating forest structural and compositional change in the past we are able to assess the tradeoffs associated with management activity or inactivity. Ultimately, this leads to enhanced understanding of forest dynamics and improved decision making for the future.
Education
- University of Montana, Ph.D., Forest and Conservation Sciences, 2017
- Humboldt State University, M.S., Forestry, 2011
Professional Experience
- Research Forester, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station - Missoula, 2019 - Current
- Research Forester, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station - Juneau, 2018 - 2019
Professional Organizations
- Associate Editor (Editorial Board), Northwest Scientific Association, 2019 - Current
- Member, Association for Fire Ecology, 2017 - Current
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Member,
Society of American Foresters (SAF),
2010 -
Current
-Juneau, Alaska chapter. Chair-elect, 2019. -Montana state chapter. Science and Technology Chair, 2021-present.
Other Publications
- Jang, Woongsoon ; Crotteau, Justin S.; Ortega, Yvette K.; Hood, Sharon M.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Pearson, Dean E.; Lutes, Duncan C.; Sala, Anna. 2021. Native and non-native understory vegetation responses to restoration treatments in a dry conifer forest over 23 years
- Johnson, Adelaide ; Clavijo, Audrey E.; Hamar, Glenn ; Head, Deborah-Aanutein ; Thoms, Andrew ; Price, Wayne ; Lapke, Arianna ; Crotteau, Justin ; Cerveny, Lee K.; Wilmer, Hailey ; Petershoare, Lillian ; Cook, Andrea ; Reid, Sienna. 2021. Wood products for cultural uses: Sustaining native resilience and vital lifeways in Southeast Alaska, USA
- Rue-Johns, Annelise Z.; Crotteau, Justin S.; D'Amore, David V; Barnard, Jeffrey C.. 2021. Biomass regressions for understory species in young-growth Sitka spruce-western hemlock forests of southeast Alaska
- Crotteau, Justin S.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Hood, Sharon M.; Larson, Andrew J.. 2020. Vegetation dynamics following compound disturbance in a dry pine forest: fuel treatment then bark beetle outbreak
- Crotteau, Justin S.; McClellan, Michael H.; De Santo, Toni L.; Spores, Sheila R.; Barnard, Jeffrey C.. 2020. Sharing the load to develop young-growth silviculture for forage and biodiversity in southeast Alaska
- Crotteau, Justin S.; Keyes, Christopher R.. 2020. Restoration treatments improve overstory tree resistance attributes and growth in a ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forest
- Crotteau, Justin ; Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy; Jain, Theresa ; Wright, David ; Jenkins, Melissa ; Keyes, Christopher ; Nagel, Linda M.. 2019. Initiating climate adaptation in a western larch forest
- Crotteau, Justin S.; Rue-Johns, Annelise Z.; Barnard, Jeffrey C.. 2019. Effects on understory biomass and forage 8-10 years after precommercial thinning of Sitka spruce - western hemlock stands in southeast Alaska
- Crotteau, Justin S.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Hood, Sharon M.; Larson, Andrew J.; Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy; Wright, David K.; Egan, Joel M.. 2018. Stand dynamics 11 years after retention harvest in a lodgepole pine forest
- Crotteau, Justin S.; Hood, Sharon M.; Lutes, Duncan C.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Sala, Anna ; Harrington, Michael G.. 2018. Management and succession at the Lick Creek Demonstration/Research Forest, Montana
- Crotteau, Justin S.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Hood, Sharon M.; Affleck, David L. R.; Sala, Anna. 2018. Fuel dynamics after a bark beetle outbreak impacts experimental fuel treatments
- Crotteau, Justin S.; Keyes, Christopher R.; Sutherland, Elaine K.; Wright, David K.; Egan, Joel M.. 2016. Forest fuels and potential fire behaviour 12 years after variable-retention harvest in lodgepole pine
- Crotteau, Justin S.; Ritchie, Martin W.; Varner, J. Morgan; Berrill, John-Pascal. 2015. <em>Quercus kelloggii</em> (Newb.) sprout response to fire severity in northern California
- Crotteau, Justin S.; Ritchie, Martin W.; Varner, J. Morgan. 2014. A Mixed-Effects Heterogeneous Negative Binomial Model for Postfire Conifer Regeneration in Northeastern California, USA
- Crotteau, Justin S.; Ritchie, Martin W.. 2014. Long-term stand growth of interior ponderosa pine stands in response to structural modifications and burning treatments in northeastern California
- Crotteau, Justin; Varner, Morgan; Ritchie, Martin. 2012. Post-fire regeneration across a fire severity gradient in the southern Cascades