James R. Hatten

Email: jhatten@usgs.gov

M.A. Rural Geography, Northern Arizona University. Currently a Geographer and GIS Coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey's Columbia River Research Lab, Cook, Washington. Past positions include Senior GIS Analyst for the Arizona Game and Fish Department's Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program, GIS Coordinator for Peabody Western Coal Company, a Biologist for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and a Foreign Fishery Observer for NMFS.

Jim Hatten began his career with National Marine Fisheries Service monitoring foreign fisherman in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. After Alaska Jim conducting smolt trapping and spawner ground surveys for the Washington Department of Fisheries on the Olympic Peninsula. Jim next worked 6 years as a TFW (Timber/Fish/Wildlife) Biologist for the Hoh Indian Tribe monitoring forest practices and their potential impacts to water quality and salmonid habitat within the Hoh River Basin, Washington. Jim established an extensive water-quality monitoring program for the Hoh Tribe, assisted in the development of the Hoh Resource Management Plan, and inventoried and monitored hundreds of stream miles.

After studying GIS in graduate school, Jim worked six years for the Arizona Game and Fish Department analyzing the distribution patterns and habitat requirements of endangered species. Jim created habitat suitability models for numerous endangered species in different taxonomic groups including the Mount Graham red squirrel, jaguar, southwestern willow flycatcher, and native fishes of the Little Colorado River Basin. Jim used cell-based modeling techniques to create habitat suitability maps for endangered species and remote sensing to quantify changes in critical habitats. Jim's GIS-based models have been used to determine how much willow flycatcher breeding habitat would be lost if reservoir levels were raised, and to identify and prioritize costly ground-based surveys.

Representative Publications:

Hatten, J.R. and R. Conrad. 1995. A comparison of summer stream temperatures in unmanaged and managed sub-basins of Washington's western Olympic Peninsula. Project Report Series #4, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Olympia, WA. 52 pp.

Hatten, J.R. 2000. A pattern recognition model for the Mount Graham red squirrel. AGFD, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program Technical Report 160, Phoenix, AZ. 32 pp.

Hatten, J.R. 2001. Cell-based fisheries habitat modeling. Chapter 3 in: The integrated fisheries management plan for the Little Colorado River Basin. AGFD, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program Technical Report 146, Phoenix, AZ. 52 pp.

Hatten, J.R., L. Averill-Murray and B. Van Pelt. 2003. Characterizing and mapping potential jaguar habitat in Arizona. AGFD, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program Technical Report 203, Phoenix, AZ. 32 pp.

Hatten, J.R. and C. Paradzick. 2003. A multiscaled model of southwestern willow flycatcher breeding habitat. In prep: Journal of Wildlife Management.

Mailing Address:

U.S. Geological Survey
Western Fisheries Research Center
Columbia River Research Laboratory
5501-A Cook-Underwood Road
Cook, Washington 98606-9717

Phone: 509-538-2299
Fax: 509-538-2843