Assistant Professor (Practice)
katherine.wollstein [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-573-8924

Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center - Burns

EOARC-Burns Experiment Station 67826-A Hwy 205

EOARC-Burns Experiment Station

67826-A Hwy 205

Burns, OR 97720-9394

Dr. Katie Wollstein’s extension and applied research is focused on social and policy conditions for adaptive co-management of rangeland resources and collective arrangements for managing public goods such as fire resilience. Within the OSU Extension Fire Program, Katie’s programming aims to assist ranchers, agencies, and other stakeholders in leveraging their different tools, capacities, and types of knowledge to create or maintain fire resilience in rangeland settings with multiple landownerships, values, and resource uses.

At OSU

Affiliated with:

Animal & Rangeland Sciences

Headquarters:

Experiment Station

Career Links:

Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences

Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center | Burns

Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Fire Program

OSU Sagebrush Habitat Team

I accept graduate students for Animal and Rangeland Sciences Department

Professional Accomplishments

Education:

- Ph.D. Natural Resources, University of Idaho, 2022
- M.S. Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, 2017
- B.S. Wildlife Ecology, Washington State University, 2011

My Publications

2024

Journal Article

K. Wollstein, Johnson, D. D., and Boyd, C. S., “Assessing Conservation Readiness: The Where, Who, and How of Strategic Conservation in the Sagebrush Biome”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 97, pp. 187 - 199, 2024.

K. E. Doherty, Maestas, J., Remington, T., Naugle, D. E., Boyd, C. S., Wiechman, L., Bedrosian, G., Cahill, M., Coates, P., Crist, M., Holdrege, M. C., Kumar, A. V., Mozelewski, T., O'Connor, R., Olimpi, E. M., Olsen, A., Prochazka, B. G., Reinhardt, J. R., Smith, J. T., Sparklin, W. D., Theobald, D. M., and Wollstein, K., “State of the Sagebrush: Implementing the Sagebrush Conservation Design to Save a Biome”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 97, pp. 1 - 11, 2024.

2023

Journal Article

K. Wollstein and Johnson, D. D., “Integrating Rangeland Fire Planning and Management: The Scales, Actors, and Processes”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 86, pp. 9 - 17, 2023.

2022

Journal Article

J. Manuel Fernández-Guisuraga, Calvo, L., Fernandes, P. M., Hulet, A., Perryman, B., Schultz, B., K. Jensen, S., Enterkine, J., Boyd, C. S., Davies, K. W., Johnson, D. D., Wollstein, K., Price, W. J., and Arispe, S. A., “Estimates of Fine Fuel Litter Biomass in the Northern Great Basin Reveal Increases During Short Fire-Free Intervals Associated with Invasive Annual Grasses”, Science of The Total Environment, p. 160634, 2022.

K. W. Davies, Wollstein, K., Dragt, B., and O'Connor, C., “Grazing Management to Reduce Wildfire Risk in Invasive Annual Grass Prone Sagebrush Communities”, Rangelands, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 194 - 199, 2022.

K. Wollstein, O'Connor, C., Gear, J., and Hoagland, R., “Minimize the Bad Days: Wildland Fire Response and Suppression Success”, Rangelands, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 187 - 193, 2022.

S. A. Arispe, Johnson, D. D., Wollstein, K., Hulet, A., K. Jensen, S., Schultz, B. W., Sprinkle, J. E., McDaniel, M. F., Ryan, T., Mackenzie, M., and Cunningham, S., “Strategic Partnerships to Leverage Small Wins for Fine Fuels Management”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 85, pp. 66 - 75, 2022.

K. Wollstein, Creutzburg, M. K., Dunn, C., Johnson, D. D., O'Connor, C., and Boyd, C. S., “Toward Integrated Fire Management to Promote Ecosystem Resilience”, Rangelands, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 227 - 234, 2022.

2021

Journal Article

C. B. Wardropper, Angerer, J. P., Burnham, M., Fernández-Giménez, M. E., Jansen, V. S., Karl, J. W., Lee, K., and Wollstein, K., “Improving Rangeland Climate Services for Ranchers and Pastoralists with Social Science”, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 52, pp. 82 - 91, 2021.

K. Wollstein, Wardropper, C. B., and Becker, D. R., “Outcome-Based Approaches for Managing Wildfire Risk: Institutional Interactions and Implementation Within the “Gray Zone””, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 77, pp. 101 - 111, 2021.

Outreach and Extension

Extension Service Site Publications

(2024) Life on the Dry Side: Fall 2024 PDF Edition Regional news, ponderosa pine restoration, and what's up with this plant.
(2024) Life on the Dry Side, Spring 2024, pdf edition Forest carbon, fire history reconstruction, log market report, regional updates
(2024) Life on the Dry Side, Spring 2024, interactive edition Forest carbon, fire history reconstruction, log market report, regional updates
(2023) Episode 35: Range In this episode, Jacob Putney is joined by Katie Wollstein to discuss strategies to mitigate fires and invasive plant species in Oregon rangelands.
(2023) Wildfires, Smoke and Livestock webinar recordings Education for livestock producers focusing on preparedness for wildfires, caring for livestock prior to and during wildfires, and providing the most updated information on research on wildfire smoke exposure and its effects on livestock health and performance.
(2023) Wildfires, Smoke and Livestock Webinar: Getting ready Dr. Katie Wollstein talks about wildfire preparedness for livestock producers, focusing on fuels and property management prior to and during wildfire event.
(2022) Range management is (or should be) fire management What rangeland managers do before a wildfire can matter a lot for what happens during and after. That is, whether and how a site recovers after it burns, and how likely it is to burn again in a future wildfire. Rangeland resilience to fire and resistance to annual grass invasion are related to the occurrence and outcomes of wildfire. How can rangeland managers use these concepts to reduce risk and limit some negative impacts when wildfires occur?
(2022) Reduce wildfire risk and improve fire response: Coordinating planning, funding and implementation Wildfire risk reduction typically must occur at a scale beyond individual parcels. Learn how one rangeland fire protection association assembled a coalition to create a fire prevention and management plan.
(2022) Episode 19: OSU Extension Fire Program Team In this episode, Lauren Grand gets to know the members of the OSU Extension Fire Program.
(2021) 7 Top Tips for the Effective Use of Social Science in Your Work People working in natural resources or public policy often turn to science when making decisions. But what about social science? Here are seven simple tips for using the so-called "soft" sciences to help bolster your research and better understand the people part of the equation.
(2021) It takes a village! (Recorded) This first webinar kicked off with an introduction to fire risk, community preparedness, and knowing your resources.

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Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center - Burns

EOARC-Burns Experiment Station 67826-A Hwy 205

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