Jon Paul Pierre
Research Interests
Advancing soil moisture monitoring and mesonet systems to improve natural resource management, conservation planning, and climate modeling capabilities
Mapping, quantifying, and forecasting land use associated with anthropogenic systems
Altered land reclamation and ecosystem restoration
Groundwater and surface water characterization and interaction
Education
M.S. Energy and Earth Resources, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014
B.S. Environmental Protection, West Virginia University, 1995
Professional History
Research Scientist Associate IV, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, 2024-present
District Conservationist, USDA-NRCS, Adams, Grant, and Kittitas Counties, WA, 2023-2024
District Conservationist, USDA-NRCS, Huron County, MI, 2021-2023
Research Scientist Associate IV, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, 2019-2021
Research Scientist Associate III, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, 2016-2019
Research Scientist Associate II, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, 2014-2016
Graduate Research Assistant, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, 2012-2014
General Manager, Sheerlund Forests Inc., Reading, PA, 2000-2012
Farm Manager, Robert Baker Nursery Company, West Suffield, CT, 1999-2000
Supervisor, Greenleaf Nursery Company, Tarboro, NC, 1998-1999
Department Manager, Ingleside Plantation Nurseries, Oak Grove, VA, 1995-1998
Soil Conservation Aid, USDA-NRCS, Jefferson County, WV, 1995
Selected Publications
Wolaver B.D., Reynolds L.V., Caldwell T.G., Bongiovanni T., Pierre J.P., Breton C., Mayes K.B., 2024,Hydrologic changes in the Brazos River Basin and implications for Great Plains fishes, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 629, 2024, 130351, ISSN 0022-1694, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130351.
Perkins J.C., Gibson A.A., Wolaver B.D., Labay B.J., Pierre J.P., and Dowler R.C., 2022, An evaluation of detection methods for the plains spotted skunk. Wildlife Society Bulletin 46:. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1376
Smith F.S., Pierre J.P., Young M.H., Devitt D.A., 2020, Estimation of Future Native Grass Seed Demand for Restoration of Oil and Gas-Energy Sprawl in West Texas, USA. Ecological Restoration v. 38, no. 4, p. 237-245.
Devitt D.A., Young M.H., Pierre J.P., 2020, Assessing the potential for greater solar development in West Texas, USA. Energy Strategy Reviews 29:100490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2020.100490.
Caldwell T.G., Wolaver B.D., Bongiovanni T., Pierre J.P., Robertson S., Abolt C. J., Scanlon B.R., 2020, Spring discharge and thermal regime of a groundwater dependent ecosystem in an arid karst environment. Journal of Hydrology 587:124947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124947.
Pierre J.P., Andrews J. R., Young M. H., Sun A. Y., and Wolaver B. D., 2020, Projected Landscape Impacts from Oil and Gas Development Scenarios in the Permian Basin, USA. Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01308-2.
Hibbits, T. J., Ryberg, W. A., Harvey, J. A., Voelker, G., Lawing, A. M., Adams, C. S., Neuharth, D. B., Dittmer, D. E., Duran, C. M., Wolaver, B. D., Pierre, J. P., Labay, B. J., and LaDuc, T. J., 2019, Phylogenetic structure of Holbrookia lacerata (Cope 1880) (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae): one species or two?: Zootaxa, v. 4619, no. 1, p. 139–154, http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.6.
Pierre J.P., Wolaver, B. D., Labay, B. J., LaDuc, T. J., Duran, C. M., Ryberg, W. A., Hibbitts, T. J., and Andrews, J. R., 2018, Comparison of recent oil and gas, wind energy, and other anthropogenic landscape alteration factors in Texas through 2014: Environmental Management, v. 61, no. 5, p. 805–818, http://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-018-1000-2.
Wolaver, B. D., Pierre, J.P., Ikonnikova, S., Andrews, J. R., McDaid, G., Ryberg, W. A., Hibbitts, T. J., Duran, C. M., Labay, B. J., and LaDuc, T. J., 2018, An improved approach for forecasting ecological impacts from future drilling in unconventional shale oil and gas plays: Environmental Management, v. 62, no. 2, p. 323–333, http://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-018-1042-5.
Wolaver, B. D., Pierre, J.P., Labay, B. J., LaDuc, T. J., Duran, C. M., Ryberg, W. A., and Hibbitts, T. J., 2018, An approach for evaluating changes in land-use from energy sprawl and other anthropogenic activities with implications for biotic resource management: Environmental Earth Sciences, v. 77, no. 5, p. 171, http://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7323-8.
Ryberg, W. A., Wolaver, B. D., Prestridge, H. L., Labay, B. J., Pierre, J.P., Costley, R. A., Adams, C. S., Bowers, B. C., and Hibbitts, T. J., 2017, Habitat modeling and conservation of the Western Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia miaria): Herpetological Conservation and Biology, v. 12, no. 2, p. 307-320.
Pierre J.P., Young, M. H., Wolaver, B. D., Andrews, J. R., and Breton, C., 2017, Time series analysis of energy production and associated landscape fragmentation in the Eagle Ford Shale Play: Environmental Management, v. 60, no. 5, p. 852-866, http://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-017-0925-1.
Pierre J.P., Abolt, C. J., and Young, M. H., 2015, Impacts from above-ground activities in the Eagle Ford Shale play on landscapes and hydrologic flows, La Salle County, Texas: Environmental Management, v. 55, no. 6, p. 1262-1275, http://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-015-0492-2.
