Management Mechanical

Alexander G. Fernald

Department of Animal and Range Sciences

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003

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RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Research interests include: Effects of surface water/groundwater exchange on water availability, water

quality, and floodplain ecosystem functions; and forest and rangeland vegetation management effects

on infiltration, runoff, water yield, sediment yield, and nonpoint source pollution.

Teaching includes: Watershed Management; Watershed Methods and Measurements; Theory and

Application of Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction Simulation Models; and Forestry and Society.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 1997 Colorado State University MAJOR: Watershed Science

M.E.M. 1993 Duke University MAJOR: Water and Air Resources

B.A. 1987 Stanford University MAJOR: International Resource Conservation

EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Watershed Management, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico

State University, 2007-present.

Fulbright Scholar, Universidad Nacional Patagonica, Argentina. 2008.

Assistant Professor of Watershed Management, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico

State University, 2001-2007.

Extension Natural Resource Specialist, College of Agriculture and Home Economics, New Mexico State

University, 2001.

Fulbright Scholar, Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile, 2000

National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate, U.S. EPA, Corvallis, OR, 1997-2000.

HONORS

Fulbright Scholar, Universidad Nacional Patagonica, Argentina, 2008.

Team award, Rio Grande Basin Initiative, New Mexico State University, 2005.

Fulbright Scholar, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile, 2000.

Outstanding Graduate Student, Colorado State University, College of Natural Resources, 1996.

PUBLICATIONS

Fernald, A.G., S.Y. Cevik, C.G. Ochoa, V.C. Tidwell, J.P. King, and S.J. Guldan. River hydrograph

retransmission functions of irrigated valley surface water-groundwater interactions. (In

preparation for submission to the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management).

Arum, J.L., D. Rivera, E. Holzapfel, P. Boochs, M. Billib, and A. Fernald. Effect of irrigation canal

network on surface water and groundwater connections in the lower valley of the Cachapoal River,

Chile. Journal of Chilean Agricultural Science. (In press)

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Gardu o, H., A.Cibils, D. VanLeeuwen, and A. Fernald. Response of understory vegetation and

soil moisture to infrequent heavy defoliation of chemically thinned juniper woodland.

Journal of Arid Environments. (In press).

Mason, G. J.,T. T. Baker,D. S. Cram, J. C. Boren, A. G. Fernald, and D. M. VanLeeuwen. 2009.

Mechanical fuel treatment effects on vegetation in a south central New Mexico dry mixed

conifer forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 257:868-875.

Helmus, A.M., A.G. Fernald, D.M. VanLeeuwen, A.L.Ulery, T.T. Baker, and L.B. Abbot.

2009. Surface water seepage effects on shallow ground-water quality along the Rio Grande in

northern New Mexico. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 45(2):407-

418.

Ochoa, C.G., A.G. Fernald, S.J. Guldan, and M.K. Shukla. 2009. Water movement through a

shallow vadose zone--A field irrigation experiment. Vadose Zone Journal. 8(2).

Seedang, S., A.G. Fernald, R.M. Adams, and D.H.Landers. 2008. Economic analysis of water

temperature reduction practices in a large river floodplain: an exploratory study of the

Willamette River, Oregon. River Research and Applications. DOI: 10.1002/rra

Fernald, A.G., T.T. Baker, and S.J. Guldan. 2007. Hydrologic, Riparian, and Agroecosystem Functions

of Traditional Acequia Irrigation Systems. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 30(2):147-171.

Ortiz, M.A., C. Brown, A. Fernald, T. Baker, B. Creel, and S. Guldan. 2007. Land use change impacts on

acequia water resources in northern New Mexico. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and

Education. 137: 47-54.

Cram, D.S., T.T. Baker, A.G. Fernald, A. Madrid, and B. Rummer. 2007. Mechanical thinning impacts

on runoff, infiltration, and sediment yield following fuel reduction treatments in a southwestern dry

mixed conifer forest. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 62 (5):359-366.

Cram, D.S., T.T. Baker, A.G. Fernald, A. Madrid, and B. Rummer. 2007. Reducing the impacts

of mechanical thinning in a southwestern forest. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 62

(5): 121 A.

Mason, G.J., T.T. Baker, D.S. Cram, J.C. Boren, A.G. Fernald, and D.M. VanLeeuwen. 2007.

Mechanical fuel treatment effects on fuel loads and indices of crown fire potential in a south central

New Mexico dry mixed conifer forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 251:195 204.

Ochoa, C. G, Fernald, A. G., Guldan, S. J., Shukla, M. K. 2007. Deep Percolation and its effects on

shallow groundwater level rise following flood. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural

and Biological Engineers. Vol. 49(6).

Fernald, A.G., D.H. Landers, and P.J. Wigington, Jr. 2006. Water Quality Changes in Hyporheic Flow

Paths Between a Large Gravel Bed River and Off-Channel Alcoves in Oregon, USA. River Research

and Applications 22:1-14.

Madrid, A., A.G. Fernald, T.T. Baker, and D.M. VanLeeuwen. 2006. Evaluation of silvicultural

treatment effects on infiltration, runoff, sediment yield, and soil moisture in a mixed conifer New

Mexico forest. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61(3): 159-168.

Smith, L. and A. Fernald. 2006. The Ineffectiveness of Using the National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 to Implement Environmental Enhancement in the Rio Grande Canalization Project. Reviews in

Fisheries Science 14(1-2): 139-167.

Fernald, A. and S. Guldan. 2006. Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions Between Irrigation Ditches,

Alluvial Aquifers, and Streams. Reviews in Fisheries Science 14(1-2): 79-89.

Fernald, A. and S. Guldan. 2004. River, Acequia and Shallow Groundwater Interactions. Water Task

Force Report 2. New Mexico State University. 5 pp.

Fernald, A., S. Guldan, T. Baker, and J.P. King. 2003. Irrigation Ditch Seepage Effects on Surface

Water/Groundwater Interaction along the Rio Grande Corridor. In: Efficient Irrigation for Water

Conservation. Water Task Force Report #1. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. pp. 43-38.

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MacDonald, L.H., and A.G. Fernald. 2003. Managing Forests and Woodlands for Increasing Water Yield:

In: Water Resources of the Lower Pecos Region, New Mexico: Science, Policy, and a Look to the

Future. Johnson, P.S., L.A. Land, L.G. Price, and F. Titus, Eds. New Mexico Bureau of Geology and

Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM. pp. 93-97.

Landers D.H., A.G. Fernald, and C. Andrus. 2002. Off-channel Habitats. In: Willamette River Basin

Trajectories of Environmental and Ecological Change: A Planning Atlas. The Pacific Northwest

Research Consortium, Oregon State University Press. pp. 24-25.

Fernald, A.G., P.J. Wigington, Jr., and D.H. Landers. 2001. Transient storage and hyporheic flow along

the Willamette River, Oregon: model estimates and field measurements. Water Resources Research

37(6): 1681-1694.

Allison, C. D., T. T. Baker, J. C. Boren, A. G. Fernald, and J. C. Boren. 2001. Monitoring Rangelands

in New Mexico: Range, Riparian, Erosion, Water Quality, and Wildlife. Range Improvement Task

Force Report 53, New Mexico State University, 60 pp.

Stednick, J.D. and A.G. Fernald. 1999. Nitrogen dynamics in stream and soil waters. Journal of Range

Management 52(6): 615-633.

Frasier, G.W., M.J. Trlica, W.C. Leininger, R.A. Pearce, and A. Fernald. 1998. Runoff from simulated

rainfall in 2 montane riparian communities. Journal of Range Management 51(3): 315-322.

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