Scientist Emeritus Accomplishments

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  Participated in island night lizard field work on San Nicolas Island
  
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  Advised FWS and the Navy on concerns regarding the delisting of the island night lizard
  
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  Assisted Point Reyes NS by evaluating presence of bats at a park residence
  
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  Assisted Sonoma Co parks department by conducting a bat survey on their lands
  
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  Advised Patrick Kleeman on various research amphibian projects
  
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  Advised Brian Halstead on island night lizard research
  
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  Provided detailed written comments to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife regarding potential listing of Townsend's big-eared bat
  
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  Reviewed 4-5 manuscripts for professional journals
  
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  Provided phone and email support for graduate students at several universities 
  
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  Advised multiple private citizens on concerns related to bat biology
  
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  Served as Associate Editor for a professional journal and oversaw the review process for manuscripts
  
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  Collaborated with Yosemite NP and a private biologist to integrate three decades of amphibian survey data
  
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  Created a multiple week study project on amphibians for the Gifted Student program at a local school
  
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  Gave a lecture on bat biology for both a fourth and fifth grade class
  
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  Gave a lecture on amphibian biology for both a fourth and fifth grade class
  
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  Participated in Career Day activities at a local school by giving five presentations
  
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  Participated in the Point Reyes Christmas Bird Count
  
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  Assisted the Point Reyes summer camp program by meeting with all their naturalists and offering insight regarding local wildlife they might encounter
  
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  Consulted with local naturalists regarding mammal surveys in and near Point Reyes NS
  

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  The Department of Interior Distinguished Service Award (awarded in 2013)
  
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  The United States Coral Reef Task Force Award for Significant Research Contributions (awarded in 2013)
  
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  Appointed to Advisory Panel, Hawaii Surfrider Foundation: Jan, 2014—present. 
  
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  Lead Co-convener and speaker, two symposia scheduled for the Hawaii Conservation Conference (July, 2014). Symposia titles are: 1. Coral Reefs of Maui Nui: Physical and Biologic Complexity and Connectivity; and 2. Coral Reefs of Maui Nui: 21^st Century Threats and Potential Resilience.
  
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  Advisory teleconference for The Nature Conservancy, 4/30/2014, Coral reef investigations and water quality, west Maui.
  
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  Advisory teleconference for The Nature Conservancy, 5/8/2014 Coral reef investigations, South Kohala, Hawaii.
  

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  Wrote two “GeoTales” describing the experiences of long-time friends and colleagues at GFZ, Potsdam, on a) Fall of the Berlin Wall (Nov. 9. 1989), and b) events of 9-11 (Sept. 11, 2011), where I was temporarily trapped in Berlin, and one of my GFZ colleagues was temporarily trapped in Canada.
  
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  Co-wrote USGS Fact Sheet 2014-3018 entitled “The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunamis—a Modern Perspective and Enduring Legacies” (see below).  I was responsible for some of the text and the block diagram.
  
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  Participated (along with Dave Schwartz) in a day-long web interview entitled “Alaska Disasters AMA: 1964 Good FridayEarthquake and 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: AskHistorians” at http://redd.it/20wt9u.
  
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  Gave a talk (April 17) in Fresno to the Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists.
  
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  Is giving a talk as part of the ESC seminar series.
  

Elected Fellow of Geological Society of America

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  I completed the revisions to the digital and digitized web sites and turned it over to Phil Brown and Eric Anderson.  The projects database and other information were placed in the geophys_db section on the mainframe for them to access.
  
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  After sorting out certain historical documents, I turned over several filing cabinets containing contract information and early project information to Bill Christiansen.  All file cabinets have been sorted and emptied.
  
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  I gave all the digital data CDs to Phil Brown as well as numerous boxes of supplies, backup CDs, and selected files for him to sort and use.
  
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  All the important historical documents pertaining to our airborne program have been sorted, some scanned to pdf, and compiled in a history.  This history of our airborne surveying is in the final stages of editing.  One or two more documents may still need scanning.  It is expected to be finished before the end of summer.
  

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  Provided reviews for four manuscripts, one for Neobiota, one for Southwestern Naturalist, one for Ecotoxicology, and one for Chemistry and Ecology
  
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  Attended one meeting of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory’s Science Advisory Board and, as a member of that board, I provided a critical review of SFBBO’s Science Plan
  
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  Provided several reviews of USGS products (OFRs and manuscripts)
  
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  Consulted with the Whiskeytown NRA regarding potential for PCBs in biota at the park and with a private consultant regarding methods to evaluate mercury contamination at a mine site.
  
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  Coordinated the review of the Draft Lake Nacimiento (OU 3) FSAP - Klau/Buena Vista Mines Site and submitted a draft final report to USEPA.
  
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  Provided reviews of Brianne Brussee’s Master’s thesis.
  
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  Reviewed several proposals for Mendenhall Fellowships (2013).
  
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  Named as an Exceptional Reviewer by GSA  (for Geosphere, 2013)
  
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  Co-led geological tour (with Emeritus S. Ludington) of 4 China Geological Survey geologists around the Southwest (2012).
  
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  Co-led GMEG Team field trip in NE Nevada (2012).
  
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  Gave 4 lectures and visited numerous geologic sites in China organized by the China Geological Survey  (2012).
  
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  Presented a paper at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2013).
  
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  Presented a poster at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (2013).
  
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  Present an invited paper at a Geological Society of America sectional meeting (May 2014).
  
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  Peer-reviewed 16 papers or maps and a NSF proposal (2012-2014).
  
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  Served as an Exit Interviewer for 8th-grade students about to enter high school (2012, 2013, 2014).
  

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  Is an active member of the IUGG EMSEV (Electromagnetic Studies of Earth and Volcanos) and represents this group with IASPEI.  He is organizing the 2016 annual meeting in Prague.  
  
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  Fields many calls from the media on questions of earthquake prediction.
  
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  Performs many peer reviews for journals.
  

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  Adjunct professor at University of Arizona
  
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  Serve on PhD committees for three dissertations
  
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  Served on University of Arizona faculty search/selection committee
  
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  Run University of Arizona fluid inclusion lab
  
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  Judge at University of Arizona “Geodaze” symposium for the last two years
  
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  Arizona Geological Society, Vice President for Programs.
  
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  Review USGS manuscripts
  
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  Tutor science and math at Imago Dei Middle School, a church-run school for disadvantaged children
  

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  Organized a lecture series at Tohoku University - Science of Global Geohazards.
  
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  Participated as one of the leads in the USGS SSPT process and document writing.
  

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  Elected to Academy of Science and Engineering of the Swenson College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Duluth.
  
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  Reviewed numerous manuscripts for Economic Geology.
  
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  Present lecture at University of Minnesota, Duluth
  
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  Mentoring students at University of Minnesota on careers in geology.
  

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  I received the L. H. Walkinshaw Conservation Award from the North American Crane Working Group on 17 April 2014 at Lafayette, Louisiana in recognition of having successfully conducted a long-term research program to guide conservation and management of the mid-continent population of sandhill cranes and for collaborative efforts with crane biologists from other nations to help guide crane conservation internationally. 
  
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  I serve on the Science Advisory Team for the Whooping Crane Eastern Population Partnership.  This task involves reviewing scientific studies being proposed and conducted in support of efforts to re-establish a second wild population of whooping cranes in North America.
  

Very actively works to scan and archive seismograms from around the world

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  In 2012, I participated in the USGS Leadership Intensive Program, and served as a facilitator for the LI at the Columbia Ecological Research Center.
  
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  In 2013 and 1014, I have been collaborating with USGS, Kennedy Space Center, and National Ocean Service (retired) colleagues to complete analyses on a study we conducted in the early 1990s on manatee grazing impacts on seagrasses.  A manuscript is in preparation.
  
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  In 2014, I am starting to work with personnel in the Mammal Range of the Florida Natural History Museum to ensure complete documentation of the round-tailed muskrat, Neofiber alleni, specimens that I collected in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as an employee with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Approximately 500 skulls, skeletons of 25 known-age specimens, and 15 skins will be transferred to the museum, with accompanying data.  The museum is interested in obtaining these specimens because they have few from the region where I collected them (sugarcane fields in the Everglades Agricultural Area), and the status of this species is of concern.
  

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  President, Commission for Hydrology, World Meteorological Organization
  

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  USGS Professional Paper on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
  

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  WaterWatch Annual Streamflow Summaries – 2012, 2013
  

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  Respond to emails related to the Hydro-Climatic Data Network, and how to obtain data from the newest version of it.
  
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  WaterWatch – continue to participate in Xiaodong’s quarterly review
  
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  WaterWatch – promoted the development of, and provide guidance to the new North American WaterWatch website.
  
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  Participated in the Ninth USGS-PWRI-NILIM Workshop. Presented paper on the activities of the Commission for Hydrology that relate to the operations of National Hydrological Services.
  
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  Serve as an Associate Editor of the Hydrological Sciences Journal.
  

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  Summer 2013.  As part of the annual picnic of the Astrogeology Team and to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the Astrogeology Branch/Team, Baerbel Lucchitta organized a reunion of retired Astro members who still live in the vicinity of Flagstaff.   Nineteen "old-timers" attended.   Fourteen were members of Astrogeology before 1970 and are shown in the attached picture, taken by George Ulrich. Not shown are Eric Eliason, Henry Holt, Jim Torson, Juanita Velasco, and Wes Ward.  It was a great opportunity for the "young" scientists and staff of the current Flagstaff Science Center to link up with so many venerable people and become personally exposed to some living history. 
  
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  Spring 2013.  Baerbel Lucchitta was co-leader (together with Ivo Lucchitta, USGS emeritus), on a rafting trip down the Colorado River from Lees Ferry to Whitmore Wash.  The 10-day trip was organized by the Geology Club of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the purpose was to learn about the geology of the Grand Canyon.  Ivo’s expertise on the origin and history of the Grand Canyon was greatly appreciated; Baerbel was co-interpreter on the second boat. 
  
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  March 20, 2014.  Nasa’s Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program accepted a proposal by Chris Okubo, PI, titled:  Inferring the geologic history of the layered deposits in east Candor Chasma.  Baerbel Lucchitta is a collaborator on this proposal. As part of the Review Summary Evaluation, the following was noted:  “The PI has assembled an experienced and knowledgeable team, including collaborator Baerbel Lucchitta, who carried out much of the Viking-era mapping of this region.  Collaborator Lucchitta will be consulted on a regular basis as the new higher resolution maps are created. 
  
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  February 13, 2014.  Baerbel Lucchitta was highlighted in the Flagstaff newspaper The Arizona Daily Sun for being a coauthor on a map published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2013:  Global Geologic Map of Ganymede, scale 1:15,000,000.  This map incorporated a substantial amount of information from a previous unpublished map at the same scale, based on Voyager images and prepared by Baerbel Lucchitta. 
  

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  Serves on a Humboldt County Technical Advisory Committee to review design alternatives and planning for restoration of the Redwood Creek estuary in Redwood National Park (quarterly meetings).
  
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  Participated in planning efforts with Redwood National Park for studying the effects of our recent drought on aquatic resources and streamflow. 
  
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  Regularly advises NPS staff on hydrologic and geomorphic monitoring protocols and how to interpret results. 
  
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  Served as a judge for the Humboldt County Science Fair. 
  
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  Met with Humboldt State and U.C. Santa Cruz students several times to discuss their geologic studies in this region.
  
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  Working with NPS Soil Scientist on quantifying soil organic carbon under various land use activities. 
  
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  Regularly reviews manuscripts for professional journals.
  

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  Collaborating with Southern Nevada Water Authority geologists and geophysicists to understand geologic framework of sedimentary basins in southern Nevada and western Utah.
  
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  Reviewed NSF proposal.
  
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  Reviewed numerous GMEG manuscripts.
  

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  Member: Independent Science Review Panel (ISRP) for the Northwest Power & Conservation Council (January 2014 to present)
  
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    See: http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/isrp/isrp-background/
    
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  Member: Independent Science Review Panel (ISRP) for the Northwest Power & Conservation Council. (January 2014 to present)
  
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    See: http://www.nwcouncil.org/media/14734/terms.pdf
    
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  Invited attendee: 9th International Workshop on Salmonid Smoltification, in Iceland August 2013
  
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  Continued mentoring of Rachel Reagan, Pathways Employee working on M. Sci. at Oregon State University.
  
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  Award: Forging the Future of USGS Science (for activities prior to retirement)                                         
  

As Emeritus Phil has generally been present at his old office Tuesday and Thursday each week since retirement. He has been primarily involved with USGS administrative types of issues pertaining to the Henderson Building Security, and the potential move to the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Campus in Boulder City, Nevada. The Draft Henderson Building Security document was first drafted in December 2012 and after a number of revisions by USGS staff and comments by Homeland Security was accepted and signed by Center Directors of NVWSD and WERC in Jan.-Feb. 2014. Phil has participated in a number of visits to the BOR Campus and the development of floor plans for the BOR 500 office building, BOR 800 laboratory building, and BOR 700 warehouse building. All the above plans have been submitted to WERC and NVWSC administrative channels for comment and revision and are still in a state of flux at the present time. He has served on the joint committee to initiate the move from Henderson to Boulder City, NV. The latest document he has being revising to effectively move to the BOR campus is the revision of the “Space Requirements” required by USGS (WERC, NVWSC, and Office of Communications personnel) which is needed as part of the Business Case Analysis (BCA) to be submitted to the Regional Office for approval. Additionally, he has assisted Todd Esque in the yearly revision of the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), Real Estate/Operations Permit (REOP), which enables WERC continued access to the NNSS to conduct field projects located there.

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  I retired in February 2007 and remained engaged in research by contributing to the literature of groundwater hydraulics (on more than one occasion) until my last publication in October 2012 or shortly thereafter.  The latter contribution was a Comment on a paper published in the Journal of Hydrology by well-known authors for which no Reply was published.  Since retirement I have provided occasional technical reviews for journals.
  
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  Contributions that support the USGS mission and/or the broader scientific community are limited to attendance at USGS seminars, ongoing discussions with fellow scientists and emeriti, and attempts to clear out and redistribute items that accumulated in my office over the last 40 years.  The latter is a difficult task.
  

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  For​ the​ E-Book ​on the Northern Cordillera (Alaska and Western Canada), working with senior scientists from other agencies, companies, and universities (​including senior emeritus scientists of Geological Survey of Canada, former scientist of Alaska State Geological Survey, and professor of University of Alaska, Fairbanks).
  
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  Briefing Director of Geophysical Institute and Dean of Sciences of University of Alaska Fairbanks on E-Book and Virtual Tectonic Transects across the Northern Cordillera.
  
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  Presenting two, one-hour GMEG Seminars on 2014 Virtual Field Trip Across Southern Alaska.
  
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  Obtaining U.S.G.S. review and approval ​for a suite of 44 geologic maps of the Eastern Alaska Range (1:63,360 scale) and explanatory text for publication by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Sciences.
  
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  Presenting posters at 2014 National G.S.​A. Meeting on a Virtual Tectonic Transect Across Southern Alaska, and a Virtual Tectonic Transect Across the Southern Canadian Cordillera.
  

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  For a number of years, ending in 2012, I served as a board member of The Research Ranch Foundation (an AZ non-profit promoting biophysical research on native grasslands) and as VP for science.  In the VP role I led the awarding of fellowships, evaluation of research proposals at the Research Ranch, Elgin, AZ, and the conduct of research by Foundation scientists.  The last activity led to a study of ground-water resources of the Sonoita Plain, a water-deficient area southeast of Tucson and east of a highly controversial proposed open-pit copper mine on the east slope of the Santa Rita Mountains near Tucson.  The study identified potential adverse effects to the ground-water resource of the Sonoita Plain, surface-water resources of the region, possible water contamination, and likely economic consequences.  As a result, conservation groups have requested input from me regarding the water issues, and I have tried to comply while maintaining a posture of scientific objectivity and neutrality.  The input has taken the form of videos describing the possible degradation of the water resources, letters and opinion pieces to local newspapers and various conservation groups, and interaction with lawyers involved in legal aspects of the controversy.
  
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  Earlier this year colleagues of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) held a celebration of 60 years of research at the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, Tombstone, AZ.  Because I conducted research there on the geology, hydrology, geomorphology, and vegetation of the watershed, I was asked to lead field tours during the celebration.  Feedback was positive, which resulted in ARS personnel asking me to do a video version of the field lectures.  The video was taped about 6 weeks ago.
  
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  Into 2012 I was the principal coordinator of the Vigil Network, a volunteer oversight position to administer data acquisition and internet access of those data.  That role was then shifted to Faith Fitzpatrick, USGS, Madison, WI.
  
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  I continue to serve as an Adjunct Professor, University of Arizona.  As such my principal role has been to serve on committees for graduate students and to oversee research for the MS and PhD students.