Stephen Creed joined the EFETAC Threat Assessment team in January 2007 as a GIS specialist and is applying geo-technologies with other unit scientists to develop an early warning system for detecting natural and human forest threats. Creed joined the Forest Service in January 2005 as part of the Southwestern Regional Office’s GIS unit in Albuquerque, NM, where he managed aerial photography and photogrammetric mapping projects for fire and recreation, as well as conducting GIS training courses to resource staff throughout the region. From 1999 to 2005, Creed worked as a geographer for the U.S. Geological Survey at the National Wetlands Research Center in Lafayette, LA, studying coastal erosion and habitat changes along the Gulf Coast with remote sensing and GIS. He also served as a pilot for the Center, conducting aerial imagery surveys and wildlife migration studies of bear populations with aerial telemetry. Originally from Louisiana, Creed completed a Bachelor’s in aviation in 1991 at Louisiana Tech University and subsequently worked as a commercial pilot and flight instructor before earning a Master's in geography from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.


Contact Stephen Creed at stephencreed@fs.fed.us or 828-259-0544.