Joshua W. Hess

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Education

• M.S., Geospatial Sciences in Geography and Geology, 2019, Missouri State University
• B.S., Geography - Environment and Natural Resources, 2018, Missouri State University

Professional experience

Hess, J. W., Owen, M. R., Jerin, T. (2025). Sinkhole Mapping Using LiDAR DEMs and Supervised Machine Learning Within the Mark Twain National Forest. Missouri Natural Areas Newsletter 25 (1), 23 – 31. https://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/2026-01/Missouri%20Natural%20Areas%20Newsletter%202025.11.pdf

Hess, J. W., Pavlowsky, R. T., and Dogwiler, T. (2024). UAV Imagery for Measuring Large Wood Volume and Distribution: Ground Truthing Results and Sources of Error. Southeastern Geographer 64(1), 11-29. https://doi.org/10.1353/sgo.00001

Hess, J. W., Pavlowsky, R. T., and Lecce, S. A. (2023). Climate-Driven Flood Effects on Channel Stability, Sedimentation, and Freshwater Mussel Habitat in Rivers Draining the Ozark Highlands. Proceedings of SEDHYD 2023, May 8 -12, St. Louis, MO.

Pavlowsky, R. T., Hess, J. W., Martin, D. J., Dogwiler, T., and Bendix, J. (2023). Large wood loads in channels and on floodplains after a 500-year flood using UAV imagery in Mark Twain National Forest, Ozark Highlands, Missouri. Geomorphology, vol 431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108672

Jerin, T., Pavlowsky, R. T., Owen, M. R., Hess, J. W., Alkier, H. N., and Grong, K. A. (2023). Anthropogenic channel network development in forested watersheds by recent stream channelization practices in Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri Ozarks. Geomorphology, vol 426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108601

Research and professional interests

• Fluvial Geomorphology
• Watershed Hydromorphology
• GIS and Mapping
• GIS Applications for Natural Resource Management

Additional resources

• Curriculum Vitae