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Gary D Latzke

Gary Latzke is the Chief of Staff for the USGS Natural Hazard Mission Area, where he provides leadership and oversight on a wide range of issues of strategic importance.

As Chief of Staff, Gary provides authoritative consultation on program and operational strategies that substantively impact program direction. As a Mission Area senior staff member, Gary provides advanced technical guidance and information to USGS top-level officials and other federal agencies, partners, and stakeholders. Gary serves as the Mission Area subject matter expert on the planning and execution of human capital requirements and actions.

Gary's interests include cartographic communication, information management, information delivery systems, high-performing team building, and human capital management. Gary established the Web Informatics and Mapping program, which develops web-based tools that support USGS science and other federal science initiatives and served as Program Manager for the Geospatial Platform Cloud Services Program, which supports cloud hosting infrastructures for all federal state and local government for GIS application, data, and services.

Professional Experience

  • Chief of Staff, USGS, Natural Hazards Mission Area January 2022 - Present

  • Emergency Management Data Coordinator, USGS, Natural Hazards Mission Area, October 2020 - January 2022

  • Deputy Director of Operations, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, USGS, December 2019 - September 2020

  • Science Coordinator, Office of the Regional Director, USGS, Mid Continent Region April 2019 - December 2019

  • Geographic Information Officer, USGS, Upper Midwest Water Science Center 2017 to 2019

  • DOI Geoplatform Cloud Services Manager 2012 to 2018

  • Created and managed Web Informatics and Mapping Team, (WIM), USGS 2009 to 2019

  • Supervisory Cartographer 1994 to 2008

  • Cartographer USGS 1989 to 1994

Education and Certifications

  • B.S. 1984 Cartography, Northern Illinois University

Science and Products

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View of Mount Ascutney, Connecticut River, and Cornish-Windsor Bridge

NorEaST: A Tool to Understand the Responses of Fish to Changes in Stream Temperature

Climate change is expected to alter stream temperature and flow regimes over the coming decades, and in turn influence distributions of aquatic species in those freshwater ecosystems. To better anticipate these changes, there is a need to compile both short- and long-term stream temperature data for managers to gain an understanding of baseline conditions, historic trends, and future projections.
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Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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NorEaST: A Tool to Understand the Responses of Fish to Changes in Stream Temperature

Climate change is expected to alter stream temperature and flow regimes over the coming decades, and in turn influence distributions of aquatic species in those freshwater ecosystems. To better anticipate these changes, there is a need to compile both short- and long-term stream temperature data for managers to gain an understanding of baseline conditions, historic trends, and future projections.
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Using Story Maps to communicate USGS science

Using Story Maps to communicate USGS science

Gary Latzke and Jamie Velkoverh (WiM) presented an invited plenary talk at the 2016 ESRI Federal GIS conference in Washington, DC, on Feb, 24, 2016...

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Science and Products

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    View of Mount Ascutney, Connecticut River, and Cornish-Windsor Bridge

    NorEaST: A Tool to Understand the Responses of Fish to Changes in Stream Temperature

    Climate change is expected to alter stream temperature and flow regimes over the coming decades, and in turn influence distributions of aquatic species in those freshwater ecosystems. To better anticipate these changes, there is a need to compile both short- and long-term stream temperature data for managers to gain an understanding of baseline conditions, historic trends, and future projections.
    By
    Climate Adaptation Science Centers
    link

    NorEaST: A Tool to Understand the Responses of Fish to Changes in Stream Temperature

    Climate change is expected to alter stream temperature and flow regimes over the coming decades, and in turn influence distributions of aquatic species in those freshwater ecosystems. To better anticipate these changes, there is a need to compile both short- and long-term stream temperature data for managers to gain an understanding of baseline conditions, historic trends, and future projections.
    Learn More
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    Using Story Maps to communicate USGS science

    Using Story Maps to communicate USGS science

    Gary Latzke and Jamie Velkoverh (WiM) presented an invited plenary talk at the 2016 ESRI Federal GIS conference in Washington, DC, on Feb, 24, 2016...

    Read Article