Kyle Blasch, Ph.D.
As the Associate Regional Director for the USGS Northwest-Pacific Islands Region, Kyle helps lead seven USGS Science Centers in the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Islands.
Kyle Blasch is the Associate Regional Director for the USGS Northwest-Pacific Islands region which encompasses Department of the Interior Regions 9 and 12. Kyle supports the Regional and Deputy Regional Director with planning, directing, and evaluating science and operational activities within 7 Ecosystems and Water Science Centers located in Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Kyle is currently the USGS Wildfire Response Coordinator facilitating the optimal use of USGS resources to support wildfire incident response.
Prior to joining the Region, Kyle served as the Director of the Idaho Water Science Center Director, COVID19 Response Coordinator, Acting Deputy Regional Director, and Acting Deputy Director of the WMA Office of Planning and Programming.
Kyle started his career with the USGS in 1999 as a Research Hydrologist and has continued dabbling with stream permanence, ecodrought, remote sensing, vadose zone processes, and ground water processes.
Professional Experience
1994 - Present - United States Air Force Reserves, Bioenvironmental Engineer
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona
M.S., Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S., Civil/Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S., Earth Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
Science and Products
Streamflow contributions from tribal lands to major river basins of the United States
Using remote sensing to characterize and compare evapotranspiration from different irrigation regimes in the Smith River Watershed of central Montana
Implications of projected climate change for groundwater recharge in the western United States
Predicting alpine headwater stream intermittency: a case study in the northern Rocky Mountains
Regional groundwater-flow model of the Redwall-Muav, Coconino, and alluvial basin aquifer systems of northern and central Arizona
Methodology to assess water presence on speleothems during periods of low precipitation, with implications for recharge sources - Kartchner Caverns, Arizona
Environmental controls on drainage behavior of an ephemeral stream
Distinguishing sources of ground water recharge by using δ2H and δ18O
Estimated infiltration, percolation, and recharge rates at the Rillito Creek focused recharge investigation site, Pima County, Arizona
Thermal Methods for Investigating Ground-Water Recharge
Geophysical Methods for Investigating Ground-Water Recharge
Hydrogeology of the upper and middle Verde River watersheds, central Arizona
Science and Products
Streamflow contributions from tribal lands to major river basins of the United States
Using remote sensing to characterize and compare evapotranspiration from different irrigation regimes in the Smith River Watershed of central Montana
Implications of projected climate change for groundwater recharge in the western United States
Predicting alpine headwater stream intermittency: a case study in the northern Rocky Mountains
Regional groundwater-flow model of the Redwall-Muav, Coconino, and alluvial basin aquifer systems of northern and central Arizona
Methodology to assess water presence on speleothems during periods of low precipitation, with implications for recharge sources - Kartchner Caverns, Arizona
Environmental controls on drainage behavior of an ephemeral stream
Distinguishing sources of ground water recharge by using δ2H and δ18O
Estimated infiltration, percolation, and recharge rates at the Rillito Creek focused recharge investigation site, Pima County, Arizona
Thermal Methods for Investigating Ground-Water Recharge
Geophysical Methods for Investigating Ground-Water Recharge
Hydrogeology of the upper and middle Verde River watersheds, central Arizona
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government