|
Workgroup Information Natural Resources Coordinating Conference |
|
| $15,000 | |
| Summary | Conference shares cutting edge research information among ANR academics. Strives to create opportunities for networking and formation of meaningful collaborative relationships among ANR personnel. Coordinating Conference conducts visioning exercises to identify critical issues, programmatic gaps, and needed resources. |
| Annual Reports: |
2007 2006 2005 2004 |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Edith Allen (Chair) |
| Phone | (951) 827-2123 |
| edith.allen@ucr.edu | |
| Unit: | Botany & Plant Sciences |
| Location: |
Botany & Plant Sciences 2150 Batchelor Hall Riverside, 92521-0124 |
| Responsible for Workgroup Administration and Budget | |
| Name | Edith Allen |
| eallen@ucrac1.ucr.edu | |
| Phone | (951) 827-2123 |
| Membership List | ||
| AES Scientist | ||
| Allen-Diaz, Barbara | Associate Vice President - Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives | |
| Associate Vice President, Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives, Director of the Research and Extension Centers, and Professor and Russell Rustici Chair in Rangeland Management | Rangeland Ecology and Management | |
| Bartolome, James | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor | Ecology and management of California's rangelands | |
| Battles, John | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Associate Professor; Co-Director, Center for Forestry | Forest community ecology, distrurbance dynamics in temperate and tropical forests; development of canopy structure; community change along environmental gradients. | |
| Beissinger, Steven | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor | ||
| Berry, Alison | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Associate Professor Associate Horticulturist-AES | Assessment of nitrogen fixing plants, root and root nodule development, management of woody landscape plants, mistletoe control | |
| Boyer, Elizabeth | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Assistant Professor Watershed Processes | Watershed processes, forest hydrology, and biogeochemistry | |
| Chang, Andrew | Center for Water Resources | |
| Professor Emeritus, Director Emeritus | Land treatment of wastes, water quality management, waste-water treatment. | |
| Grismer, Mark | Hydrology Program | |
| Professor Agricultural Drainage Engineer-AES | Multiphase transport in porous media; soil salinity and drainage; water quality; constructed wetlands; and environmental ethics. | |
| Howitt, Richard | Agricultural & Resource Economics | |
| Chair & Professor, Agricultural Economist | Resource Economics, Environmental Economics, Quantitative Methods, Econometrics, Operations Research | |
| Letey, John | Environmental Sciences | |
| Professor Emeritus, Director Emeritus | General water flow; infiltration; water pollution; drainage; irrigation; water repellency; transport phenomena in soils; mass flow and diffusion of pesticides; denitrification; evaporation; polymers; soil salinity. | |
| McBride, Joe | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor | Forest ecology; influence of land use on natural patterns of forest succession; riparian woodlands restoration; urban forestry | |
| Moyle, Peter | Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology | |
| Professor | Ecology and conservation of freshwater and estuarine fishes | |
| O'Hara, Kevin | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor | Silviculture, forest management, stand dynamics | |
| Qualset, Calvin | Genetic Resources Conservation Program | |
| Director Emeritus-Genetic Resources Conservation Program Professor Emeritus Research Professor | Agronomy, genetics, quantitative inheritance, plant breeding; plant genetic resources | |
| Quinn, James | Environmental Science and Policy | |
| Professor Ecologist-AES | Conservation biology, especially the design of nature reserves; extinction; intertidal ecology | |
| Rice, Kevin | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor I | Plant population ecology, conservation biology, restoration ecology, ecological genetics. | |
| Southard, Randal | ||
| Professor Soil Genesis Morphologist-AES Division of Environmental Sciences | Professor & Soil Genesis & Morphologist-AES, Associate Dean, Division of Environmental Sciences | |
| Stephens, Scott | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Associate Professor | Wildland fire science, fire ecology, fire behavior | |
| Sunding, David | Agricultural & Resource Economics & Policy | |
| Professor CE Specialist | water resources, technology development and adoption, wetlands, endangered species, pesticide regulation, law and policy analysis | |
| Williams, Susan | Bodega Marine Lab, UC Davis | |
| Professor | Seagrass and Algal Ecology/Invasives | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Bali, Khaled | Imperial County | |
| Irrigation/Water Management Advisor | Irrigation and water management, soil salinity, drainage, infiltration, water quality, TMDL, biosolids | |
| Barry, Sheila | Santa Clara County | |
| Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor | Rangeland Management | |
| Becchetti, Theresa | Stanislaus County | |
| Farm Advisor | Livestock and Natural Resources | |
| Bell, Carl | San Diego County | |
| Regional Advisor, head quartered in San Diego | Invasive Plants | |
| Bianchi, Mary | San Luis Obispo County | |
| Horticulture Farm Advisor | Horticulture, pomology, subtropicals, water management and water quality. Horticulture in San Luis Obispo County and Northern Santa Barbara County. | |
| Churches, Kenneth | Calaveras County | |
| Farm Advisor Calaveras County Director 4-HYD Advisor | General agriculture, livestock, range, wine grape and olive production | |
| Crane, Sharon | Kern County | |
| Office Services Technician | Process Newsletters, Meeting Announcements, and Research Papers for Advisors. | |
| Culver, Carrie | Ventura County | |
| Marine Advisor | ||
| Davy, Josh | Tehama County | |
| Livestock, Range, and Natural Resources Advisor | Livestock, Range and Irrigated Pasture | |
| De Lasaux, Michael | Plumas Sierra | |
| Natural Resources Advisor | Forestry, Community Fuel Reduction and Watershed Management | |
| Doran, Morgan | Solano County | |
| Advisor for Livestock and Natural Resources | Livestock, beef cattle, sheep, nutrition, range & natural resources | |
| Drake, Daniel | Siskiyou County | |
| Farm Advisor | Conducts research and educational programs in the areas of livestock, range and pasturing with emphasis on beef cattle, computer application, animal nutrition, particularly trace minerals and general agricultural marketing economics as key areas | |
| Drill, Sabrina | Los Angeles County | |
| Natural Resources Advisor | Watershed education, conservation and restoration of aquatic and wildland habitats and anadramous fishes | |
| Forero, Larry | Shasta County | |
| Livestock Advisor | Livestock and Natural resources | |
| Frost, Bill | ANR Research and Extension Centers | |
| Associate Director - ANR Research and Extension Centers and Natural Resource Advisor | ||
| Garcia, Sergio | San Benito County | |
| Farm Advisor, Emeritus - Livestock Range and Natural Resources | ||
| George, Holly | Plumas Sierra | |
| Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor, County Director | Youth, Livestock, Multiple Use of Natural Resources | |
| Giraud, Deborah | Humboldt County Office | |
| Farm and Community / Economic Development Advisor | Plant sciences, fruit trees, vegetables, community development, ornamentals | |
| Giusti, Gregory | Lake County | |
| Lake County Director North Coast Area Hardwoods Advisor Forest Wildland Ecology Advisor | County Director, Forest management, wildlife management, vertebrate pest management, wetlands, watersheds, fisheries | |
| Harper, John | Mendocino County | |
| Mendocino County Director and Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor | Sheep production, range cattle production, rangeland, watershed, water quality, computer applications. | |
| Haver, Darren | Orange County | |
| Water Resources/Water Quality Advisor and South Coast REC Director | ||
| Jensen, Wayne | Santa Barbara County | |
| Emeritus County Director | Livestock, natural resources, public issue education | |
| Kleppin, Janelle | Del Norte County Office | |
| Kocher, Susan | El Dorado County | |
| Natural Resources Advisor | Forestry, fire and water quality | |
| Lancaster, Don | Modoc County | |
| County Director | Range and forage crops and natural resources | |
| Larsen, Royce | San Luis Obispo County | |
| Area Natural Resource Watershed Advisor | Water Quality and Non-point Source Pollution on Rangelands. Also, othe natural resource issues including: Rangeland Improvements, Noxious Invasive Weeds, Wildland Fires, Grassland Restoration and Endangered Species. | |
| Larson, Stephanie | Sonoma County | |
| County Director and Livestock Range Management Advisor | Sheep management and production, fiber production, rangeland and natural resource management, water quality | |
| Lewis, David | Marin County | |
| Director | Watershed Management and Research | |
| Lile, David | Lassen County | |
| County Director | Livestock / Natural Resources | |
| Marcum, Daniel | Shasta-Lassen Office | |
| Farm Advisor | Irrigation, plant nutrition, salinity, entomology, sustainable agriculture, agronomy, vegetable crops, engineering, plant pathology, integrated pest management, systems management, economics, weed control, nematology, strawberry nursery production, garlic, wild rice, alfalfa, timothy, sugarbeet, pasture, range, biodiversity, peppermint, viticulture | |
| Markegard, Gary | Humboldt County Office | |
| County Director | Livestock, range, wildlife, recreation | |
| Marzolla, A | Santa Barbara County | |
| 4-H Youth Development & Master Gardener Program Advisor | Youth development and master gardeners | |
| McArthur, Karl | San Bernardino County | |
| Desert Natural Resource Advisor | Policy Issues/Desert Regions of Tri-County area, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial | |
| McDougald, Neil | Madera County | |
| Natural Resources Farm Advisor | Range and livestock | |
| Mellano, Valerie | San Diego County | |
| Environmental Issues Advisor | Water quality, waste management, land use, urban-rural interface, biotechnology | |
| Montiel, Andy | Imperial County | |
| 4-H Youth Development Advisor, Emeritus | ||
| Murray, Mike | Colusa County | |
| County Director | Vegetable crops, community development | |
| Myers, Monique | Ventura County | |
| Coastal Community Development Advisor | ||
| Nader, Glenn | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Farm Advisor Livestock and Natural Resources | Livestock, forage crops, range and natural resources | |
| Nelson, Peter | Sea Grant Extension Program | |
| Marine Fisheries Advisor | commercial and recreational fisheries science; behavioral and evolutionary ecology of fishes; marine biology | |
| Olin, Paul | Sonoma County | |
| Director Sea Grant Extension Program Marine Advisor | Aquaculture, marine fisheries, agriculture and natural resources issues | |
| Oneto, Scott | Tuolumne County | |
| Farm Advisor / County Director | Rangeland management, weed science, home horticulture, livestock | |
| Pomeroy, Carrie | Santa Cruz County | |
| Marine Advisor | Social, cultural & economic aspects of fisheries, marine policy & management | |
| Quarles, Stephen | Contra Costa County | |
| CE Advisor Wood Durability | Performance of materials in wood-frame buildings | |
| Rilla, Ellie | Marin County | |
| Community Development Advisor | Public policy education, natural resource issues | |
| Shelly, John | Contra Costa County | |
| CE Advisor Forest Products and Biomass Utilization | Forest Products, Wood manufacturing methods, biomass utilization,physical properties of wood | |
| Starr, Richard | Santa Cruz County | |
| Marine Advisor | Marine ecology, fisheries, coastal resources | |
| Sullins, Jim | Tulare County | |
| County Director | Livestock, Range and Natural Resources, Public Policy, Community Development | |
| Valachovic, Yana | Humboldt County Office | |
| Forest Advisor and Humboldt County Director | Forest management and ecology | |
| Varea Hammond, Sonya | Monterey County | |
| County Director | Public Policy - Biotechnology Education and Land Use | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Allen, Edith | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| CE Natural Resources Specialist & Professor of Plant Ecology | ||
| Atwill, Edward | ||
| Campbell, Dave | Human & Community Development | |
| Director California Communities Program Associate Specialist in CE | Community development research and outreach in areas of citizenship, governance, and economic and workforce development | |
| Conte, Fred | Animal Science | |
| CE Specialist | Fresh water and marine aquaculture production and related public policy and regulatory issues. Computer Software, shellfish sanitation and aquatic animal welfare | |
| Crohn, David | Environmental Sciences | |
| Associate Professor of Environmental Science Extension Biological Systems Engineer | Biological systems for municipal waste management, nonpoint source pollution, design of land application systems, water resource management, surface water quality. | |
| Dewees, Christopher | Sea Grant Extension Program | |
| Specialist in Cooperative Extension Marine Fisheries, Emeritus | Marine fisheries; human dimensions of fisheries management; commercial fisheries technology | |
| George, Melvin | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Specialist IX | Range and pasture improvement, grazing management, rangeland water quality, rangeland management practices, ranch planning, and ecological site descriptions. | |
| Getz, Wayne | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor | Population modeling with application to biological control, wildlife management, food web dynamics, and conservation biology. Olfaction in insects. | |
| Goldman, George | Agricultural & Resource Economics & Policy | |
| CE Specialist Emeritus | Regional economic models, community resource development | |
| Grosholz, Edwin | Environmental Science and Policy | |
| Alexander and Elizabeth Swantz Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Coastal and Inland Water Resources | |
| Harris, Richard | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Forest stewardship and management, stream restoration, environmental monitoring | ||
| Kelly, Maggi | ESPM - Ecosystem Sciences | |
| Cooperative Extension Specialist | GIS, remote sensing, landscape ecology, wetlands, deforestation | |
| McCreary, Douglas | Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program | |
| Area Natural Resources Specialist - North Sierra Region | Oak regeneration, woodland management; and agroforestry | |
| Merenlender, Adina | Hopland Research & Extension Center | |
| Cooperative Extension Specialist; Adjunct Professor | conservation biology, private land conservation, watershed science, connectivity science | |
| Moritz, Max | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Fire Ecology and Management; Disturbance Regimes; Spatial Analysis and GIS; Sudden Oak Death | |
| Nakamura, Gary | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Area Forestry Specialist; Co-Director Center for Forestry, Shasta County director | Conifer forest management, silviculture, environmental education for teachers, biomass harvesting, eucalyptus production, power plant ash, bioregional councils, community-based forestry | |
| O'Geen, Anthony | Soils & Biogeochemistry Program | |
| Cooperative Extension Soil Resource Specialist | Soil-landscape relationships, hydropedology, application of digital soil databases, soil survey; pedologic and hydrologic processes in deep regolith; macrofauna and mesofauna in soils. | |
| Ponzio, Richard | Human & Community Development | |
| Specialist in CE (Emeritus) | Development and assessment of science education and science literacy programs in non-school settings, developing critical thinking skills using science content and methodology, teacher education and teacher partnerships for inquiring into improved instruction strategies, school reform issues, using student portfolios for assessing accomplishment | |
| Reid, Michael | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Cooperative Extension Specialist | Postharvest biology and technology of ornamentals, cut flowers, flowering plants, foliage plants. Physiology of flowering and flowering control, chilling injury, mode of action of ethylene and inhibition of ethylene responses. | |
| Salmon, Terrell | San Diego County | |
| County Director and Wildlife Specialist | Cooperative Extension administration. Extension methods, program impact, and evaluation. Vertebrate pest control; vertebrate ecology; animal damage (rodents and misc vertebrates); bird damage; predators | |
| Scott, Thomas | Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program | |
| Natural Resources Wildlife Specialist | Conservation of wildlife, wildlife/urban interface. Response of wildlife to human disturbances | |
| Thompson, Lisa | Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology | |
| Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Anadromous and inland fish, freshwater ecology, population dynamics modeling, dams and water diversions, terrestrial-aquatic linkages in watersheds. | |
| Tietje, William | Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program | |
| Area Natural Resource Specialist | Oak woodland ecology and management, human impacts on wildlife, oak regeneration, land use planning | |
| Timm, Robert | Hopland Research & Extension Center | |
| Center Director; Extension Wildlife Specialist | Prevention and control of wildlife damage, solving human-wildlife conflicts, rodent and predator biology and behavior, wildlife management | |
| Wu, Laosheng | Environmental Sciences | |
| Professor CE Water Management Specialist | Soil physics, vadose-zone hydrology, water quality, water management | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Bugg, Robert | Sustainable Agricultural Research & Education Program | |
| Information Analyst | Develop, gather and disseminate information on cover cropping, pest management and restoration ecology | |
| Engilis, Andrew | Davis | |
| NRS | Wildlife Ecology | |
| Gilardi, Kirsten | Davis | |
| Veterinarian | Wildlife Vet | |
| Holstege, Dirk | DANR Analytical Laboratory | |
| Director | ||
| Keiffer, Robert | Hopland Research & Extension Center | |
| Center Superintendent | ||
| LeBlanc, John | ||
| Lennox, Michael | Sonoma County | |
| Staff Research Asst | Riparian Restoration Effectiveness and Water Quality BMPs | |
| Lund, Lanny | Environmental Sciences | |
| Emeritus Professor of Soil Science Soil Scientist | Morphology, genesis and classification of soils, fate of nitrogen in agricultural systems, natural and urban | |
| Manton, Linda | Central Valley Region | |
| Regional Director | Community leadership development, Myers-Briggs Qualified, Essential FacilitationTrainer Certified, Crucial Conversation Trainer Certified | |
| Martin, Carol | El Dorado County | |
| 4-H Youth Development Program Representative | Youth development | |
| Moore, Janet | Sea Grant Extension Program | |
| Restoration Coordinator | Salmon Habitat Restoration | |
| Nossaman, Sarah | Sonoma County | |
| Staff Research Assistant | Anadromous fish habitat restoration & effectiveness monitoring | |
| Rodrigues, Kimberly | North Coast & Mountain | |
| Regional Director Administrative Liaison--RREA | Forestry North Coast & Mountain Region Administration; RREA ( Renewable Resources Extension Act) Administrative Liaison | |
| Standiford, Richard | Associate Vice President-ANR | |
| Associate Vice President and Forest Management Specialist | Resource economics; forest management; hardwood rangelands; silviculture | |
| West, Wendy | El Dorado County | |
| Natural Resources Program Representative | Invasive Plants, Collaborative Efforts - Weed Management Areas, Agriculture and Environmental Literacy | |
| Non-UC | ||
| Baldocchi, Dennis | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor of Biometeorology | biosphere-atmosphere interactions | |
| Moghaddas, Jason | UC Berkeley | |
| Graduate Student | fire ecology | |
| Stromberg, Mark | Hastings Reserve | |
| Director | Oak woodland grasses | |
| Other UC | ||
| Aigner, Paul | Davis | |
| NRS | Ecology | |
| Boucher, Virginia | Natural Reserve System, UC Davis | |
| Reserve Manager | reserve management; serpentine plant distribution patterns; restoration of native plants | |
| Canestro, Don | UC KS Norris Rancho Marino Reserve | |
| Reserve Manager, NRS | restoration, land management | |
| Chen Yin, Noah | Oakland DANR | |
| NRS | NRS | |
| Dawson, Daniel | Natural Reserve System | |
| Director | ||
| Glazer, Alex | Berkeley | |
| Professor | NRS Manager | |
| Hamilton, Mike | UC James Reserve | |
| NRS | Ecology | |
| Koehler, Cahterine | McLaughlin Reserve | |
| NRS | Ecology | |
| London, Jonathan | Human & Community Development | |
| Assistant Professional Researcher | Rural community development, natural resource/environmental social science, participatory research, youth development | |
| Muth, Allan | Deep Canyon Reseve | |
| Reserve Manager | Ecology | |
| Smiley, John | Big Creek Reserve | |
| NRS | Ecology | |
| Tuttle, Andrea | UC Berkeley | |
| Visiting Faculty | ||
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 125 | |
| ANR Members | 122 | |
| Non-ANR | 3 | |
| Info Only | 0 | |
