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Workgroup Information Water Quality |
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| $8,300 | |
| Summary | Workgroup would function for communications and networking as well as subject matter in-service training for Advisors conducting Farm Water Quality Planning short courses. |
| Website: | http://waterquality.ucanr.org |
| Annual Reports: |
2007 2006 2005 2004 |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Mary Bianchi (Chair) |
| Phone | (805) 781-5949 |
| mlbianchi@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | San Luis Obispo County |
| Location: |
Cooperative Extension San Luis Obispo County 2156 Sierra Way Suite C San Luis Obispo, 93401 |
| Name | Jay Gan (Chair) |
| Phone | (951) 827-2712 |
| jgan@ucr.edu | |
| Unit: | Environmental Sciences |
| Location: |
Environmental Sciences Riverside, 92521-0424 |
| Name | Stephen Grattan (Chair) |
| Phone | (530) 752-4618 |
| srgrattan@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Hydrology Program |
| Location: |
Hydrology Program, LAWR/Veihmeyer One Shields Avenue 139 Veihmeyer Hall Davis, 95616 |
| Name | Stephen Kaffka (Chair) |
| Phone | (530) 752-8108 |
| srkaffka@ucdavis.edu | |
| Unit: | Department of Plant Sciences |
| Location: |
Department of Plant Sciences One Shields Avenue 1210 Plant and Environmental Sciences Bldg Davis, 95616-8780 |
| Name | Laosheng Wu (Chair) |
| Phone | (951) 827-4664 |
| laowu@ucrac1.ucr.edu | |
| Unit: | Environmental Sciences |
| Location: |
Environmental Sciences Riverside, 92521-0424 |
| Responsible for Workgroup Administration and Budget | |
| Name | Steve Grattan |
| srgrattan@ucdavis.edu | |
| Phone | 530-715-4618 |
| Membership List | ||
| AES Scientist | ||
| Hopmans, Jan | Dean's Office CA&ES | |
| Programmatic Associate Dean and Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources | Irrigation systems; system analysis; shallow groundwater and drainage water disposal; soil and water management of water resources | |
| Knapp, Keith | Environmental Sciences | |
| Professor | Water resource economics, agricultural production economics, economics of irrigation and drainage, crop-water production functions, agricultural commodity markets. | |
| Lauchli, Andre | Soils & Biogeochemistry Program | |
| Plant Physiologist Professor of Plant Nutrition | Plant nutrition; responses of plants to environmental stresses; absorption and translocation of ions in plants; ion localization in plants by means of x-ray microanalysis and related techniques; comparative mineral nutrition, involving genotypes of crops and wild plants; physiology of salt and nutrient stresses in plants | |
| 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. | |
| Rolston, Dennis | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
| Professor Soil Physicist-AES | Soil physics, contaminant transport processes in soils, denitrification, trickle irrigation, soil carbon, diffusion of gases in soils, spatial and temporal variability in soil processes; transport of VOCs in soil | |
| van Kessel, Chris | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Chair Department of Plant Sciences | Agronomy, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, cropping systems, international agriculture. | |
| CE Advisor | ||
| Aegerter, Brenna | San Joaquin County | |
| Farm Advisor | Vegetable Crops, Plant Pathology | |
| 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. | |
| (info only) Cahn, Michael | Monterey County | |
| Farm Advisor | Irrigation & Water Resources | |
| Caprile, Janet | Contra Costa County | |
| Farm Advisor | Commercial fruit, nut, vine, vegetable, field, specialty crops | |
| Collar, Carol | Kings County | |
| Farm Advisor | Dairy, livestock and forage | |
| Faber, Ben | Ventura County | |
| Farm Advisor | Soils and water, avocados and minor subtropicals | |
| Fulton, Allan | Tehama County | |
| Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor | ||
| (info only) Haver, Darren | Orange County | |
| Water Resources/Water Quality Advisor and South Coast REC Director | ||
| (info only) Kabashima, John | Orange County | |
| County Director Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Ornamental horticulture, nursery crops, pest management, exotic and invasive pests, water runoff, water quality | |
| 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. | |
| (info only) Lewis, David | Marin County | |
| Director | Watershed Management and Research | |
| (info only) Long, Rachael | Yolo County | |
| Farm Advisor Field Crops Pest Management | Pest management, agronomy, dry beans, alfalfa, water quality, oil seed crops | |
| Munk, Daniel | Fresno County | |
| Farm Advisor | Cotton Production Systems, Irrigation and Drainage, Soil Quality and Tillage | |
| Newman, Julie | Ventura County | |
| Environmental Horticulture Farm Advisor | Floriculture and nursery production | |
| Sanden, Blake | Kern County | |
| Irrigation & Agronomy Farm Advisor | Irrigation, soil, water, agronomy, blackeyes, sugarbeets, safflower, alfalfa | |
| (info only) Wilen, Cheryl | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor | Integrated Pest Management for ornamental plant production and maintenance including nurseries, greenhouses, field production, floriculture, turf and landscape. Projects related to pesticide reduction and alternatives in urban (non-Ag) areas. Research specialty in weed management.Other key words: Urban Pest Management, Environmental Horticulture | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| (info only) Gan, Jay | Environmental Sciences | |
| CE Water Quality Specialist and Professor of Environmetnal Chemistry | Environmental risks and mitigation practices of pesticides, water and air quality issues related to pesticide uses, IPM practices | |
| 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. | |
| Grattan, Stephen | Hydrology Program | |
| CE Plant-water Specialist | Irrigation water management, crop-water management, salinity effects on plants, toxic elements in vegetable crops | |
| Hanson, Blaine | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
| CE Irrigation and Drainage Specialist | Drainage; wells and pumps; micro-irrigation, sprinkler irrigation; furrow irrigation, border and basin irrigation, irrigation scheduling; salinity; soil moisture sensors | |
| Harter, Thomas | Hydrology Program | |
| Cooperative Extension Specialist | Flow and transport processes in groundwater and in the vadoze zone; non-point source pollution of groundwater; groundwater remediation; groundwater resources management; geostatistics; stochastic analysis; numerical modeling. | |
| Hartz, Timothy | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Vegetable Crops Specialist | Improved management regimes for commercial vegetable production, cultural practices for warm-season vegetable crops | |
| Kaffka, Stephen | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Assistant CE Agronomist VI & Lecturer WOS | Works on sugar beets and safflower, particularly ways to improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of producting these crops. Also works on water quality and agricultural drainage and salinity management. | |
| Maas, John | Veterinary Medicine Extension | |
| CE Veterinarian | Beef cattle health and food safety; metabolic diseases; herd health management | |
| (info only) Merhaut, Donald | Botany & Plant Sciences | |
| Extension Specialist for Nursery and Floriculture Crops | Plant Nutrition, Woody Ornamentals, Floriculture, Blueberry Production | |
| Oki, Lorence | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Assoc Specialist in CE, Landscape Horticulture | Irrigation and runoff management in urban landscapes and nurseries; effect of water quality (salinity) on plant growth; evaluating California native plants for use in landscape horticulture; introduction of plants for environmental horticulture. Additional unit assignment: Landscape Architecture Program | |
| Oster, James | Environmental Sciences | |
| Emeritus CE Soil & Water Specialist | *Please contact me via Email* Diagnosis and solution to water penetration problems, reclamation of saline, sodic and boron affected soils, water quality impacts on soils and plants, environmental impact of irrigated agriculture | |
| Pettygrove, Stuart | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
| CE Soils Specialist | Soil fertility; land application of wastes and wastewater; dairy manure; winegrape nutrition; precision agriculture. | |
| Prichard, Terry | Land, Air & Water Resources | |
| CE Irrigation Water Management Specialist | Irrigation water management, crop response to limited water supplies, water infiltration, Delta water quality and soil salinity issues | |
| (info only) Putnam, Daniel | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Program Leader-Agricultural Productivity (Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources) | Extension Specialist, Alfalfa and forage crops systems, forage quality and utilization, alternative field crops, cellulosic energy crops (switchgrass, miscanthus) crop ecology. | |
| Schwankl, Lawrence | Kearney Agricultural Center | |
| CE Irrigation Specialist | Irrigation engineering, design, operation and management of irrigation systems, soil moisture monitoring, low-volume irrigation | |
| Tate, Kenneth | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| CE Rangeland Watershed Specialist and Vice Chair for Outreach and Extension | Rangeland hydrology, water quality, nonpoint source pollution, grazing management. | |
| Wu, Laosheng | Environmental Sciences | |
| Professor CE Water Management Specialist | Soil physics, vadose-zone hydrology, water quality, water management | |
| Zalom, Frank | Entomology CAES | |
| CE Specialist, Entomologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor | Fruit and Vegetable Crop Entomology; Integrated Pest Management | |
| Other ANR | ||
| Birkle, David | Center for Water Resources | |
| Staff Research Associate | ||
| Peters, Doug | Hansen Trust | |
| Center Superintendent | ||
| Reid, Karrie | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Junior Specialist | Landscape Horticulture | |
| Non-UC | ||
| Benes, Sharon | CSU Fresno | |
| Professor | Forages/Halophytes in drainage water reuse systems | |
| Cervinka, Vashek | CDFA | |
| IFDM drainage water reuse systems | ||
| Challender, Rebecca | USDA NRCS | |
| Water Quality Specialist | ||
| Corwin, Dennis | US Salinity Lab, Riverside | |
| Scientist | EM 38 mapping | |
| Davidoff, Baryohay | Dept. of Water Resources, Sacramento | |
| Davis, Doug | Tulare Lake Drainage Dist. | |
| Delamore, Mike | BR | |
| User, Unverified | ||
| Faria, Jose | Department of Water Resources | |
| Green, Sarge | CWI-CSUF | |
| User, Unverified | ||
| Johnson, Dan | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service | |
| State Water Management Engineer | ||
| User, Unverified | ||
| Troiano, John | CA Dept. of Pesticide Regulation | |
| Project Leader, Researcher | ||
| Vang, Kaomine | CWI-CSUF | |
| Zoldoski, David | CIT CSUF, Corcoran, CA | |
| Other UC | ||
| Fujino, Dave | Dean's Office CA&ES | |
| Director, California Center for Urban Horticulture | ||
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 60 | |
| ANR Members | 44 | |
| Non-ANR | 16 | |
| Info Only | 9 | |
