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Workgroup Information

Oak Woodland Conservation

         FY 07-08 $7,000
Summary Management and maintenance of California's 10 million acres of oak woodlands or hardwood rangelands.
Website:  http://groups.ucanr.org/OakWG/
Annual Reports: 2007
2006
2005
2004
 
Workgroup Chair Information
Name William Tietje (Chair)
Phone (805) 781-5938
E-Mail tietje@berkeley.edu
Unit: Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
 
Responsible for Workgroup Administration and Budget
Name Sherry Cooper
Email slcooper@berkeley.edu
Phone 530-224-4902
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
(info only) Baldocchi, Dennis Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
  Professor of Biometeorology biosphere-atmosphere interactions
Barrett, Reginald Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
  Professor of Wildlife Ecology & Management Wildlife management, especially the response of wildlife to land management practices and the management of introduced vertebrates
Bartolome, James Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
  Professor Ecology and management of California's rangelands
(info only) Bledsoe, Caroline Soils & Biogeochemistry Program
  AES   Professor   Microbial Ecologist Rhizosphere ecology, plant physiology, forest ecosystems mycorrhizae, nutrient uptake
Dodd, Richard Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
  Associate Professor Plant population genetics and evolution
Fortmann, Louise Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
  Natural resource sociology; rural development, science and society
Huntsinger, Lynn Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
  Professor   Rangeland management and ecology, Native American natural resource management, pasforalism, culture and natural resources
(info only) O'Hara, Kevin Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
  Professor Silviculture, forest management, stand dynamics
Rice, Kevin Department of Plant Sciences
  Professor I Plant population ecology, conservation biology, restoration ecology, ecological genetics.
(info only) Silver, Whendee Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
  Professor
CE Advisor
Barry, Sheila Santa Clara County
  Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor Rangeland Management
Bell, Carl San Diego County
  Regional Advisor, head quartered in San Diego Invasive Plants
Churches, Kenneth Calaveras County
  Farm Advisor Calaveras County Director 4-HYD Advisor General agriculture, livestock, range, wine grape and olive production
Costello, Laurence San Mateo-San Francisco Counties
  Environmental Horticulture Advisor Urban forestry and landscape horticulture
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
Downer, A. Ventura County
  Farm Advisor Pathology of landscape ornamentals , Phytophthora Root Rot, Mulches, Potting soils, Palm horticulture, Arboriculture, Master Gardener Coordinator, Research Advisory Committee Chair for the Hansen Trust
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
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
Ingram, Roger Placer-Nevada Counties
  Placer-Nevada County Director and Farm Advisor Grazing management, fencing, nutrition, economics, livestock, range, land use, low-stress livestock handling, California Grazing Academy
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.
Lewis, David Marin County
  Director Watershed Management and Research
(info only) 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
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
(info only) McGourty, Glenn Mendocino County
  Viticulture & Plant Science Advisor Plant science--all horticultural crops including wine grapes, vegetables; viticulture; nursery and floriculture (ornamentals); landscape; also sustainable agriculture and weed science
Oneto, Scott Tuolumne County
  Farm Advisor / County Director Rangeland management, weed science, home horticulture, livestock
Quarles, Stephen Contra Costa County
  CE Advisor   Wood Durability Performance of materials in wood-frame buildings
Shelly, John Contra Costa County
  CE Advisor   Forest Products and Biomass Utilization Forest Products, Wood manufacturing methods, biomass utilization,physical properties of wood
Svihra, Pavel Marin County
  EH Advisor Emeritus Environmental horticulture, forestry, entomology
Swain, Steven Marin County
  Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Tjosvold, Steven Santa Cruz County
  Farm Advisor Environmental horticulture
Valachovic, Yana Humboldt County Office
  Forest Advisor and Humboldt County Director Forest management and ecology
CE Specialist
Allen, Edith Botany & Plant Sciences
  CE Natural Resources Specialist & Professor of Plant Ecology
(info only) Garbelotto, Matteo Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
  Extension Specialist in Forest Pathology and Adjunct Professor Forest pathology and mycology
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.
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
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
Stewart, William Center for Forestry
  Specialist forest management
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.
Temple, Steven Department of Plant Sciences
  WOS   CE Specialist III & Lecturer Agronomy and host plant resistance breeding of grain legumes, legume cover crops, sustainable farming systems; fluent in Spanish.
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
(info only) 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
Other ANR
(info only) Alexander, Janice Marin County
  Sudden Oak Death Outreach Coordinator
Brown, Letty UCB
  Graduate Research Associate Plant ecology
Bugg, Robert Sustainable Agricultural Research & Education Program
  Information Analyst Develop, gather and disseminate information on cover cropping, pest management and restoration ecology
Fry, Jalisca Hopland Research & Extension Center
  Educational Outreach Coordinator
Keiffer, Robert Hopland Research & Extension Center
  Center Superintendent
Kramer, Andrew Amador County
  Program Representative and Master Gardener Coordinator
Miller-Cripps, Rebecca Tuolumne County
  Master Gardener Coordinator Program Coordination, Ecology, Composting, Water Conservation, IPM
Standiford, Richard Associate Vice President-ANR
  Associate Vice President and Forest Management Specialist Resource economics; forest management; hardwood rangelands; silviculture
Non-UC
Blair, McLaughlin
 
Butler, Jill Forestry and Fire Protection
  Resource Specialist Resource policy
Cundiff, Marilyn Wildlife Conservation Board
  Wildlife Consevation Board Program Manager Oak Woodland Conservation Act of 2001
Ford, Larry Rangeland Management and Conservation Science
  Consultant
Lawson, Dawn US Navy/San Diego State University
 
Martin, Lottie Santa Barbara County Ag Commissioner
  Oak Education Specialist
Reynolds, Mark TNC
  Land-use Ecologist Woodland bird habitat relationships
Stromberg, Mark Hastings Reserve
  Director Oak woodland grasses
Swiecki, Ted Phytosphere Research
  Entomologist Entomology
Weitkamp, Bill
 
Other UC
(info only) Davis, Frank W.
  Professor environmental science
(info only) Gennet, Sasha UCB
  Graduate Student Researcher
(info only) Heaton, Emily ANR
  PhD Candidate
Koenig, Walt Integrative Biology UCB
  Professor Wildlife ecology
(info only) Crane, Sharon Kern County
  Office Services Technician Process Newsletters, Meeting Announcements, and Research Papers for Advisors.
Sork, Victoria UC Los Angeles
 
(info only) Tomerlin, David
 
Tyler, Claudia UCSB
  Research Scientist Oak regeneration
Wood, David Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
  Professor   Emeritus Host selection behavior of forest insects; chemical ecology of forest insects; biology and ecology of barkbeetles, forest pest management, insect-pathogen-plant interactions,
Membership Totals
Number of Members83
ANR Members73
Non-ANR10
Info Only14