About Us

Project Director

Dr Stephanie Larson
Title: County Director and Livestock Range Management Advisor
Specialty: Sheep management and production, fiber production, rangeland and natural resource management, water quality
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension
133 Aviation Boulevard
Suite 109
Santa Rosa, CA 95403-2894
Phone: (707) 565-2621
Email: slarson@ucanr.edu

Team

Sheila J. Barry
Title: County Director Santa Clara/ San Francisco Bay Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Rangeland Management
Address:
UCCE Santa Clara County
1553 Berger Drive, Bldg. 1
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 282-3106
Email: sbarry@ucanr.edu

Theresa A. Becchetti
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Livestock and Natural Resources, San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties
Address:
University of California Cooperative Extension, Suite A. Corner of Service and Crows Landing
3800 Cornucopia Way
Suite A
Modesto, CA 95358
Phone: (209) 525-6800
Email: tabecchetti@ucanr.edu

Morgan P. Doran
Title: County Director, Advisor for Livestock and Natural Resources
Specialty: Livestock, beef cattle, sheep, nutrition, range management, irrigated pastures, grazing systems, ranch water quality.
Address:
Cooperative Extension Solano County
501 Texas Street
First Floor
Fairfield, CA 94533-4498
Phone: (707) 784-1326
Email: mpdoran@ucanr.edu

Dr Valerie Eviner
Title: Associate Professor
Specialty: Using a mechanistic understanding of plant-soil interactions to increase our understanding and effective management of: invasions, restoration, biogeochemical cycling, global change, grazing systems, and sustainable agriculture.
Address:
1210 PES, Mail Stop 1; 1 Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-8538
Fax: 530-752-4361
Email: veviner@ucdavis.edu

Larry C Forero
Title: County Director
Specialty: Livestock and Natural resources
Address:
Cooperative Extension Shasta County
1851 Hartnell Avenue
Redding, CA 96002-2217
Phone: (530) 224-4900
Email: lcforero@ucanr.edu

Holly A George
Title: Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor, County Director
Specialty: Livestock, Multiple Use of Natural Resources & Community Development
Address:
208 Fairground Road
Quincy, CA 95971
Phone: (530) 283-6262
Email: hageorge@ucanr.edu

Dr Melvin George
Title: CE Specialist, Emeritus
Specialty: Range and pasture improvement, grazing management, rangeland water quality, rangeland management practices, ranch planning, and ecological site descriptions.
Notes: Current Projects: Online Learning, Wrangle.com, History of UC Rangeland Programs, Decision Support Data Base for Annual Rangelands, Ecology and Management of Annual Rangelands (Handbook), and Weather and Range Forage Production Modeling.
Address:
Department of Plant Sciences
One Shields Avenue
2232 Plant and Environmental Sciences Bldg
Davis, CA 95616-8780
Phone: (530) 752-1720
Fax: (530) 752-4361
Email: mrgeorge@ucdavis.edu

Karen Giovannini
Title: Agriculture Ombudsman
Specialty: Ecosystem Services, Regulatory, Site Builder
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension
133 Aviation Boulevard
Suite 109
Santa Rosa, CA 95403-2894
Phone: (707) 565-2328
Email: kgiovannini@ucdavis.edu

Roger S Ingram
Title: Placer-Nevada County Director and Farm Advisor
Specialty: Grazing management, fencing, nutrition, economics, livestock, range, land use, low-stress livestock handling, California Grazing Academy
Address:
Cooperative Extension Placer County
11477 E Avenue
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone: (530) 889-7385
Email: rsingram@ucanr.edu

David J Lewis
Title: Director
Specialty: Watershed Management and Research
Address:
Cooperative Extension Marin County
1682 Novato Boulevard
Suite 150-B
Novato, CA 94947
Phone: (415) 473-4204
Email: djllewis@ucanr.edu