Workgroup directory/information

Workgroup Information Natural Resources Coordinating Conference
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.
Workgroup Chair Information
Name	Edith Allen (Chair)
Phone	(951) 827-2123
E-Mail	edith.allen@ucr.edu
Unit:	Botany & Plant Sciences
Location:	Botany & Plant Sciences 2150 Batchelor Hall Riverside, 92521-0124

Membership List
AES Scientist
Allen-Diaz, Barbara		Vice President-ANR
	Vice President, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Director of Cooperative Extension, 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)
	Professor and Chair, Division of Ecosystem Sciences	Forest ecology and ecosystem dynamics
Beissinger, Steven		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Professor
Berry, Alison		Department of Plant Sciences
	Professor   Plant Biologist-AES	Assessment of nitrogen fixing plants, root and root nodule development, management of woody landscape plants, mistletoe control, biofuels
Boyer, Elizabeth		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Assistant Professor   Watershed Processes	Watershed processes, forest hydrology, and biogeochemistry
Chang, Andrew
	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
	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, GIS, informatics tools for biodiversity, land use modeling, and water quality
Rice, Kevin		Department of Plant Sciences
	Professor I	Plant population ecology, conservation biology, restoration ecology, ecological genetics.
Southard, Randal		Land, Air & Water Resources
	Professor  and Soil Genesis /Morphologist-AES	Pedology
Stephens, Scott		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Professor	Wildland fire science, fire ecology, fire behavior, wildfire
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		Evolution & Ecology
	Professor
CE Advisor
Bali, Khaled		Imperial County
	Irrigation/Water Management Advisor and County Director. Interim Director UC Desert Research and Extension Center	Irrigation and water management, soil salinity, drainage, infiltration, water quality, TMDL, biosolids
Barry, Sheila		Santa Clara County
	County Director Santa Clara/ San Francisco Bay Area Livestock and 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
	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
	County Director, Advisor for Livestock and Natural Resources	Livestock, beef cattle, sheep, nutrition, range management, irrigated pastures, grazing systems, ranch water quality.
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, aquatic and terrestrial invasive species, fire ecology and landscape preparation, land use planning, environmental literacy
Forero, Larry		Shasta County
	County Director	Livestock and Natural resources
Garcia, Emeritus, Sergio		San Benito County
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus -   Livestock   Range and Natural Resources
George, Holly		Plumas Sierra
	Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor, County Director	Livestock, Multiple Use of Natural Resources & Community Development
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/Advisor:  Forests & Wildland Ecology	Lake County Director, Forest management, wildlife management, vertebrate pest management, wetlands, watersheds, fisheries and freshwater ecology
Harper, John		Mendocino County
	Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor	Sheep & goat production, range cattle production, rangeland, watershed, water quality, computer applications.
Haver, Darren		Orange County
	Water Resources/Water Quality Advisor and South Coast REC Director, Interim County Director, UCCE Orange
Jensen, Wayne		Santa Barbara County
	Emeritus County Director	Livestock, natural resources, public issue education
Kleppin, Janelle		Del Norte County Office
Kocher, Susie		El Dorado County
	Natural Resources Advisor	Forestry, fire and water quality
Lancaster, Donald		Modoc County
	"County Director, Farm Advisor"	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, other 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
	Livestock & Natural Resources Advisor/County Director	Livestock, range, wildlife, recreation
Marzolla, A. Michael		Ventura County
	4-H Youth Development Program & Master Gardener Program Advisor Emeritus (Retired)	Youth development, environmental & science education, educational materials development, critical pedagodgy
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, Emeritus	Range and livestock
Mellano, Valerie		San Diego North County Office
	Acting County Director, 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, Farm Advisor, Emeritus"	Vegetable crops, community development
Myers, Monique		Los Angeles 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
	Marine Fisheries Advisor	commercial and recreational fisheries science; behavioral and evolutionary ecology of fishes; marine biology
Olin, Paul		Sonoma County
	Sea Grant Extension Program Academic Coordinator	Aquaculture, marine fisheries, agriculture and natural resources issues
Oneto, Scott		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Farm Advisor / County Director	Rangeland management, weed science, home horticulture, livestock
Pomeroy, Carrie
	Sea Grant Advisor	Social, cultural & economic aspects of fisheries, marine policy & management
Quarles, Stephen		Contra Costa County
	CE Advisor  Emeritus	Performance of materials in wood-frame buildings; wildfire; moisture; physical properties of wood
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
		Marine ecology, fisheries, coastal resources
Sullins, Jim		Tulare County
	County Director - Tulare & Kings Counties	Livestock, Range and Natural Resources, Public Policy, Community Development
Valachovic, Yana		Humboldt County Office
	Forest Advisor and Humboldt - Del Norte County Director	Forest management and ecology
Varea Hammond Emeritus, 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		Veterinary Medicine Extension
	CE Specialist	Waterborne zoonotic disease, best management practices , microbial food safety
Campbell, Dave		Human & Community Development
	Associate Specialist in CE; Strategic Initiative Leader, Healthy Families and Communities	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		Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology
	Specialist in Cooperative Extension Marine Fisheries, Emeritus	Marine fisheries; human dimensions of fisheries management; commercial fisheries technology
George, Melvin
	CE Specialist, Emeritus	Range and pasture improvement, grazing management, rangeland water quality, rangeland management practices, ranch planning, and ecological site descriptions.
Getz, Christy		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist	Natural Resource-Dependent Workers and Communities
Goldman, George		Agricultural & Resource Economics & Policy
	CE Specialist   Emeritus	Regional economic models, community resource development
Grosholz, Edwin		Environmental Science and Policy
	Professor and Alexander and Elizabeth Swantz Specialist in Cooperative Extension	Coastal and Inland Water Resources
Kelly, Maggi		ESPM - Ecosystem Sciences
	Director, Statewide IGIS Program, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist	GIS, remote sensing, landscape ecology, wetlands, deforestation
McCreary, Douglas
	Natural Resource Specialist Emeritus	Oak regeneration, woodland management; and agroforestry
Merenlender, Adina		Hopland Research & Extension Center
	Cooperative Extension Specialist; Adjunct Professor	conservation biology, land use planning, watershed science, habitat connectivity
Moritz, Max		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension	Fire Ecology and Management; Disturbance Regimes; Spatial Analysis and GIS; Fire Policy
Nakamura, Gary		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Area Forestry Specialist;retired	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 (e.g. museums, 4-H Youth Development, after school programs, etc.), 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, Dr. Terrell		Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology
		Vertebrate pest control; vertebrate ecology; animal damage (rodents and misc vertebrates); bird damage; predators
Scott, Thomas		Earth Sciences
	Natural Resources   Wildlife Specialist	Conservation of wildlife, wildlife/urban interface. Response of wildlife to human disturbances
Thompson, Lisa
	Specialist in Cooperative Extension	Anadromous and inland fish, freshwater ecology, population dynamics modeling, dams and water diversions, terrestrial-aquatic linkages in watersheds.
Tietje, William
	Area Natural Resource Specialist	Oak woodland ecology and management, human impacts on wildlife, oak regeneration, land use planning
Timm, Robert
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		Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology
	Principal Museum Scientist
Frost, Bill		Associate Vice President - Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives
	Associate Director of Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station, Director ANR Research & Extension Center System
Gilardi, Kirsten		Davis
	Veterinarian	Wildlife Vet
Holstege, Dirk		UC Davis 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		Staff Personnel Unit
	Executive Director for Staff Personnel and Affirmative Action Contact	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
	Restoration Coordinator	Salmon Habitat Restoration
Nossaman, Sarah		Sonoma County
	Staff Research Assistant	Anadromous fish habitat restoration & effectiveness monitoring
Rodrigues, Kimberly		Academic Personnel
	Executive Director for Academic Personnel	Administration; Environmental Science, Policy and Management; Collaborative Science
Standiford, Richard		ESPM - Ecosystem Sciences
	Cooperative Extension Forest Management Specialist	Resource economics; forest management; hardwood rangelands; silviculture
West, Wendy		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	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
Harris, Richard		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
		Forest stewardship and management, stream restoration, environmental monitoring
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 Professor	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		121
Non-ANR		4
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