Personnel

Current members of the Oak Woodland Conservation Workgroup include the UC Specialists that were formerly part of the IHRMP, campus faculty whose programs include range, wildlife and/or forestry management, county-based farm advisors working on various natural resource issues and others in the University with an interest in hardwoods including oaks. In addition, the Workgroup includes several individuals outside of UC that are especially interested in oak woodland conservation.

UC Contacts for More Information on Oak Woodlands

Regional Cooperative Extension Specialists are located throughout the State to develop applied research and outreach programs addressing conservation of oak woodlands - also called hardwood rangelands - in cooperation with local Cooperative Extension offices and various agencies and interest groups. In addition, six county-based Farm Advisers are a formal part of the Oak Conservation Program and work on high-priority hardwood-related projects. Click on the names on the right for more information about those in UC working on oak woodland issues. Bill Tietje is the current chair of the OWCW.

Sheila Barry, Livestock & Natural Resources Adviser, (408) 282-3106, sbarry@ucdavis.edu Specialty: Rangeland mgmt. ANR Profile

James Bartolome, Professor, (510) 642-7945, jwbart@berkeley.edu Specialty: Ecology and management of California's rangelands. ANR Profile

Morgan Doran, Adviser for Livestock and Natural Resources, (707) 784-1326, mpdoran@ucdavis.edu Specialty: Livestock, beef cattle, sheep, nutrition, range & natural resources. ANR Profile

Sabrina Drill, Ph.D., Natural Resources Adviser, (323) 260-3404 sldrill@ucdavis.edu Specialty: Watershed education, conservation and restoration of aquatic and wildland habitats and anadramous fishes. ANR Profile

Bill Frost, Associate Director - ANR Research and Extension Centers and Natural Resource Adviser, (530) 752-3931, wefrost@ucdavis.edu. ANR Profile

Greg Giusti, North Coast Area Hardwoods Adviser, (707) 263-6838 gagiusti@ucdavis.edu Specialty: Forest management, wildlife management, vertebrate pest management, wetlands, watersheds, fisheries. ANR Profile

Royce Larsen, Area Natural Resource Watershed Adviser, (805) 434-4106, relarsen@ucdavis.edu Specialty: Water quality and non-point source pollution on rangelands & natural resources. ANR Profile

Doug McCreary, Area Natural Resources Specialist - North Sierra Region, (530) 639-8807, mccreary@berkeley.edu Specialty: Oak regeneration, woodland management and agroforestry. ANR Profile

Neil McDougald, M.S., Natural Resources Farm Adviser, (559) 675-7879, Ext. 207 nmcdougald@ucdavis.edu Specialty: Range and livestock. ANR Profile

Adina Merenlender, Cooperative Extension Specialist; Adjunct Professor, (707) 744-1424 Ext. 106, adinam@berkeley.edu Specialty: Conservation biology, private land conservation, watershed science, connectivity science. ANR Profile

Gary Nakamura, Area Forestry Specialist; (530) 224-4902, nakamura@berkeley.edu, Specialty: Conifer forest management, silviculture, env. ed. for teachers, community-based forestry. ANR Profile

Tom Scott, Natural Resources Wildlife Specialist, (951) 827-5115, thomas.scott@ucr.edu, Specialty: Conservation of wildlife, wildlife/urban interface. Response of wildlife to human disturbances. ANR Profile

Richard Standiford, Forest Management Specialist, (510) 643-5428,standifo@berkeley.edu, Specialty: Resource economics, forest management, hardwood rangelands, silviculture. ANR Profile

William Stewart, Forest Management Specialist. (510) 643-3130. billstewart@berkeley.edu. Specialty: Forest economics, carbon sequestration, biomass utilization, forest policy. ANR Profile

Bill Tietje, Area Natural Resource Specialist, (805) 781-5938, tietje@berkeley.edu Specialty: Oak woodland ecology and management, human impacts on wildlife. ANR Profile