About the CCRC
The Central Coast Rangeland Coalition is a group of individuals and organizations that envision vibrant, productive, diverse, and sustainable rangelands and communities on California's Central Coast. Partners include rangeland owners and ranchers, conservation organizations such as The Nature Conservancy and the California Department of Fish and Game, public landowners including East Bay Regional Park District and Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, as well as research and educational organizations such as the University of California Cooperative Extension and Elkhorn Slough's Coastal Training Program.
This website contains reference materials and information about the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition's meetings and the Coalition's rangeland conservation forum.
Please feel free to contact us to learn more!
Steering Committee Members
Sheila Barry - Co-Chair
County Director Santa Clara / Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor, San Francisco Bay Area
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UCCE Santa Clara County (408) 282-3106 |
Devii Rao - Co-Chair & Workshop Coordinator
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UCCE San Benito County |
Lawrence "Larry" D. Ford, PhD
Principal and Senior Rangeland Conservation Scientist
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5984 Plateau Drive (831) 335-3959 |
Grey Hayes, PhD - Meeting Co-Facilitator
Education and Research Coordinator
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Swanton Pacific Ranch (831) 227-7163 |
Lewis Reed - Forum Scholar Co-Coordinator
Rangeland Ecologist/Botanist
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Midpeninsula Regional Open Space |
Veronica Yovovich, PhD - Convener
Wildlife Conflict Specialist
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UC Berkeley, Visiting Scholar |
Walter Ruzzo - Secretary
Chair
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Cal Poly Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences and Swanton Pacific Ranch Advisory Councils waltruzzo@gmail.com |
Dan Brumbaugh, PhD - Forum Scholar Coordinator
Director, Coastal Training Program
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Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve dan@elkhornslough.org |
Allison Rofe
Rangeland Specialist
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East Bay Regional Park District arofe@ebparks.org |
Denise Defreese
Rangeland Consultant
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East Bay Regional Park District (Retired) grassluver70@gmail.com
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Jackie Charbonneau
Ecologist
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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Ranch Advisory Councils (925) 453-3864 |