Sustainable Natural Ecosystems Panel Members
How the Panel helps
The SI Panels help
Unify
1. Create vision, 2. Identify themes & priorities, 3. Input to Strategic Plan, 4. Hold meetings, 5. Operate a think tank, 6. Help build capacity, 7. Input to staffing needs, and 8. Manage grants
Communicate
1. Collate stories & highlights, 2. Develop materials (white papers, etc.), 3. Foster debate
Advocate
1. Represent UC ANR and the SI, 2. Engage stakeholders and government, 3. Raise awareness, 4.Represent on Program Council
Initiative Leader

Josh S. Davy
Title: Livestock, Range, and Natural Resources Advisor / County Director
Specialty: Livestock, Range and Irrigated Pasture
Address:
Cooperative Extension Tehama County
1754 Walnut Street
Red Bluff, CA 96080
Phone: (530) 527-3101
Email: jsdavy@ucanr.edu
Title: Livestock, Range, and Natural Resources Advisor / County Director
Specialty: Livestock, Range and Irrigated Pasture
Address:
Cooperative Extension Tehama County
1754 Walnut Street
Red Bluff, CA 96080
Phone: (530) 527-3101
Email: jsdavy@ucanr.edu
Panel Members

Roger A Baldwin Ph.D.
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist: Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution
Specialty: Wildlife Damage and Pest Management
Address:
Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
One Shields Ave, UC Davis
1069 Academic Surge
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-4551
Email: rabaldwin@ucanr.edu
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist: Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution
Specialty: Wildlife Damage and Pest Management
Address:
Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
One Shields Ave, UC Davis
1069 Academic Surge
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-4551
Email: rabaldwin@ucanr.edu

Ted Grantham
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: climate, water management and freshwater ecology
Address:
130 Mulford Hall #3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Phone: 510-664-4664
Email: tgrantham@berkeley.edu
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: climate, water management and freshwater ecology
Address:
130 Mulford Hall #3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Phone: 510-664-4664
Email: tgrantham@berkeley.edu

Dr Igor Lacan
Title: Interim County Director; Bay Area Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry Advisor
Specialty: Urban Forestry
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Mateo-San Francisco Counties
1500 Purisima Creek Road
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Phone: 650-276-7428
Email: ilacan@ucanr.edu
Title: Interim County Director; Bay Area Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry Advisor
Specialty: Urban Forestry
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Mateo-San Francisco Counties
1500 Purisima Creek Road
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Phone: 650-276-7428
Email: ilacan@ucanr.edu

Dr Loralee Larios
Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Plant Ecology, Plant Invasions, restoration
Address:
Botany & Plant Sciences
2150 Batchelor Hall
Riverside, CA 92521-0124
Email: loralee@ucr.edu
Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Plant Ecology, Plant Invasions, restoration
Address:
Botany & Plant Sciences
2150 Batchelor Hall
Riverside, CA 92521-0124
Email: loralee@ucr.edu

Daniel K Macon
Title: County Director, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Rangeland livestock production, economics, and management
Address:
11477 E Avenue
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone: 530-889-7385
Email: dmacon@ucanr.edu
Title: County Director, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Rangeland livestock production, economics, and management
Address:
11477 E Avenue
Auburn, CA 95603
Phone: 530-889-7385
Email: dmacon@ucanr.edu

Dr Christopher J Mcdonald
Title: Inland and Desert Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: invasive plants, weeds, native plant restoration, vegetation management, sensitive species management, habitat restoration, restoration planning, environmental education
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension - San Bernardino County
7863 Central Ave
909-387-2171
Highland, CA 92346
Phone: (909) 387-2171
Email: cjmcdonald@ucanr.edu
Title: Inland and Desert Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: invasive plants, weeds, native plant restoration, vegetation management, sensitive species management, habitat restoration, restoration planning, environmental education
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension - San Bernardino County
7863 Central Ave
909-387-2171
Highland, CA 92346
Phone: (909) 387-2171
Email: cjmcdonald@ucanr.edu

Max Alan Moritz Ph.D.
Title: Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Specialty: Fire Ecology and Management; Disturbance Regimes; Spatial Analysis; Fire Policy; Climate Change Adaptation
Notes: Publications via Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A_0DKxMAAAAJ
Address:
Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
2400 Bren Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131
Phone: 805-893-8747
Email: mmoritz@ucanr.edu
Title: Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Specialty: Fire Ecology and Management; Disturbance Regimes; Spatial Analysis; Fire Policy; Climate Change Adaptation
Notes: Publications via Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A_0DKxMAAAAJ
Address:
Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
2400 Bren Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131
Phone: 805-893-8747
Email: mmoritz@ucanr.edu

Elina Lastro Nino
Title: Assistant Specialist in CE
Specialty: Apiclture
Address:
Entomology
One Shields Avenue
367 Briggs Hall
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530-500-2747
Email: elnino@ucdavis.edu
Title: Assistant Specialist in CE
Specialty: Apiclture
Address:
Entomology
One Shields Avenue
367 Briggs Hall
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530-500-2747
Email: elnino@ucdavis.edu

Rebecca Ozeran
Title: Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Address:
UCCE
550 E. Shaw Ave, Suite 210B
Fresno, CA 93710
Phone: (559) 241-6564
Email: rkozeran@ucanr.edu
Title: Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Address:
UCCE
550 E. Shaw Ave, Suite 210B
Fresno, CA 93710
Phone: (559) 241-6564
Email: rkozeran@ucanr.edu

Devii R Rao
Title: San Benito County Director and Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Rangeland Ecology and Management, Rangeland Conservation, Grazing Management, Conservation of Biological Diversity, Watershed Protection and Management.
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Benito County
3228 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
Phone: 831-205-3125
Email: drorao@ucanr.edu
Title: San Benito County Director and Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Rangeland Ecology and Management, Rangeland Conservation, Grazing Management, Conservation of Biological Diversity, Watershed Protection and Management.
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Benito County
3228 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
Phone: 831-205-3125
Email: drorao@ucanr.edu

Dr Leslie M Roche Ph.D.
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Rangeland Management
Address:
UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences
1232 PES
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-5583
Email: lmroche@ucdavis.edu
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Rangeland Management
Address:
UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences
1232 PES
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-5583
Email: lmroche@ucdavis.edu

Ricky P Satomi
Title: Forestry/Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forest Management, Geographic Information Systems, Biomass
Address:
142A Garden Highway
Yuba City, CA 95991-5512
Phone: 530-822-6213
Email: rpsatomi@ucanr.edu
Title: Forestry/Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forest Management, Geographic Information Systems, Biomass
Address:
142A Garden Highway
Yuba City, CA 95991-5512
Phone: 530-822-6213
Email: rpsatomi@ucanr.edu

Yana Valachovic
Title: Forest Advisor and Humboldt - Del Norte County Director
Specialty: Forest management and ecology, oak woodlands, wildfire preparation, home hardening
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA 95503-6998
Phone: (707) 445-7351
Email: yvala@ucanr.edu
Title: Forest Advisor and Humboldt - Del Norte County Director
Specialty: Forest management and ecology, oak woodlands, wildfire preparation, home hardening
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA 95503-6998
Phone: (707) 445-7351
Email: yvala@ucanr.edu

Dirk Van Vuren
Title: Professor
Specialty: Ecological approaches for managing vertebrate pests; ecology and behavior of mammals; conservation biology, especially the ecology, evolution, and control of exotic species.
Address:
Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology
One Shields Avenue
1088 Academic Surge Building
Davis, CA 95616-8751
Phone: (530) 752-4181
Email: dhvanvuren@ucdavis.edu
Title: Professor
Specialty: Ecological approaches for managing vertebrate pests; ecology and behavior of mammals; conservation biology, especially the ecology, evolution, and control of exotic species.
Address:
Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology
One Shields Avenue
1088 Academic Surge Building
Davis, CA 95616-8751
Phone: (530) 752-4181
Email: dhvanvuren@ucdavis.edu
Contact Information
To learn more about this initiative, contact the Initiative Leader,