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Workgroup Information Fire
Summary	Researches wildland fire mitigation and wildland fire use including WUI fire impacts, fire effects research, decision support tools and helping communities with planning in the WUI.

Workgroup Chair Information

Name	Max Moritz (Chair)
Phone	805-893-8747
E-Mail	mmoritz@ucanr.edu
Unit:	UC Santa Barbara - CE Specialist
Location:	Bren School of Environmental Science and Management 2100 E Second Street Santa Barbara, 93106

Name	Susie Kocher (Co-Chair)
Phone	(530) 542-2571
E-Mail	sdkocher@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Central Sierra Cooperative Extension

Name	Lenya Quinn-Davidson (Co-Chair)
Phone	707-445-7351
E-Mail	lquinndavidson@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Humboldt County Office

Membership List
AES Scientist
Gonzales, Jan		San Diego County
	Project Coordinator/Community Education Supervisor II	Program development and management of specialty community education and outreach programs: Climate Resilient Agriculture, Goldspotted Oak Borer, Invasive Shot Hole Borer, South American Palm Weevil, Beekeeping and Wildfire
CE Advisor
Bennaton, Rob		Alameda County
	Bay Area Urban Agriculture Advisor	Small Scale Food Production and Soil Quality/Resource Management ; Food and Land Access and Security
Drill, Sabrina		Los Angeles County
	Natural Resources Advisor - Emeritus	Climate resilience, urban ecology, watershed education, community science and engagement, environmental justice, conservation and restoration of aquatic and wildland habitats and anadramous fishes, aquatic and terrestrial invasive species, fire ecology and landscape preparation, land use and conservation planning
Finzel, Julie		Kern County
	Farm Advisor	Animal Science and Rangeland Ecology and Management
Jones, Michael		Mendocino County
	Forestry Advisor - Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma Counties	Entomology; Integrated pest management of invasive and endemic forest pests
Kocher, Susie		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Forestry/ Natural Resources Advisor	Forestry, wildfire, prescribed fire, post-fire recovery, adult education, facilitation, public participation
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, Advisor	Water and Watershed Management and Research, Community Development, Sustainable Agricutlure
Macon, Dan		Placer-Nevada Counties
	County Director, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor	Rangeland livestock production, economics, and management
Mashiri, Fadzayi		Mariposa County
	County Director Mariposa, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor Mariposa, Merced Counties	Rangeland Ecology and Management, Management of Natural Resources, Livestock Management, Weed Management, Grazing Management, Ecosystem Services
Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz		Orange County - UC Cooperative Extension
	Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor
Ozeran, Rebecca		Fresno County
	Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Quarles, Stephen		Contra Costa County
	CE Advisor Emeritus	Performance of materials in wood-frame buildings; wildfire; moisture; physical properties of wood
Quinn-Davidson, Lenya		Humboldt County Office
	Area Fire Advisor	Fire Ecology and Management
Rao, Devii		San Benito County
	San Benito County Director and Area Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor	Rangeland Ecology and Management, Rangeland Conservation, Grazing Management, Conservation of Biological Diversity, Watershed Protection and Management.
Satomi, Ricky		Sutter-Yuba Counties
	Forestry/Natural Resources Advisor	Forest Management, Geographic Information Systems, Biomass
Schohr, Tracy		Plumas Sierra
	Livestock & Natural Resource Advisor	Research and extension in the region focused on irrigated pasture, invasive species, mountain meadows, water quality and business management. Catastrophic fires in her counties have also lead to an evolving program on urban fire implications to natural resources, disaster preparedness and shelter management.
Shapero, Matthew		Ventura County
	Livestock and Range Advisor	The Livestock & Range program provides locally based extension, education, and applied research focused primarily on the interactions of livestock production systems with rangeland ecosystems, including wildlife habitat, invasive plants, wildland fire, prescribed fire, soil health, and watershed health. It aims to serve the needs of agricultural producers and land managers, to increase production efficiency, and to promote ecologically and economically viable agricultural operations.
Stackhouse, Jeffery		Humboldt County Office
	Livestock and Natural Resource Advisor
Swain, Steven		Marin County
	Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Tompkins, Ryan		Plumas Sierra
	Forester & Natural Resource Advisor
Valachovic, Yana		Humboldt County Office
	Forest Advisor and Humboldt - Del Norte County Director	Forest management and ecology, oak woodlands, wildfire preparation, home hardening
CE Specialist
Garbelotto, Matteo		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Extension Specialist in Forest Pathology and Adjunct Professor	Forest pathology and mycology, biodiversity,
Kelly, Nina		ESPM - Ecosystem Sciences
	Director, Statewide IGIS Program, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist	GIS - remote sensing - spatial modeling - UAVs - participatory research
Maier, Gabriele		School of Veterinary Medicine
	DVM, MPVM, DACVPM, PhD	Beef Cattle Herd Health & Production
Moritz, Max		UC Santa Barbara - CE Specialist
	Specialist in Cooperative Extension	Fire Ecology and Management; Disturbance Regimes; Spatial Analysis; Fire Policy; Climate Change Adaptation
York, Robert		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension / Co-Director, Berkeley Forests / Adjunct Associate Professor of Forestry	Silviculture, prescribed fire, forest ecology
Other ANR
Enright, Mimi		Sonoma County
	Program Manager, UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County & Community Food Systems	Food Systems, California native plants, Food loss & recovery, Firewise landscaping, Climate change in the home landscape, sustainable landscaping
Flavell, Dustin		Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center
	SFREC Center Superintendent / Interim Director	Everything required of Superman without the flying...yet
Frederick, Stacey		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	California Fire Science Consortium Coordinator	Fire Science, Social Science
Kearns, Faith		California Institute for Water Resources
	Academic Coordinator II	water and drought, fire, climate change,science communication
Mark, Fay

Nader, Glenn		Sutter-Yuba Counties
	Farm Advisor Livestock and Natural Resources, Emeritus	Livestock, forage crops, range and natural resources
Sabaratnam, Sashi
	Wildfire Vegetation Mitigation Program Manager	Policy
Waks, Lulu		Sonoma County

Warnert, Jeannette		Strategic Communications
	Communications Specialist	Writing
Other UC
Gilless, J. Keith		Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM)
	Dean Emeritus & Professor Emeritus of Forest Economics	Forest economics and management, regional economics, wildfire protection planning, forestry development
Membership Totals
Number of Members		38
ANR Members		38
Non-ANR		0
Info Only		0