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Workgroup Directory/Information
To join an existing Workgroup, please email the group's chair or co-chair. Contact information is available on the below Workgroup pages or on individual faculty pages.
Workgroup Directory
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Workgroup Information Forest Ecosystems and Communities |
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| Summary | Conifer-dominated forest ecosystems, both managed and unmanaged, provide a wide range of benefits to California's consumers, recreationists, workforce, and local residents. This workgroup focuses on generating and disseminating the best practices that connect forests, natural resource managers, and the broad array of communities that benefit. |
| Website: | http://ucanr.org/sites/forestry/?i=1 |
| Workgroup Chair Information | |
| Name | Susan Kocher (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | 530-542-2574 |
| sdkocher@ucanr.edu | |
| Unit: | Central Sierra Cooperative Extension |
| Name | Ricky Satomi (Co-Chair) |
| Phone | 530-822-6213 |
| rpsatomi@ucanr.edu | |
| Unit: | Sutter-Yuba Counties |
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Membership List |
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| AES Scientist | ||
| Ackerly, David | Dean's Office CNR | |
| Dean of College of Natural Resources and Professor | Climate change impacts on California biodiversity, including distribution modeling, long-term vegetation dynamics and focal studies of selected plant species. | |
| ucdavis.edu, amlatimer | ||
| Baldocchi, Dennis | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Executive Associate Dean and Distinguished Professor of Biometeorology | biosphere-atmosphere interactions | |
| Battles, John | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor of forest ecology | Forest ecology and ecosystem dynamics | |
| Chapela, Ignacio | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Assistant Professor | Mycology; fungi as biological resource to promote a balanced, sustained human development countering current trends of species and habitat loss; research linked to social and economic needs; bioprospecting, development of biocontrol agents, and sustainabl | |
| Collins, Brandon | ||
| Research Scientist | forest ecology, fire ecology, forest management, stand and landscape dynamics | |
| Dodd, Richard | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor | Plant population genetics and evolution | |
| Gonzales, Janis | 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 | |
| Hedges, Rachelle | ||
| Project and Policy Analyst II | Berkeley Forests | |
| Huntsinger, Lynn | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor and Associate Dean of Instruction & Student Affairs | Rangeland management and ecology, Native American natural resource management, pastoralism, China, culture and natural resources | |
| Ingram, Kimberly | Central Sierra Cooperative Extension | |
| Forest Stewardship Education Coordinator | Forest and natural resources education; adult education; facilitation | |
| Stephens, Scott | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor | Wildland fire science, fire ecology, fire behavior, wildfire | |
| Thomson, Ariel | ||
| CE Advisor | ||
| Azadfar, Mohammadali | Siskiyou County | |
| Woody Biomass and Forest Products Advisor | Advancing extension education and applied research programs. Focused on enhancing the cost-effective utilization of woody biomass, fostering sustainable practices, and driving innovation in forest products. | |
| Battany, Mark | ||
| Water Management and Biometeorology Advisor | Water management, soil management, soil salinity, frost protection, climate and weather evaluation, weather stations and sensors, grapes and viticulture. | |
| Chen, Cindy | Central Sierra Cooperative Extension | |
| Woody Biomass and Forest Products Advisor | ||
| Forero, Larry | Shasta County | |
| Emeritus: County Director | Livestock and Natural resources | |
| Gilani, Haris | Riverside County | |
| Biomass & Bioenergy Advisor | Biomass & Bioenergy; Natural Resources Economics; Carbon Dioxide Removal | |
| Hartin, Janet | Los Angeles County | |
| Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor | Environmental horticulture, urban greening, climate-ready trees, "Trees for Tomorrow" arboriculture, irrigation needs of landscape plants | |
| Jones, Michael | Mendocino County | |
| Forestry Advisor - Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma Counties | Forest Health; Disturbance Ecology; Entomology; Integrated pest management of invasive and endemic forest pests | |
| Jordan, Christian | Shasta County | |
| Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor | ||
| Kocher, Susan | Central Sierra Cooperative Extension | |
| Forestry/ Natural Resources Advisor | Forestry, wildfire, prescribed fire, post-fire recovery, adult education, facilitation, public participation | |
| Lacan, Igor | San Mateo-San Francisco Counties | |
| Interim County Director; Bay Area Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry Advisor | Urban Forestry | |
| 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. | |
| Nader, Glenn | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Farm Advisor Livestock and Natural Resources, Emeritus | Livestock, forage crops, range and natural resources | |
| Nobua-Behrmann, Beatriz | Orange County - UC Cooperative Extension | |
| Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor | ||
| Norville, Tori | Sonoma County | |
| Cooperative Extension Fire Advisor | ||
| Oneto, Scott | Central Sierra Cooperative Extension | |
| Farm Advisor | Agriculture, master gardener program, rangeland management, weed science | |
| Quarles, Stephen | Center for Forestry (UCB) | |
| CE Advisor Emeritus | Performance of materials in wood-frame buildings; wildfire; moisture; physical properties of wood | |
| Satomi, Ricky | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Forestry/Natural Resources Advisor | Forest Management, Geographic Information Systems, Biomass | |
| Valachovic, Yana | Humboldt County Office | |
| Forest Advisor and Humboldt - Del Norte County Director | Forest management and ecology, oak woodlands, wildfire preparation, home hardening | |
| Woodward, Brian | Santa Cruz County | |
| Forest Advisor for Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties | forest ecology, fire ecology, prescribed fire, forest monitoring, coast redwood, forest regeneration, forest management, disturbance ecology, remote sensing | |
| CE Specialist | ||
| Getz, Christy | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist in Agriculture and Food Systems | Political economy and governance of food and agriculture systems; farm labor movements; social certification; food safety; cannabis; organic agriculture; farmworker health and wellbeing | |
| Kelly, Maggi | ESPM - Ecosystem Sciences | |
| Director, Statewide IGIS Program, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist | GIS - remote sensing - spatial modeling - UAVs - participatory research | |
| Khan, Safeeq | UC Merced - Cooperative Extension Specialist | |
| Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Water and Watershed Sciences | Watershed Hydrology, Hydrological Modeling, Climate Change | |
| Mayencourt, Paul | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension in Wood Products and Design | ||
| Moritz, Max | UC Santa Barbara - CE Specialist | |
| Specialist in Cooperative Extension | Fire Ecology and Management; Disturbance Regimes; Spatial Analysis; Fire Policy; Climate Change Adaptation | |
| O'geen, Anthony | Soils & Biogeochemistry Program | |
| Professor and 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. | |
| Shive, Kristen | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| UC Cooperative Extension Specialist | Forest and fuels management | |
| 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 | ||
| (info only) Bartolome, James | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor | Ecology and management of California's rangelands | |
| Malkin, Richard | ||
| Professor Emeritus | Photosynthesis: energy transduction in biological membranes | |
| (info only) Berry, Alison | Department of Plant Sciences | |
| Professor Plant Biologist-AES Emerita | Assessment of nitrogen fixing plants, root and root nodule development, management of woody landscape plants, mistletoe control, biofuels | |
| Dean, Grace | ||
| Forest Stewardship Communications Specialist | ||
| Dutch, Nic | Plumas Sierra | |
| Post-Fire Forest Resilience Staff Research Associate II | ||
| Giusti, Gregory | Lake County | |
| Forests & Wildland Ecology Advisor- Emeritus | Forest management, wildlife management, vertebrate pest management, wetlands, watersheds, fisheries and freshwater ecology | |
| Grevatt, Kestrel | ||
| Lee, Anna | Academic Human Resources | |
| Low, Katie | Placer-Nevada Counties | |
| Statewide Coordinator - UC ANR Fire Network | Fire ecology, Forest ecology, Forest management, Fuel reduction treatments | |
| Nakamura, Gary | Center for Forestry (UCB) | |
| Area Forestry Specialist;retired | Conifer forest management, silviculture, environmental education for teachers, biomass harvesting, eucalyptus production, power plant ash, bioregional councils, community-based forestry | |
| Porter, Sophia | Marin County | |
| Forest Stewardship Education Specialist | ||
| Reidy, Katie | Central Sierra Cooperative Extension | |
| Post-fire Forest Resilience Education Coordinator, Academic Coordinator II | ||
| Roughton, Austin | Sutter-Yuba Counties | |
| Forestry Youth Education Coordinator | Education | |
| Shelly,, John | Center for Forestry (UCB) | |
| CE Advisor - Forest Products and Biomass Utilization, Emeritus | Forest Products, Wood manufacturing methods, biomass utilization,physical properties of wood | |
| Standiford, Richard | ESPM - Ecosystem Sciences | |
| Cooperative Extension Forest Management Specialist, Emeritus | Resource economics; forest management; hardwood rangelands; silviculture | |
| Stewart, William | Center for Forestry (UCB) | |
| Specialist | forest management, climate impacts of forest management and forest product substitution benefits, vegetation management and fire/smoke impacts. | |
| Tietje, Bill | ||
| Area Natural Resource Specialist | Oak woodland ecology and management, human impacts on wildlife, oak regeneration, land use planning | |
| ucdavis.edu, amlatimer | ||
| Wade, Daylin | ||
| Staff Research Associate II | ||
| Non-UC | ||
| (info only) Axelson, Jodi | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist | Forest Health, Insect outbreaks, Forest Management, Dendrochronology, Wood anatomy | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Redmond, Miranda | ||
| Assistant Professor | ||
| ucdavis.edu, nevenuti | ||
| Wood, David | Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) | |
| Professor Emeritus | Host selection behavior of forest insects; chemical ecology of forest insects; biology and ecology of barkbeetles, forest pest management, insect-pathogen-plant interactions, | |
| Membership Totals | ||
| Number of Members | 65 | |
| ANR Members | 64 | |
| Non-ANR | 1 | |
| Info Only | 3 | |