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Dr Jodi N Axelson
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: • Forest Health • Insect outbreaks • Forest Management • Dendrochronology • Wood anatomy
Address:
University of California, Berkeley
130 Mulford Hall, #3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Phone: 510-642-8459
Fax: (510) 643-5438
Email: jodi.axelson@berkeley.edu
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: • Forest Health • Insect outbreaks • Forest Management • Dendrochronology • Wood anatomy
Address:
University of California, Berkeley
130 Mulford Hall, #3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Phone: 510-642-8459
Fax: (510) 643-5438
Email: jodi.axelson@berkeley.edu

Van Butsic
Title: Assistant Specialist in Coop Ext.
Specialty: Land Use Science
Address:
University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall, MC 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Email: vanbutsic@berkeley.edu
Title: Assistant Specialist in Coop Ext.
Specialty: Land Use Science
Address:
University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall, MC 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Email: vanbutsic@berkeley.edu

Michael De Lasaux
Title: Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forestry, Community Fuel Reduction and Watershed Management
Address:
208 Fairground Road
Quincy, CA 95971
Phone: (530) 283-6125
Email: mjdelasaux@ucanr.edu
Title: Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forestry, Community Fuel Reduction and Watershed Management
Address:
208 Fairground Road
Quincy, CA 95971
Phone: (530) 283-6125
Email: mjdelasaux@ucanr.edu

Matteo M. Garbelotto Ph.D.
Title: Extension Specialist in Forest Pathology and Adjunct Professor
Specialty: Forest pathology and mycology
Address:
University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall, MC 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Phone: (510) 643-4282
Email: matteog@berkeley.edu
Title: Extension Specialist in Forest Pathology and Adjunct Professor
Specialty: Forest pathology and mycology
Address:
University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall, MC 3114
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Phone: (510) 643-4282
Email: matteog@berkeley.edu

Gregory A Giusti
Title: Past County Director Lake & Mendocino Counties, Advisor:Forests & Wildland Ecology - Retired/ Emeritus Status
Specialty: Forest management, wildlife management, vertebrate pest management, wetlands, watersheds, fisheries and freshwater ecology
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension
883 Lakeport Boulevard
Lakeport, CA 95453
Phone: (707) 263-6838
Email: gagiusti@ucanr.edu
Title: Past County Director Lake & Mendocino Counties, Advisor:Forests & Wildland Ecology - Retired/ Emeritus Status
Specialty: Forest management, wildlife management, vertebrate pest management, wetlands, watersheds, fisheries and freshwater ecology
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension
883 Lakeport Boulevard
Lakeport, CA 95453
Phone: (707) 263-6838
Email: gagiusti@ucanr.edu

Maggi Kelly
Title: Director, Statewide IGIS Program, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: GIS - remote sensing - spatial modeling - UAVs - participatory research
Address:
130 Mulford Hall #3114
121 Mulford
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Phone: (510) 642-7272
Email: maggi@berkeley.edu
Title: Director, Statewide IGIS Program, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: GIS - remote sensing - spatial modeling - UAVs - participatory research
Address:
130 Mulford Hall #3114
121 Mulford
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Phone: (510) 642-7272
Email: maggi@berkeley.edu

Susie Kocher
Title: Forestry/ Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forestry, fire and water quality, facilitation, public participation
Address:
1061 3rd Street
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Phone: (530) 542-2571
Email: sdkocher@ucanr.edu
Title: Forestry/ Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forestry, fire and water quality, facilitation, public participation
Address:
1061 3rd Street
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Phone: (530) 542-2571
Email: sdkocher@ucanr.edu

Douglas D McCreary
Title: Natural Resource Specialist Emeritus
Specialty: Oak regeneration, woodland management; and agroforestry
Notes: Berkeley Address: Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Address:
Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center
8279 Scott Forbes Road
Browns Valley, CA 95918
Email: mccreary@berkeley.edu
Title: Natural Resource Specialist Emeritus
Specialty: Oak regeneration, woodland management; and agroforestry
Notes: Berkeley Address: Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program, 130 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Address:
Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center
8279 Scott Forbes Road
Browns Valley, CA 95918
Email: mccreary@berkeley.edu

Adina M. Merenlender
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist; Adjunct Professor
Specialty: conservation biology, land use planning, watershed science, habitat connectivity
Address:
ANR Hopland Research & Extension Center
4070 University Road
Hopland, CA 95449-9717
Phone: (707) 744-1424 Ext. 106
Email: adinam@berkeley.edu
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist; Adjunct Professor
Specialty: conservation biology, land use planning, watershed science, habitat connectivity
Address:
ANR Hopland Research & Extension Center
4070 University Road
Hopland, CA 95449-9717
Phone: (707) 744-1424 Ext. 106
Email: adinam@berkeley.edu

Dr 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

Gary M Nakamura
Title: Area Forestry Specialist;retired
Specialty: Conifer forest management, silviculture, environmental education for teachers, biomass harvesting, eucalyptus production, power plant ash, bioregional councils, community-based forestry
Address:
Mail will be forwarded
1851 Hartnell Avenue
Redding, CA, CA 96002
Phone: 530-224-4900 - messages only
Email: nakamura@berkeley.edu
Title: Area Forestry Specialist;retired
Specialty: Conifer forest management, silviculture, environmental education for teachers, biomass harvesting, eucalyptus production, power plant ash, bioregional councils, community-based forestry
Address:
Mail will be forwarded
1851 Hartnell Avenue
Redding, CA, CA 96002
Phone: 530-224-4900 - messages only
Email: nakamura@berkeley.edu

Lenya N. Quinn-Davidson
Title: Area Fire Advisor
Specialty: Fire Ecology and Management
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA, CA 95503
Phone: 707-445-7351
Fax: 707-444-9334
Email: lquinndavidson@ucanr.edu
Title: Area Fire Advisor
Specialty: Fire Ecology and Management
Address:
5630 South Broadway
Eureka, CA, CA 95503
Phone: 707-445-7351
Fax: 707-444-9334
Email: lquinndavidson@ucanr.edu

Ricky Satomi
Title: Forestry/Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forest Management, Geographic Information Systems, Biomass
Address:
1851 Hartnell Avenue
Redding, CA 96002-2217
Phone: 530-224-4900
Fax: (530) 224-4904
Email: rpsatomi@ucanr.edu
Title: Forestry/Natural Resources Advisor
Specialty: Forest Management, Geographic Information Systems, Biomass
Address:
1851 Hartnell Avenue
Redding, CA 96002-2217
Phone: 530-224-4900
Fax: (530) 224-4904
Email: rpsatomi@ucanr.edu

John Shelly, Ph.D.
Title: CE Advisor - Forest Products and Biomass Utilization, Emeritus
Specialty: Forest Products, Wood manufacturing methods, biomass utilization,physical properties of wood
Address:
UC Berkeley, Richmond Field Station
1301 South 46th Street, Bldg 478
Richmond, CA 94804
Phone: (510) 665-3491
Fax: 510-665-3427
Email: jshelly@berkeley.edu
Title: CE Advisor - Forest Products and Biomass Utilization, Emeritus
Specialty: Forest Products, Wood manufacturing methods, biomass utilization,physical properties of wood
Address:
UC Berkeley, Richmond Field Station
1301 South 46th Street, Bldg 478
Richmond, CA 94804
Phone: (510) 665-3491
Fax: 510-665-3427
Email: jshelly@berkeley.edu

Richard B Standiford Ph.D.
Title: Cooperative Extension Forest Management Specialist, Emeritus
Specialty: Resource economics; forest management; hardwood rangelands; silviculture
Address:
130 Mulford Hall, #3114
Room 162
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Email: standifo@berkeley.edu
Title: Cooperative Extension Forest Management Specialist, Emeritus
Specialty: Resource economics; forest management; hardwood rangelands; silviculture
Address:
130 Mulford Hall, #3114
Room 162
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
Email: standifo@berkeley.edu

William C Stewart
Title: Specialist
Specialty: forest management
Address:
137 Mulford Hall MC 3114
211 Mulford
Berkeley, CA 94720-5438
Phone: (510) 643-3130
Email: billstewart@berkeley.edu
Title: Specialist
Specialty: forest management
Address:
137 Mulford Hall MC 3114
211 Mulford
Berkeley, CA 94720-5438
Phone: (510) 643-3130
Email: billstewart@berkeley.edu

Dr Peter Tittmann
Specialty: Forestry, Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Industrial Ecology, Bioenergy
Address:
Forest Products Laboratory
1301 South 46th St. Building B-478
144
Richmond, CA 94804
Phone: (510) 665-3518
Fax: (510) 665-3427
Email: pwt@berkeley.edu
Specialty: Forestry, Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Industrial Ecology, Bioenergy
Address:
Forest Products Laboratory
1301 South 46th St. Building B-478
144
Richmond, CA 94804
Phone: (510) 665-3518
Fax: (510) 665-3427
Email: pwt@berkeley.edu

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

Dr Kate Wilkin
Title: Forestry/Fire Science and Natural Resource Advisor
Address:
Cooperative Extension Nevada County, Veterans Memorial Building
255 South Auburn Street
530-273-4563
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Phone: (530) 822-7515
Fax: (530)673-5368
Email: kwilkin@ucanr.edu
Title: Forestry/Fire Science and Natural Resource Advisor
Address:
Cooperative Extension Nevada County, Veterans Memorial Building
255 South Auburn Street
530-273-4563
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Phone: (530) 822-7515
Fax: (530)673-5368
Email: kwilkin@ucanr.edu