Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of California
Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

List of Experts


UC AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

NEWS SOURCES

-CNR Center for Fire Research and Outreach-

Douglas McCreary

Area Natural Resources Specialist--North Sierra Region

Oak regeneration, woodland management, and agroforestry

Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program
Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center
(530) 639-8807
ddmccreary@ucdavis.edu

Gary Nakamura

Area Forestry Specialist
Conifer forest management, biomass harvesting to reduce forest fuels and fire hazard, community-based forestry, forest landowner education, K-12 and teacher environmental education
Center for Forestry
UC Berkeley
(530) 224-4902
nakamura@berkeley.edu

Glenn Nader

Livestock and Natural Resources Farm Advisor

Cattle management and nutrition, pre-fire management planning, rice straw, and wildfire prevention.

UC Cooperative Extension in Butte, Sutter & Yuba counties
(530) 822-7515
ganader@ucdavis.edu

John Shelly Ph.D.

Forest Products and Biomass Utilization Advisor

Forest products, wood manufacturing methods, biomass utilization, physical properties of wood.

Richmond Field Station
UC Berkeley
(510) 665-3491
jshelly@berkeley.edu

Max Moritz

Wildfire specialist
Wildland fire, fire modeling, fire effects, shrubland ecosystems and spatial patterns of fire disturbance
CNR Center for Fire Research and Outreach
UC Berkeley
(510) 642-7329
mmoritz@berkeley.edu

Mike De Lasaux

Natural Resources Advisor

Wildfire fuel reduction on small forest parcels, forestry and watershed management

Plumas Sierra Counties
(530) 283-6270
mjdelasaux@ucdavis.edu

Scott Stephens

Associate Professor of Fire Science

Prescribed fire, fire history, fire in the urban-wildland interface, effects of fuels treatments used to reduce fire hazards, fire policy and the impact of changing climates on wildfire.

Environmental Science, Policy and Management
UC Berkeley
(510) 642-7304
sstephens@berkeley.edu

Stephen Quarles

Wood Durability Advisor

Evaluation of common exterior building materials, nearby vegetation for vulnerability to wildfire in the urban-wildland interface and identification of possible mitigation in terms of design and materials options.

Richmond Field Station
UC Berkeley
(510) 665-3580
steve.quarles@berkeley.edu

Susan Kocher

Natural Resources Advisor

Forest fuels thinning projects to reduce fire risk, integration of defensible space and water quality, post wildfire landscape recovery, post fire monitoring.

El Dorado County Coop Ext
(530) 542-2571
sdkocher@ucdavis.edu

William Stewart

Forestry Specialist

Economics of fire prevention and fire suppression programs, economic assessment of property damages and environmental damages from fires.

Center for Forestry
UC Berkeley
(510) 643-3130
billstewart@berkeley.edu
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