Research Entomologist

 

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Pollinating Insect Research Center

[Link]

 

Dept. Biology UMC 5310

Utah State University

Logan, Utah 84333-5310

 

Phone: (435) 797-3879

Fax: (435) 797-0461

jim.cane@ars.usda.gov

 

Jim Cane studies reproduction of the forb species desired for restoration seedings. Research includes: 1) each forb species’ breeding biology and pollination needs, 2) taxonomic composition and abundances of each species’ guild of pollinators in the wild, and 3) management of the best practical pollinators for satisfying the forb’s pollination needs in row crop production. In addition, he is studying fates of these native bee communities after fires and reseedings.

Rangeland Scientist

 

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center

[Link]

 

67826-A Hwy 205

Burns, OR 97720

 

Phone: (541) 573-4074

Fax: (541) 573-3042
kirk.davies@ars.usda.gov

Plant Physiologist

 

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center

[Link]

 

67826-A Hwy 205

Burns, OR 97720

 

Phone: (541) 573-8911

Fax: (541) 573-3042
jeremy.james@ars.usda.gov

Research Ecologist

 

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit

[Link]

 

920 Valley Rd.

Reno, Nevada 89512

 

Phone: (775) 784-6057 ext. 245

Fax: (775) 784-1712
tforbis@unr.edu

Research Geneticist (Plants)

 

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Forage & Range Research Lab

Utah State University

[Link]

 

695 North 1100 East
Logan, Utah 84322-6300

Phone: (435) 797-2901

Fax: (435) 797-3075
shaun.bushman@ars.usda.gov

Research Physiologist (Plants)

 

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Forage & Range Research Lab

Utah State University

[Link]

 

695 North 1100 East
Logan, Utah 84322-6300

Phone: (435) 797-2901

Fax: (435) 797-3075
doug.johnson@ars.usda.gov

 

Douglas A. Johnson is working on the development of several native legumes for use in revegetation of rangelands in the Intermountain West including: basalt milkvetch (Astragalus filipes), western prairie clover (Dalea ornata), and Searls prairie clover (Dalea searlsiae).

Horticulturist

 

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Western Regional Plant Introduction Station

[Link]

 

Box 646402, Washington State University

Pullman, Washington 99164-6402

 

Phone: (509) 335-3763

Fax: (509) 335-6654

barbara.hellier@ars.usda.gov

 

Agronomist

 

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Western Regional Plant Introduction Station

[Link]

 

Box 646402, Washington State Universityl

Pullman, Washington 99164-6402

 

Phone: (509) 335-3771

Fax: (509) 335-6654

rcjohnson@wsu.edu

 

 

R.C. Johnson works within the USDA Agricultural Research Service and the National Plant Germplasm System to make plant material available for research and development. Interests include collection and conservation of native plant genetic resources, seed zones, and developing germplasm for revegetation.

Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project Coordinator and Research Botanist

 

USDA Forest Service

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystems Research

[Link]

 

322 East Front St., Suite 401

Boise, Idaho 83702

 

Phone: (208) 373-4360

Fax: (208) 373-4391

nshaw@fs.fed.us

 

Dr. Shaw’s research focuses on approaches for selecting and increasing supplies of native plant materials for the Great Basin, establishment ecology of native forbs, and development of equipment and strategies for establishing diverse native communities.

Biological Technician

 

USDA Forest Service

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystems Research

[Link]

 

322 East Front St., Suite 401

Boise, Idaho 83702

 

Phone: (208) 373-4346

Fax: (208) 373-4391

edenney@fs.fed.us

 

Erin Denney is a range technician who assists with various projects involving post-fire revegetation and Great Basin species propagation, as well as the collection, cleaning and distribution of native forb and grass seed for research.

Biological Technician

 

USDA Forest Service

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystems Research

[Link]

 

322 East Front St., Suite 401

Boise, Idaho 83702

 

Phone: (208) 373-4358

Fax: (208) 373-4391

mfisk@fs.fed.us

 

Matt Fisk is a biological science technician at the Rocky Mountain Research Station who works on many projects within the GBNPSIP ranging from native plant selection, identification, and location, to seed collecting, cleaning, and storage techniques, to post-fire restoration research. He has special interests in native plant distribution across the Great Basin, along with species selection and establishment. He was Boise State University's 2000 pumpkin carving champion, having carved Ra, the Egyptian Sun God in his pumpkin.

Wildlife Biologist

 

USDA Forest Service

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystems Research

[Link]

 

Shrub Sciences Laboratory

735 North 500 East

Provo, Utah 84606

 

Phone: (801) 356-5124

fax: (801) 375-6968

sljensen@fs.fed.us

Research Geneticist

 

USDA Forest Service

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystems Research

[Link]

 

Shrub Sciences Laboratory

735 North 500 East

Provo, Utah 84606-1856

 

Phone: (801) 356-5112

Fax: (801) 375-6968

brichardson02@fs.fed.us

Nursery Manager

 

USDA Forest Service

Lucky Peak Nursery

[Link]

 

15169 E. Hwy. 21

Boise, Idaho 83716

 

Phone: (208) 343-1977

cfleege@fs.fed.us

 

USDA Forest Service

Lucky Peak Nursery

[Link]

 

15169 E. Hwy. 21

Boise, Idaho 83716

 

Phone: (208) 334-1770 ext. 142 or 1769

 

jsloan@fs.fed.us

Sociologist/Criminologist

 

USDA Forest Service

Missoula Technology and Development Center

 

5785 Hwy. 10 W.
Missoula, Montana 59808

[Link]

 

Phone: (406) 329-3849

Fax: (406) 329-3719

loutka-perkins@fs.fed.us

Forest Service National Seed Laboratory Director and Seed Scientist

 

USDA Forest Service

National Seed Laboratory

[Link]

 

5675 Riggins Mill Road
Dry Branch, Georgia 31020

 

Phone: (478) 751-3551

Fax: (478) 751-4135

rkarrfalt@fs.fed.us

 

The National Seed Laboratory tests seeds to determine the number of seeds per kilogram, the optimal germination conditions (e.g. light, temperature, chilling requirements), cleaning techniques, and long term seed storage requirements. This information is then used to develop proper seed handling protocols.

Botanist

 

USDA Forest Service

National Seed Laboratory

[Link]

 

5675 Riggins Mill Road
Dry Branch, Georgia 31020

 

Phone: (478) 751-3551

Fax: (478) 751-4135

vvankus@fs.fed.us

Research Geneticist (Plants)

 

USDA Forest Service

Pacific Northwest Research Station

[Link]

 

3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, Oregon 97331

 

Phone: (541) 750-7294

Fax: (541) 750-7329

bstclair@fs.fed.us

Plant Materials Specialist

 

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

[Link]

 

9173 West Barnes Dr., Suite C
Boise, Idaho 83709

Phone: (208) 685-6987
Fax: (208) 378-5735

dan.ogle@id.usda.gov

 

 

Dan Ogle's primary focus is transferring plants, plant science technologies, and plant management techniques for successful conservation of natural resources in the Intermountain West.

Aberdeen Plant Materials Center Manager and Range Specialist

 

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Aberdeen Plant Materials Center

[Link]

 

PO Box 296
Aberdeen, Idaho 83210-0296

 

Phone: (208) 397-4133
Fax: (208) 397-3104

loren.stjohn@id.usda.gov

 

Loren St. John's goals include developing and transferring performance-tested plants and plant-based management solutions to help solve natural resource problems in the Great Basin and Intermountain West.

Agronomist

 

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Aberdeen Plant Materials Center

[Link]

 

PO Box 296
Aberdeen, Idaho 83210-0296

 

Phone: (208) 397-4133
Fax: (208) 397-3104

derek.tilley@id.usda.gov

 

Derek Tilley's primary focus is developing plants and plant science technologies for the successful conservation of natural resources in the Intermountain West. Duties include conducting common garden studies, evaluating agronomic practices used in seed production, and transfer of plant science technologies.

Great Basin Restoration Initiative Coordinator and Rangeland Ecologist

 

USDI Bureau of Land Management

Idaho State Office

[Link]

 

1387 S. Vinnell Way

Boise, Idaho 83709

 

Phone: (208) 373-3823

mike_pellant@blm.gov

 

As Coordinator of the Great Basin Restoration Initiative, Mike Pellant works to develop and implement partnership-based management strategies to restore areas of high values, reduce the effects of annual grasses and noxious weeds in others, and reverse the destructive cycle of wildland fires and weeds.

 

Fires and Invasive Grass Threaten American West

Bureau of Land Management Plant Conservation Program Lead

 

USDI Bureau of Land Management

Div. of Fish, Wildlife & Plant Conservation

[Link]

 

1849 C Street NW (LSB-204)

Washington, DC 20240

 

Phone: 202-912-7273

Fax: 202-912-7187

peggy_olwell@blm.gov

 

Peggy Olwell leads the Bureau of Land Management's Plant Conservation Program, which covers the interagency Native Plant Materials Development Program, including Seeds of Success and BLM rare plants. Peggy Olwell coordinates the only national program on native seed collection and native plant materials development conducted on an eco-regional basis. There are over 500 partners from Federal, State, and local government agencies, private sector companies as well as non-profit organizations working on various aspects of this program. The Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project is one of several eco-regional projects funded through the BLM Plant Conservation Program.

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

 

Boise State University

Department of Biology

1910 University Drive

Boise, Idaho 83725-1515

[Link]

 

Phone: (208) 426-3687

Fax: (208) 426-4267

mserpe@boisestate.edu

Assistant Professor and Plant Pest Management Specialist

 

Brigham Young University

Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences

[Link]

 

263 WIDB

Provo, Utah 84602

 

Phone: (801) 422-2369

brad_geary@byu.edu

 

Professor of Range Science

 

Brigham Young University

Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences

[Link]

 

275 WIDB

Provo, Utah 84602

 

Phone: (801) 422-8137

Fax: (801) 422-0008

bruce_roundy@byu.edu

 

 

Bruce Roundy is involved in rangeland restoration research from determining effects of disturbance on vegetation response to modeling germination and seedling establishment of desirable and weedy species. He has also been involved in numerous revegetation and fire rehabilitation studies.

Extension Agent- Agronomy and Entomology

 

Colorado State University Cooperative Extension

[Link]

 

2775 Highway 50
P.O. Box 20,000-5028
Grand Junction, Colorado
81502-5028

 

Phone: (970) 244-1834

Fax: (970) 244-1700

bob.hammon@mesacounty.us

 

Eastern Oregon Stewardship Services

PO Box 606 or 1601 Bull Blvd.

Prineville, Oregon 97754-0606

 

Phone: (541) 447-8166

Fax: (541) 447-7651

byoutie@crestviewcable.com

Montana State University

Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences

[Link]

 

P.O. Box 173120

Bozeman, Montana 59717-3120

 

Phone: (406) 599-3459

Fax: (406) 994-3933

 

Associate Professor, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences

 

Montana State University

Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences

[Link]

 

P.O. Box 173120
Bozeman, Montana 59717-3120

 

Phone: (406) 994-4227

Fax: (406) 994-3933

cathyz@montana.edu

Ag Assistant Professor

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

2510 Sam Noble Parkway

Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401

[Link]

 

Phone: (580) 224-6521

Fax: (580) 224-6419
camoffet@noble.org

 

 

Moffet serves as a research agronomist and assistant professor as part of the Agricultural Division's Agricultural Reseach Team. He has been with the Noble Foundation since 2010. Before joining the Noble Foundation, he worked for five years as a rangeland scientist with the USDA-ARS at the SHeep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho.

Senior Faculty Research Assistant

 

Oregon State University

Malheur Agricultural Experiment Station

[Link]

 

595 Onion Avenue

Ontario, Oregon 97914

 

Phone: (541) 889-2174

Fax: (541) 889-7831

erik.feibert@oregonstate.edu

 

 

Erik Feibert is a research assistant at the Malheur Experiment Station, Oregon State University in Ontario, OR. His interest is developing agronomic methods for seed production of native forbs. The focus is on plant establishment, irrigation management, and weed control.

Biology Research Technician

 

Oregon State University

Malheur Agricultural Experiment Station

[Link]

 

595 Onion Avenue

Ontario, Oregon 97914

 

Phone: (541) 889-2174

Fax: (541) 889-7831

joey.ishida@oregonstate.edu

 

Superintendent and Professor - Crop Research, Irrigation Management, Watershed Stewardship

 

Oregon State University

Malheur Agricultural Experiment Station

[Link]

 

595 Onion Avenue

Ontario, Oregon 97914

 

Phone: (541) 889-2174

Fax: (541) 889-7831

clinton.shock@oregonstate.edu

Assistant Professor, Habitat Restoration Ecology

 

Texas Tech University

Department of Natural Resources Management

[Link]

 

Box 42125

Lubbock, Texas 79409

 

Phone: (806) 742-2841

Fax: (806) 742-2280

robert.cox@ttu.edu

 

 

Robert Cox is interested in basic and restoration ecology of arid and semi-arid ecosystems. In the Great Basin, he’s worked on testing new seed drills for seeding higher diversity seed mixes, and on increasing the diversity of crested wheatgrass stands.

Owner Truax Company, Inc.

 

Truax Company
5300 Quebec Avenue North
New Hope, Minnesota 55428

[Link]

 

Phone: (763) 537-6639

Fax: (763) 537-8353

truax@pclink.com

 

 

Professor, Departments of Nematology & Entomology

 

University of California, Davis

Department of Nematology

[Link]

 

One Shields Avenue

Davis, California 95616-8751

 

Phone: (530) 754-7659

Fax: (530) 752-5674

eelewis@ucdavis.edu

 

Director of the University of Idaho Center for Forest Nursery and Seedling Research and Assistant Professor of Native Plant Regeneration and Silviculture

 

University of Idaho

Department of Forest Resources

[Link]

 

PO Box 441133

Moscow, Idaho 83844-1133

 

Phone: (208) 885-7211

Fax: (208) 885-6226

asdavis@uidaho.edu

 

Anthony S. Davis is the Director of the University of Idaho Center for Forest Nursery and Seedling Research and Assistant Professor of Native Plant Regeneration and Silviculture. His research interests include studying the effects of environmental stresses on native plant regeneration and manipulating seedling development during nursery culture to enhance outplanting success.

 

University of Idaho, Parma R&E Center

[Link]

 

29603 University of Idaho Lane

Parma, Idaho 83660

 

Phone: (208) 722-6701

Fax: (208) 722-6708

sampangi@uidaho.edu

 

Assistant Professor of Plant Ecology

 

University of Nevada, Reno

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science

[Link]

 

Mail Stop 370

Fleishmann Agriculture, Room 121

University of Nevada, Reno 89557-0013

 

Phone: (775) 784-7582

Fax: (775) 784-4789

eleger@cabnr.unr.edu

Area Extension Specialist, Rangeland Resources

 

University of Nevada, Reno

Cooperative Extension, Central/NE Area-Elko

[Link]

 

701 Walnut Street

Elko, Nevada 89801-5032

 

Phone: (775) 738-1251

Fax: (775) 753-7843

mcadook@unce.unr.edu

Western Area Horticulture Specialist

 

University of Nevada, Reno

Cooperative Extension, Western Area-Reno

[Link]

 

4955 Energy Way

Reno, Nevada 89502

 

Phone: (775) 784-4848

Fax: (775) 784-4881

kratschh@unce.unr.edu

 

Heidi's interests and expertise are in urban horticulture, water-efficient and native plant landscaping, and sustainable plant production. She is a certified Horticulturist and has taught classes for pesticide applicator and certified arborist training.

Manager, Utah Crop Improvement Association

 

Utah Crop Improvement Association

[Link]

 

4855 Old Main Hill

Logan, Utah 84322-4855

 

Phone: (435) 797-2082

Fax: (435) 797-0642

sayoung@mendel.usu.edu

Field Supervisor, Northern Utah

 

Utah Crop Improvement Association

[Link]

 

4855 Old Main Hill

Logan, Utah 84322-4855

Phone: (435) 797-2101

Fax: (435) 797-0642

michaelb@mendel.usu.edu

Native Forb Biologist

 

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Great Basin Research Center

[Link]

 

494 West 100 South

Ephraim, Utah 84627

 

Phone: (435) 283-4441

Fax: (435) 283-2034

cdjones@utah.gov

 

Habitat Project Implementation Coordinator

 

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Great Basin Research Center

[Link]

 

494 West 100 South

Ephraim, Utah 84627

 

Phone: (435) 283-4441

Fax: (435) 283-2034

dannysummers@utah.gov

Habitat Restoration Coordinator

 

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Great Basin Research Center

[Link]

 

494 West 100 South

Ephraim, Utah 84627

 

Phone: (435) 283-4441

Fax: (435) 283-3024

jasonvernon@utah.gov

Great Basin Research Center Project Leader

 

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Great Basin Research Center

[Link]

 

494 West 100 South

Ephraim, Utah 84627

 

Phone: (435) 283-4441

Fax: (435) 283-2034

alisonwhittaker@utah.gov

Assistant Professor-Weed Science

 

Utah State University

Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate

[Link]

 

4820 Old Main Hill AGSCI 336

Logan Utah 84322-4820

 

Phone: (435) 797-2242

Fax: (435) 797-3376

corey.ransom@usu.edu