Research Projects & Facilities

The Russell Research Station forms a part of the East Bay regions largest greenbelt, and is home to a unique suite of forest plantations and native vegetation communities, as well as a rich wildlife population. The property adjoins Briones Regional Park and the East Bay Municipal Utility District's (EBMUD) Briones Reservoir & Watershed, as well as the cities of Lafayette, and Orinda. The Russell Research Station is a uniquely rural opportunity for research, and is 30 minutes away from the main University of California campus. Limited laboratory and shop space is available for approved research projects, as well as a small classroom/meeting facility. Wireless internet coverages is available within the bounds of the research station.

Research:

BFRS PROJECT NO.	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS	PROJECT TITLE
RR06-01 SS	Scott Stephens Rick Everett	Scarring Probablity in Pinus radiata
RR05-02 WC	Wade Cornell William Libby Charles Sorensen	Assessment of heritability of Sequoia sempervirens wood properties analysing the same clones grown in different environments
RR05-01	Todd Dawson Anthony Ambrose	Genotypic variation in hydraulic and photosynthetic performance of Sequoia sempervirens
RR04-02L	Bill Libby	Extension: Redwood Inbreeding Study
RR04-01B	Dennis Baldocchi Theresa Krebs Michelle Kim	The Seasonality of Leaf Nitrogen and Photosynthetic Capacity with Respect to Environmental Drivers
RR03-04L	Bill Libby	Average 14 year Performances of Kuser redwoods
RR03-03DB	Dennis Baldocchi Theresa Krebs	Rigidity and Plasticity Among Quercus Species
RR03-02SS	Scott Stephens	Bark thickness in Monterey pine from diverse populations
RR03-01W	David L. Wood Steven J. Seybold Andy Graves	Geographic Variation in the Respose of the Red Turpentine Beetlw, Dendroctonus valens, to alpha-and beta-Pinene
RR02-03D	Stephen Welter	Evaluation of UV effects on the stability of semiochemicals within microencapsulated formulations
RR02-02M	Richard Dodd William Libby Vladimir Douhovnikoff	The Molecular genetics of Sequois sempervirens and the development of a redwood gene bank
RR02-01M	Joe McBride John Battles John Stella	San Joaquin Basin Riparian Model: Russell Field Studies
RR01-02B	Dave Burger John Church	Microcalorimetric Measurement of Sequoia semperviren and Sequoia giganteum
RR01-01G	Thomas R. Gordon D. Dekker-Robertson Detlev Vogler	Testing for a relationship between pitch canker susceptibility and western gall rust susceptibility
RR00-03	Bill Karavakas Barbara Romanowicz	Seismic Observatory
RR00-03		Seismic Observatory
RR00-01	Sharon Fleming Patsy Kauffman	Growing Grounds at Russell Tree Farm
RR99-04	Leo Blitz William J. Welch	A small array of antennas for radio astronomy
RR99-03	Susan Jean Frankel Thomas Gordon Paul Stover	Inheritance of pitch canker resistance in Monterey pines of known parentage
RR99-02	Tom Gordon Det Vogler	Observation plots for monitoring development of pitch canker
RR99-01	Tom Gordon Bill Libby	Field Tests for resistance to gall rust and pitch canker

Facilities:

Fire Scar Dendrochronolgy Processing Workshop
Fire Scarring Probability
William Libby's Forest Genetics
BRIB
Redwood Hedges
Western Gall Rust

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