Project Assignment

Dr. Sabina Dore
Assistant Researcher
University of California Berkeley
Sabina.dore@berkeley.edu

Hometown: Rome, Italy

Ph.D. Forest Ecology
University of Padova, Italy

Effects of forest management practices on soil CO2 efflux in a mixed conifer forest

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Dr. Rand Evett
Assistant Researcher
University of California Berkeley
revett@sonic.net

Hometown:  Santa Rosa, CA

Ph.D. Wildland Resource Science
University of California Berkeley

Reconstructing Late Holocene Changes in Climate, Vegetation, and Fire Regimes in the Sierra San Pedro Martir Mountains, Mexico, through Microfossil Analysis  [Abstract]  [Detailed Project Description and Photos]

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Project Assignment

Danny Fry

Hometown:  Hawthorne, CA

M.S. Biology
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obsipo

BS. Biology
University of California Los Angeles

Certified Wildland Fire Ecologist, Association for Fire Ecology

Fire History of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area  [Abstract]

Effects of Seasonal Prescribed Fire and Fire Surrogates on Knobcone Pine Regeneration [Abstract]

Medusahead reduction using prescription fire

Fire History of riparian orchids of the Mendocino NF  [Abstract]

Fire History of Canary Island Pines [Abstract]

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Dr. Emily Moghaddas

Hometown:  Berkeley, CA

Ph.D., University of California Berkeley

M.S., Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California Berkeley

Does Dirt Burn? Soil Response To Forest Harvest And Prescribed Fire  [Abstract]

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Jason Moghaddas

Hometown:  Berkeley, CA

M.S. Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California Berkeley

Registered Professional Forester #2774, State of California

Conservation Director, Feather River Land Trust (http://www.frlt.org/)

A Study of the Consequences of Fire and Fire Surrogates  [Abstract] [Photo Gallery]

Fire Hazard and Silvicultural Systems: 25 Years of Experience from the Sierra Nevada  [Abstract]

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groller@fs.fed.us

California Registered Professional Forester #2899

Research Associate
USDA Forest Service
Pacific Southwest Research Station

Project Manager: Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Plan (SNAMP)-Ecological and fire behavior effects of Strategically Placed Treatments (SPLATs)  SNAMP Website

Project Assignment

Current Research

Dr. Brandon Collins

bmcollins@fs.fed.us

Hometown:  Alameda, CA

Ph.D University of California Berkeley

M.S., Forest Science,
Colorado State University

B.Sc., Forestry,
University of California, Berkeley

Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Plan (SNAMP)  [SNAMP Website]

Managing Natural Wildfires in Sierra Nevada Wilderness Area

Spatial Patterns of Large Natural Fires in Sierra Nevada Wilderness Areas [

Initial Changes in Forest Understory Communities Following Fuel Reduction Treatments 

Fire regimes of mixed conifer forests in the north-central Sierra Nevada at multiple spatial scales

Regional relationships between climate and wildfire burned area in the Interior West, USA 

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Dr. Jim Bertenshaw
jbert@uclink4.berkeley.edu

Hometown:  Richmond, CA

Ph.D. Plant Physiology
University of California Berkeley

Does Dirt Burn? Soil Response To Forest Harvest And Prescribed Fire  [Abstract]  

Dr. Rick Everett
reverett@berkeley.edu

Hometown: Missoula, MT

Ph.D. Geography (Fire History / Fire Ecology) ,                 University of California Riverside

M.Sc. Biology                                                                  California State University San Bernardino

B.Sc. Forestry                                                                   University of Montana

Sierra Nevada Forests: Quantification of Forest Change since 1911.  [Abstract]

Joint Fire Science Program:  Comprehensive Fuels Treatment Practices Guide for Ponderosa/Jeffrey Pine and Ponderosa/Mixed Conifer Forests  [Abstract]

Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Plan (SNAMP) Forest Reference conditions [SNAMP Website]

Joint Fire Sciences Program:  Fire Regimes of Forests in the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges of Southern California [Abstract] [Project Webpage]

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Current Research

Dr. Andy Amacher
aamacher@nature.berkeley.edu

Hometown:  Sunnyvale, CA

Ph. D. University of California Berkeley

M.S., Zoology
North Carolina State University

B.Sc., Forestry and Wildlife Management,
University of California Berkeley

The Fire and Fire Surrogate Study: Effects of Fire and Mechanical Treatments on Wildlife [Abstract]

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Travis Freed
tfreed@nature.berkeley.edu

Hometown: Bloomsburg, PA

M.S. Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California Berkeley

B.S., Geography
University of California Santa Barbara

Evaluating Changes in Fire Hazard in Coastal Oak Woodlands Due to Sudden Oak Death Syndrome  

Fire History of Calaveras Big Trees State Park 

Dr. Leda Kobziar
 

Hometown: Ithaca, NY

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

M.S., Forest Science
University of California Berkeley

Assistant Professor, Fire Science and Forest Conservation, University of Florida 

Ecological Effects of Fire and Silviculture in the Stanislaus National Forest  [Abstract]

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Dr. Kurt Menning
kmenning@nature.berkeley.edu

Hometown: Yosemite, CA

Ph.D. Forest Ecology/Landscape Ecology
University of California Berkeley

Landscape Fuel Treatment Effectiveness in the Plumas and Lassen National Forests  [[Abstract]]

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Hometown: San Jose, CA

M.S. Environmental Science, Policy and Management
University of California Berkeley

B.S.,  Forestry and Natural Resources
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Senior Research Associate, Max Moritz Lab

Fire History of the Plumas National Forest   [Abstract]

Landscape Scale Effects of Prescribed Natural Fire Programs in Three Wilderness Areas  [Abstract]

Jennifer Potts
 

Hometown: Pasadena, CA

B.A., Environmental Studies, Tufts University

B.A. Sociology, Tufts University

Ecological Diversity in Chaparral Following Prescribed Fire and Mastication in Varying Seasons  [Abstract] [Photo Gallery]

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Matthew Smith
 

Hometown: Alexandria, NH

B.S. Horticulture
University of Connecticut

The Eastern Sierra Nevada and the Sierra San Pedro de Martir:  A comparison of fire history, climate and forest structure [Abstract]

Dr. Nicole Vaillant

nvaillant@fs.fed.us

Hometown: Sebastopol, CA

Ph. D. University of California Berkeley

M.S., Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California Berkeley

B.S., Evolution and Ecology
University of California Davis

Fire Ecologist
Adaptive Management Services Enterprise Team
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

:Effectiveness of prescribed fire as a fuel treatment in Californian coniferous forests [Abstract]

Joint Fire Science Program: Translating SPLATs from a theoretical to a real world landscape: The implications of fuel management strategies for Sagehen Creek Basin, Tahoe National Forest. [Abstract]

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