Compiled by Claudene Wharton, whartonc@unce.unr.edu.
EXPERTISE RELATED TO DROUGHT
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO :
Name: Douglas P. Boyle
Title: Nevada State Climatologist, Associate Professor of Water Resources and Climate Change Organization: University of Nevada, Reno, College of Science, Nevada State Climate Office
Phone: 775-784-1723
Email: douglasb@unr.edu
Website: www.climate.unr.edu
Expertise: Drought, water supply, climate change, megadroughts, paleoclimate modeling
Name: Scott Tyler
Title: Professor
Organization: College of Science, Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences;
Phone: 775-784-6250
Email: styler@unr.edu
Website: www.unr.edu/geology/people/scott-tyler
Expertise: drought; arid zone water resources; groundwater recharge in arid environments
Name: Bill Payne
Title: Dean, Professor
Organization: College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources; Director of Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station
Phone: 775-784-6237
Email: bpayne@cabnr.unr.edu
Website: www.cabnr.unr.edu
Expertise: drought; arid region soils, sustainable agriculture; crop physiology; soil physics and hydrology, sustainability, agro-climatology
Name: Sudeep Chandra
Title: Professor
Organization: College of Science, Department of Biology
Phone: 775-784-6221
Email: sudeep@cabnr.unr.edu
Website:
Expertise: limnology, aquatic ecosystems; aquatic ecology, native fisheries/ecosystem restoration and conservation, invasive species
Name: John Cushman
Title: Professor
Organization: College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Phone: 775-784-1918
Email: jcushman@unr.edu
Website: http://www.cabnr.unr.edu/BMB/directory_details.aspx?hIj7_GDp0x45=36
Expertise: developing water-conserving photosynthetic pathways that helps plants survive in seasonally arid climates or those with intermittent water supply
Name: Laurel Saito
Title: Associate Professor
Organization: College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, Director of the Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences
Phone: 775-784-1921
Email: lsaito@cabnr.unr.edu
Website: http://www.ag.unr.edu/saito
Expertise: drought; effects of regional climate change on landscapes, ecosystems, and water resources. Aquatic ecosystem and reservoir management; ecosystem, hydrodynamic and water resources modeling; interdisciplinary modeling; international issues in water resources
Name: Tamzen Stringham
Title: Professor
Organization: College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources; Dept. of Agriculture, Nutrition and Veterinary Sciences
Phone: 775-784-6755
Email: tstringham@cabnr.unr.edu
Website: www.cabnr.unr.edu
Expertise: Arid rangeland ecological site modeling, state and transition modeling, rangeland restoration and rangeland water issues.
Name: Barry Perryman
Title: Professor
Organization: College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources; Dept. of Agriculture, Nutrition and Veterinary Sciences
Phone: 775-784-1265
Email: bperryman@cabnr.unr.edu
Website: www.cabnr.unr.edu
Expertise: rangeland water issues, effects of prescribed fire on Great Basin rangelands, wildfire impacts on rangelands.
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION:
Name: Jay Davison
Title: Area Forage and Alternative Crops Specialist
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-423-5121
Email: davisonj@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Churchill
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Crop irrigation strategies for drought.
Name: Ed Smith
Title: Natural Resource Specialist
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-782-9960
Email: smithe@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Statewide (Home office Gardnerville)/Carson City
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Advice on wildfire threat reduction to homes. Please note: Currently, the National Interagency Fire Center is predicting “normal potential for significant wildfire behavior for Nevada” through June (http://www.predictiveservices.nifc.gov/outlooks/monthly_seasonal_outlook.pdf). I’m not aware of any authority promoting an extreme season because of the drought for Great Basin so far, the Sierra’s are a different story however.
Name: Heidi Kratsch
Title: Horticulture Specialist
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-784-4848
Email: kratschh@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Washoe
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Expertise in Landscape Water Conservation, including use of low-water-use native plants, plant selection, efficient irrigation for drought; lawn care for drought
Name: Brad Schultz
Title: Humboldt County Extension Educator
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-623-6304
Email: schultzb@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Humboldt
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: How drought affects ranchers; how best to downsize herd; what to do with infrastructure to prepare for future drought; availability of water for animals; how drought affects plants and how long they can graze.
Name: Kent McAdoo
Title: Natural Resources Specialist
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-738-1251
Email: mcadook@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Elko
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Drought tolerant rangeland and pasture vegetation
Name: Loretta Singletary
Title: Professor & Interdisciplinary Outreach Liaison
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-771-4452
Email: singletaryl@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Campus Based–Statewide
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Research interests and outreach programs focus on water markets and collaborative processes engaging community stakeholders as part of an Integrated Water Management approach to water scarcity and water quality issues.
Name: JoAnne Skelly
Title: Extension Educator, Carson City/Storey County
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-887-2252
Email: skellyj@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: live Washoe, work Carson City
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Low-water-use plants, plant care for drought (including lawn), water-efficient landscaping, firescaping, diagnosing plant stress problems
Name: Joy Paterson
Title: Integrated Pest Management Educator
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-427-5121
Email: patersonj@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Churchill/Lyon, but travel frequently throughout the state
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Invasive weeds in Nevada; preventing weed dispersal. (Drought is beneficial to weeds, weakening native or desirable plants giving weeds a competitive advantage.) Honey bees, native pollinators, insect pests and native insects, which will be impacted by the drought.
Name: Staci Emm
Title: Extension Educator
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-945-3444
Email: emms@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Mineral County
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Agricultural water use; Agricultural Profitability; Risk Management Insurance Options; Business Development; American Indian land tenure and water rights
Name: Tom Harris
Title: Director of the Center of Economic Development, and State Extension Specialist
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-784-1681
Email: harris@unr.edu
County where you work/live: Washoe
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Regional economic, employment and household income impacts of drought.
Name: Carol Bishop
Title: Extension Educator
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 702-397-2604
Email: bishop@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Northeast Clark County
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Economics of Low-Water-Use Alternative Crops, edible landscapes
Name: Steve Lewis
Title: Douglas County Extension Educator
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-782-9960
Email: lewiss@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Douglas
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Planting issues for agriculture; Developing water conservation programs; Private well owners and well management
Name: John Cobourn
Title: Water Resource Specialist
Organization: Northern Area of Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-336-0244
Email: cobournj@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Live in Douglas County and work in the Washoe County office.
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Water-efficient Landscaping; Landscape Design; Indoor Water Conservation; Predicted Climate Change Impacts; Watershed Management; Maintaining Home Irrigation systems
Name: Sherm Swanson
Title: Riparian Specialist
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-784-4057
Email: sswanson@cabnr.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Washoe
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Assessing and coping with fire danger
– Challenges in meeting water quality standards
– Fire and fire potential
– Managing herd size
– Managing pastures
Name: Steve Foster
Title: Pershing County Extension Educator
Organization: UNCE Pershing County
Phone: 775-273-2923
Email: fosters@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Pershing
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Developing Ranch Drought Management Plans
Name: Angela O’Callaghan
Title: Social Horticulture Specialist
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 702-257-5581
Email: ocallaghana@UNCE.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Clark
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: water conservation – soil amendments, plant selection, mulch selection, recognizing environmental damage on plants.
Name: M L Robinson
Title: Specialist/Associate Professor
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 702-257-5529
Email: Robinsonm@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Clark
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: Desert Bio-Scaping (how to save water and energy in desert landscapes), Water Harvesting and Water Cycle, drought-tolerant plants for urban landscape and how they are able to survive, evaluating desert crops and new drought-tolerant landscape plants for desert landscapes.
Name: Mark Walker
Title: Dean and Director
Organization: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-7784-7070
Email: walker@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Washoe
Expertise related to “Living With Drought” (30 words or less): Data analysis and interpretation, hydrologic field measurements, public education, public water supply.
Name: Wendy Hanson-Mazet
Title: Master Gardener Program Coordinator
Organization: Mineral County Cooperative Extension
Phone: 775-784-4848
Email: hansonw@unce.unr.edu
County where you work/live: Washoe
Expertise related to “Living With Drought”: low water-use gardening
