Area-wide Project Partners

Area-wide Project Contacts:

• USDA-ARS Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center - Burns, OR.
• Website: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eoarc/
• EOARC
• 67826-A Hwy 205
• Burns, OR 97720
• Fax: 541- 573-3042 

Area-wide project Coordinator:  

• Dr. Roger Sheley – Ecologist
• USDA-ARS Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center
• Phone: 541-573-8938
• Email: Roger.sheley@oregonstate.edu 

Demonstration/ Task Team Coordinator:

• Dr. Ed Vasquez - Research Rangeland Management Specialist
• USDA-ARS Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center
• Phone: 541-573-8937 
• Email: ed.vasquez@oregonstate.edu 

Education / Products Task Team Coordinator: 

• Dr. Brenda Smith – Research Scientist
• USDA-ARS Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center
• Phone: 541-573-4084
• Email: Brenda.smith@ars.usda.gov

Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center Cooperating Scientists:

• Dr. Tony Svejcar - Rangeland Scientist/ Research Leader
• Phone: 541-573-8901
• Email: Tony.svejcar@oregonstate.edu

• Dr. Chad Boyd - Rangeland Scientist
• Phone: 541-573-8939
• Email: Chad.boyd@oregonstate.edu

• Dr. Jeremy James - Plant Physiologist
• Phone: 541-573-8911
• Email: Jeremy.james@oregonstate.edu

Specific Cooperators :  Economic Analysis:

• Dr. Michael Taylor –Project Economist
• Dept. of Resource Economics University of Nevada -Reno
• Phone: 775-784-1679
• Fax: 775-784-1342
• Email: mtaylor@cabnr.unr.edu 

• Dr. Kim Rollins - Associate Professor
• Dept. of Resource Economics University of Nevada – Reno
• Office: 775-784-1677
• Fax: 775-784-1342
• Email: krollins@cabnr.unr.edu
• Website: http://www.cabnr.unr.edu/rollins

Watershed  Researchers and Cooperators:

• Eric Morrison - Coordinator Jordan Valley Coordinated Weed Management Area
• Phone: 541-586-3000
• Fax: 541-586-3000
• Email: jvcwma@qwestoffice.net 

• Anna-Marie Chamberlain- Extension Livestock and Range Specialist
• Oregon Cooperative Extension – Ontario
• Phone: 541-881-8840
• Fax: 541-889-8849
• Email: anna-marie.chamberlain@oregonstate.edu 

• Dr. Ed Vasquez - Research Rangeland Management Specialist
• USDA-ARS Eastern Oregon Agriculture Research Center
• Phone: 541-573-8937
• Fax: 541-573-3042
• Email: ed.vasquez@oregonstate.edu 

Boise Front, ID:

• Dr. Stuart P. Hardegree- Plant Physiologist
• USDA-ARS-Northwest Watershed Research Center
• Phone: 208-422-0728
• FAX: 208-334-1502
• Email: stuart.hardegree@ars.usda.gov

• Alex Boehm - Bio Science Technician
• USDA-ARS-Northwest Watershed Research Center
• Phone: 208-422-0730 
• Fax: 208-334-1502 
• Email: alex.boehm@ars.usda.gov 

Fisher Creek, UT:

• Dr. Thomas A. Monaco –Research Ecologist
• USDA-ARS Forage & Range Research Lab
• Phone: 435-797-7231
• Fax: 435-797-3075
• Email: tom.monaco@ars.usda.gov   
  


• Dr. Steve Dewey – Extension Weed Specialist
• Utah State University Plant, Soils and Biometeorology Dept.
• Phone:  435-797-2256
• Fax: 435-797-3376
• Email:  steved@ext.usu.edu
  


• Fisher Creek team:
  Graduate students (USU)
  Beth Fowers (vegetation responses) <b.fowers@aggiemail.usu.edu>
  Merilynn Hirsch (soil responses) <merilynnhirsch@hotmail.com>
  
  Post-Doc
  Lesley Morris (ecological history) <lesleyrmorris@gmail.com> 

 Rock Creek, NV:  

• Kent McAdoo – Area Extension Rangeland Resources Specialist
• University of Nevada Cooperative Extension- Elko
• Phone: 775-738-7291
• Fax: 775-753-7843
• Email:  mcadook@unce.unr.edu  
  


• Dr. Earl Creech – State Weed Specialist
• University of Nevada Cooperative Extension - Fallon
• Phone: 775-423-5121
• Fax: 775-423-7594
• Email : creeche@unce.unr.edu 

Smoke Creek, CA:

• Dr. Joe DiTomaso- CE Specialist
• University of California – Davis 
• Phone: 530-754-8715
• Email: Jmditomaso@ucdavis.edu  

• Dr. Mark Weltz- Research Rangeland Management Specialist 
• USDA- ARS Reno
• Phone: 775-784-6057 ext. 229
• Fax: 775-784-1712
• Email: mark.weltz@ars.usda.gov  

• Rob Wilson  - Weed Ecology / Cropping Systems Farm Advisor
• University of California Cooperative Extension
• Phone: 530-251-8132
• Fax: 530-251-2666
• Website: http://celassen.ucdavis.edu 
• Email: rgwilson@ucdavis.edu  

Essential Collaborators:

Oregon State University

• Dr. Michael Borman - Chair OSU Range Ecology and Management
• Phone: 541-737-1614
• Email: Michael.borman@oregonstate.edu  

University of Idaho

• Dr. Karen Launchbaugh - Head U of I Rangeland Ecology and Management Dept.
• 208-885-4394
• Email:  klaunchb@uidaho.edu 

Bureau of Land Management

• Michael Pellant BLM Idaho State Office
• Phone: 208-373 8592
• Email: mike_pellant@blm.gov  

Idaho Department of Agriculture

• Daniel Safford – Noxious Weeds Program Specialist
• Phone: 208-332-8592
• Email: dsafford@agri.idaho.gov