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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:

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 

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:

 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  

Essential Collaborators:

Oregon State University

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

Idaho Department of Agriculture