Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Faculty Erin Kelly Forestry & Wildland Resources
Invited talk at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan: Forestry projects under the cap-and-trade market in California. Symposium paper in the Sophia University Journal, Global Environmental Studies.
Submitted: August 30, 2019Faculty Rosemary Sherriff (PI) and Lucy Kerhoulas (Co-PI) Forestry & Wildland Resources
Recieved an NSF grant to study conifer drought responses in the Klamath Ecoregion ($399,987).
Submitted: May 9, 2019Faculty Lucy Kerhoulas, Allyson Carroll, Jim Campbell-Spickler Forestry & Wildland Resources
Featured scientists at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. The exhibit, “Giants of Land and Sea, Redwood Ascent,” will be on display in one of the main galleries for five years.
Submitted: May 9, 2019Student Louise Martin, Michael Mees, Kegan Richards, Ivy Sebring-Patton, Mary Scanlan Forestry & Wildland Resources
Five Rangeland Resource Science students have been awarded the Rustici Livestock and Rangeland Scholarship, administered through the California Farm Bureau Federation. These scholarships are worth $5,000 and are renewable each year.
Submitted: May 9, 2019Student Alex Gorman (2018, first author), Lucy Kerhoulas, Wade Polda (2016), and Nick Kerhoulas Forestry & Wildland Resources
Published a paper in Evansia: Epiphyte diversity, abundance, and distribution in an old Sitka spruce crown.
Submitted: May 9, 2019Student Gabriel Goff Forestry & Wildland Resources
Received scholarship from the California Native Plant Society for his research on conifer encroachment in northern California oak woodlands ($1,500).
Submitted: May 9, 2019Louise Martin, Michael Mees, Mary Scanlan, Kegan Richards, and Ivy Sebring-Patton Forestry & Wildland Resources
HSU Rangeland Resource students Louise Martin, Michael Mees, Mary Scanlan, Kegan Richards, and Ivy Sebring-Patton have each been awarded a $5,000 Rustici Livestock and Rangeland Scholarship. This scholarship is offered through the California Farm Bureau Federation and is renewable annually. Congratulations!
Submitted: May 8, 2019Faculty Andrew Stubblefield with Co -PI Genevieve Marchand Forestry & Wildland Resources
Received USDA Multicultural Scholars Award to provide outdoor leadership training and scholarships to Forestry Students ($162,000)
Submitted: April 29, 2019Faculty David Baston, Susan Marshall, & Lucy Kerhoulas Forestry & Wildland Resources
Received Agricultural Research Institute Grant to study Phytophthora ($60,518).
Submitted: April 29, 2019Student Kevin Soland Forestry & Wildland Resources
Presented poster at HSU’s INRSEP/CNRS Scientific Research Symposium: Physiology, growth, and immediate response to thinning in a second-growth redwood forest.
Submitted: April 29, 2019Student Gabriel Goff Forestry & Wildland Resources
Selected to represent HSU at the CSU Research Competition with his investigation of conifer encroachment in northern California oak woodlands
Submitted: April 29, 2019Faculty Erin Kelly & Lucy Kerhoulas Forestry & Wildland Resources
Principal Investigators for Save the Redwoods League’s Redwoods Rising Apprenticeship Program ($174,430).
Submitted: April 29, 2019Faculty Lucy Kerhoulas Forestry & Wildland Resources
Received an RSCA Award to purchase a cavitation chamber for measuring tree drought resistance
Submitted: April 29, 2019Student Susan Edinger Marshall, Joseph Seney (lecturer), Students: Nic Anderson, Tiffany Perez, Miles Ritch, Alexandra Urban, Daniel Guzman, Monica Pina Forestry & Wildland Resources
HSU participated for the first time in the Collegiate Soil Contest hosted by CalPoly SLO. Overall the HSU Team placed 19th out of 26 teams nationwide, but ranked #1 among teams from the 11 western states; higher than Land Grant Institutions such as Colorado State, Utah State, and University of Wyoming.
Submitted: April 29, 2019Faculty Jeffrey Kane Forestry & Wildland Resources
Became a member of the Northwest Scientific Association’s Board of Directors
Submitted: April 29, 2019Faculty Jeffrey Kane Forestry & Wildland Resources
Presented a paper entitled “Effectiveness and impacts of girdling treatments in a conifer-encroached Oregon white oak woodland” at the 90th annual conference of the Northwest Scientific Association in Lewisonton, ID.
Submitted: April 18, 2019Student Caroline Martorano, Jeffrey Kane Forestry & Wildland Resources
Presented a paper entitled “Long-term effectiveness of fuel reduction treatments in oak and chaparral stands of northern California” at the 90th annual conference of the Northwest Scientific Association in Lewisonton, ID.
Submitted: April 18, 2019Faculty Lucy Kerhoulas, Allyson Carroll, Jim Campbell-Spickler Forestry & Wildland Resources
Professor Lucy Kerhoulas and Research Associates Allyson Carroll and Jim Campbell-Spickler are featured in a five-year exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences called “Giants of Land and Sea.” The exhibit features their research on redwood trees. Read more about it here: https://www.kqed.org/science/1926434/the-giants-of-california-how-redwoods-and-whales-got-so-big
Submitted: February 7, 2019Faculty Jeffrey Kane Forestry & Wildland Resources
Jeff Kane was invited to give a seminar entitled “Litter flammability of North American trees: Ecological insights and management implications” as part of the forestry seminar series at Purdue University on January 29th, 2019.
Submitted: January 30, 2019