Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Student Gabriel Goff, Nicholas Kerhoulas, and Lucy Kerhoulas Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Presented a talk at the Agricultural Research Institute Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA: "Conifer encroachment and removal in a northern California woodland: Influences on ecosystem physiology and biodiversity."
Faculty Lucy Kerhoulas, Ariel Weisgrau, Emily Hoeft, and Nicholas Kerhoulas Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Presented a talk at the Ecological Society of America Conference in Louisville, KY: "Within-crown physiology of tall Picea sitchensis trees."
Faculty Hunter Harrill Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Gave a presentation "Winch-assisted Harvesting Systems: New Opportunities for Logging in California" and moderated the panel session on "Steep Slope Logging Technology" at the Associated California Loggers (ACL) annual conference in Reno, Nevada, Jan. 15-16, 2020.
Faculty Hunter Harrill Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Gave a presentation "Winch-assisted Harvesting Systems: New Opportunities for Logging in California" and moderated the panel session on "Steep Slope Logging Technology" at the Associated California Loggers (ACL) annual conference in Reno, Nevada January 15th-16th, 2020.
Faculty Harold Zald and Kerry Byrne Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Zald (PI) and Byrne (co-PI)'s awarded $87,100 from USDA McIntire-Stennis for their proposal "Quantification and mitigation of large pine mortality after prescribed burning in a drought altered Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest, California, USA."
Student Bret McNamara, Jeff Kane, David Greene Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Former HSU Wildland Fire Lab graduate student, Bret McNamara (2018) published two research papers from his work on the rare Baker cypress.
One paper entitled “Strong dispersal limitation in postfire regeneration of Baker cypress, a rare serotinous conifer“ was published in the American Journal of Botany and the other paper entitled “Post-fire fuel succession in a rare California, USA closed-cone conifer” was published in Fire Ecology. These two papers were co-authored by Forestry and Wildland Resources faculty members, Jeff Kane and David Greene.
Student Susan Marshall and Joe Seney Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Humboldt State University Wins 2nd place in Region 6 Collegiate Soil Contest, Nov. 2
Five universities sent teams to describe colors, textures, and appropriate uses of soils during the Region 6 Collegiate Soil Competition, hosted by Humboldt State University's program in Rangeland Resources and Wildland Soils. HSU is among only five universities in California offering sufficient coursework to qualify graduates to become federally recognized Soil Scientists. Participating universities included Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Chico, CSU Fresno, Humboldt State University, and New Mexico State University. The top three teams (CalPoly San Luis Obispo, Humboldt State University, and New Mexico Stat
Faculty Kenneth Fulgham & Susan Marshall Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Professor Susan Marshall is currently on the Society for Range Management ballot as a candidate for SRM Board Director.
Emeritus Professor Ken Fulgham was recently appointed to the Chair-Elect position on the Society for Range Management Endowment Fund Development Committee.
Faculty Buddhika Madurapperuma Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Lecturer recognized in Publons’ global awards
Dr. Buddhika Madurapperuma, Lecturer, FWR/ESM received Publons Peer Review Awards 2019 for placing in the top 1% global peer reviewers in "Geosciences". This award was based on the Publons global reviewer database, determined by the number of peer review reports performed during 2018-19 year. He has performed 64 peer reviews according to the publons statistics as linked https://publons.com/researcher/1240224/buddhika-madurapperuma/peer-review/. Publons peer review awards honor the elite contributors who have demonstrated outstanding expert commitment to protect the integrity and accuracy of published research.
Faculty Erin Kelly Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
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.
Faculty Erin Kelly & Yvonne Everett Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Co-Edited Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, an annual special issue journal. Title: The American West after the Timber Wars. (both also contributed articles to the issue).
Faculty Rosemary Sherriff (PI) and Lucy Kerhoulas (Co-PI) Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Recieved an NSF grant to study conifer drought responses in the Klamath Ecoregion ($399,987).
Faculty Lucy Kerhoulas, Allyson Carroll, Jim Campbell-Spickler Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
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.
Student Louise Martin, Michael Mees, Kegan Richards, Ivy Sebring-Patton, Mary Scanlan Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
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.
Student Alex Gorman (2018, first author), Lucy Kerhoulas, Wade Polda (2016), and Nick Kerhoulas Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Published a paper in Evansia: Epiphyte diversity, abundance, and distribution in an old Sitka spruce crown.
Student Gabriel Goff Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Received scholarship from the California Native Plant Society for his research on conifer encroachment in northern California oak woodlands ($1,500).
Louise Martin, Michael Mees, Mary Scanlan, Kegan Richards, and Ivy Sebring-Patton Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
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!
Faculty Andrew Stubblefield with Co -PI Genevieve Marchand Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Received USDA Multicultural Scholars Award to provide outdoor leadership training and scholarships to Forestry Students ($162,000)
Faculty David Baston, Susan Marshall, & Lucy Kerhoulas Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Received Agricultural Research Institute Grant to study Phytophthora ($60,518).
Student Kevin Soland Forestry, Fire, & Rangeland Management
Presented poster at HSU's INRSEP/CNRS Scientific Research Symposium: Physiology, growth, and immediate response to thinning in a second-growth redwood forest.
