Research in the Klamath Basin
20 07 Annual Report
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Major Cooperators in KBREC Research Programs
Oregon State University
Mr. Mylen Bohle, Crook County Cooperative Extension Service
Mr. Daryl Ehrensing, Department of Crop and Soil Science
Mr. Phil Hamm, Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Dr. Dan Hane, Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Dr. Patrick Hayes, Department of Crop and Soil Science
Dr. Russell Ingham, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Mr. Steve James, Central Oregon Agricultural Research Center
Dr. Russ Karow, Department of Crop and Soil Science
Dr. Alvin Mosley, Department of Crop and Soil Science
Mr. Steve Norberg, Malheur County Cooperative Extension Service
Dr. James Petersen, Department of Crop and Soil Science
Dr. Clinton Shock, Malheur Experiment Station
Mrs. Isabel Vales, Department of Crop and Soil Science
Dr. Don Wysocki, Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center
Mr. Phil VanBuskirk, Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center
Mr. Solomon Yilma, Department of Crop and Soil Science
University of California
Dr. Harry Carlson, Intermountain Research and Extension Center
Dr. Lee Jackson, Department of Agronomy and Range Science
Mr. Donald Kirby, Intermountain Research and Extension Center
Others
Dr. John Bamberg, United States Potato Genebank, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Dr. Chuck Brown, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Prosser, Washington
Mr. Jim Dahm, Whiskey Creek Timber Company, Klamath Falls, Oregon
Mr. Jim Davis University of Idaho
Dr. Steve Fransen, Washington State University
Dr. David Holm, Colorado State University
Dr. Rick Knowles, Washington State University
Dr. Stephen Love, University of Idaho
Mr. Norm McKinley, DuPont Corporation, Salem, Oregon
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Dr. J. Creighton Miller, Jr., Texas A&M University
Dr. Richard Novy, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Aberdeen, Idaho
Dr. Mark Pavek, Washington State University
Mr. Lucas Schmidt, Dow AgroSciences
Dr. Darrell Wesenberg, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Aberdeen, Idaho
Mr. Harvey Yoshida, Dow AgroSciences
We deeply appreciate the involvement and contributions
of these major cooperators to KBREC research efforts.
Advisory Board and Staff
KBREC Advisory Board Members
Mr. Rod Blackman, Chairman
Mr. Rocky Liskey, Vice-chairman
Mr. Sam Henzel
Mr. Steve Kandra
Mr. Kirk Kirkpatrick
Mr. John Kite
Mr. Ron McGill
Ex-Officio Members
Mr. Bill Brown, Klamath County Board of Commissioners
Dr. Ron Hathaway, Chairman, Klamath County Cooperative Extension Service
Dr. Kenneth A. Rykbost, Secretary, Superintendent KES
KBREC Staff
Dr. Ronald L. Hathaway, Superintendent-Extension Chair, Professor, Animal Science
Mr. William W. Riggs, Superintendent-Extension Chair, Associate Professor, Extension Services
Dr. Kenneth A. Rykbost, Emeritus Professor, Crop and Soil Science
Dr. Richard Roseberg, Associate Professor, Crop and Soil Science
Mr. Brian A. Charlton, Assistant Professor, Crop and Soil Science
Ms. Chanda L. Engel, Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
Mr. Darrin A. Culp, Faculty Research Assistant
Mr. Jim E. Smith, Faculty Research Assistant
Mrs. Jewel Haskins, Office Manager
Mr. Lawrence Johnson, Facility Maintenance Leadworker (Klamath County)
Mr. Guy Morrow, Farm Worker (Klamath County)
Ms. Rachel Shuck, Research Technician (Klamath County)
Mr. Robert Wright, Farm Worker (Klamath County)
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