celebrating natural resources
Spring 2010 | Volume 26 Number 1 UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO | College of Natural Resources
Legacy and Future: The Next 100 Years of Natural Resource Education
celebrating
natural resources
Spring 2010 | Volume 26 Number 1
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
College of Natural Resources
What’s Inside
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From the Dean
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CNR News
Cover Story
Magazine Staff
The College of Natural Resources’
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Rooted in Success: Celebrating 100 Years of
Forestry Education
magazine is published annually for alumni
Features
of CNR. Subscription is free.
The magazine also is available online
in its entirety on the college’s web site
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Forestry Alum Leads European Movement for
Global Fire Education
www.uidaho.edu/cnr.
Supporting Midlife Career Changes – From Couch or Campus
Bill McLaughlin, Dean
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Collaborating Coast to Coast: New Directions in
Natural Resources Research
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Banking Knowledge: Feds Fund the Future of
Cooperative Research Units
Sue McMurray, Editor/Writer
Larry LaBolle, Alumni Board of Trustees
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Alumni Insight Improves CNR Grads’ Hope for the Future
CNR Alumni News
College and Alumni Affairs
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Cover photo by iStock Photo
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President’s Letter — Alumni Board of Trustees
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Stretch Marks: How CNR is Postioning to Expand Efficiencies
in a Shrinking Economy
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Changes in the College
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In Memory
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College Awards
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Special Alumni Recognition
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Publications
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Class Notes
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Faculty and Staff Highlights
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Giving Back
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Donor Roll
Back
New Fire Program Funded at McCall Field Campus
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Turn to page 8 to read our cover
story highlighting the 100 years of
forestry education celebration last
September. In this feature, you’ll
read about legacy and future as a
leading natural resources institution.
In the reflections section of this story,
alumni share memories of Summer
Camp days and what it was like to
be one of the early women forestry
students. From milestones to new
administrative metrics, you’ll get a
sense of how CNR is positioning for
the future throughout this issue.
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From the Dean
Dear CNR Colleagues
and Friends:
This issue is dedicated to celebrating
Marks” article on page 27 to learn
100 years of forestry education.
more about how CNR is positioning
Many of you celebrated the
itself for the future.
kick-off anniversary event with us in
This adaptive reorganization
September 2009, the first of several
process will have many outcomes
leading up to our college’s centennial
that affect faculty, staff and students.
in 2017. Our cover story recaps
Several personnel updates are
the events of this milestone, and
highlighted in the Changes in the
supporting stories give you a look
College section on page 29, but we
at the future directions in CNR’s
also have redefined some positions
teaching, research and outreach
and shifted staff around to ensure
programs. Profiles of our four
that everyone is working to their
newest faculty reveal how CNR is
strengths. These actions are part of
Bill McLaughlin
integrating the best science from the
our strategy to improve management
inside out, and a feature on CNR’s recent connection
and administration processes and build a stronger
with the Center for Advanced Forest Systems
focus on faculty and staff development. Additionally,
highlights best management practices – from the
efforts are underway to enhance our research
outside in. Global education is another theme you’ll
facilities, improve classrooms, create leadership
notice in features that illustrate how CNR faculty
opportunities for students and secure state-of-the-art
are teaching beyond Idaho with plans for a joint
equipment.
master’s degree program and a professional science
As we transition into 2010, I’m depending on
master’s degree.
leadership, a diversity of fundraising strategies and
It’s a dynamic yet challenging time at the
budget reallocations to create new organizational
University of Idaho. Severe state funding holdbacks
capacities. I encourage you to consider ways in
have pushed us to reevaluate how we may become
which you can develop innovative collaborations
more efficient and progressive yet continue to
with your alma mater. With your support, we will
uphold the high quality level of education that is
continue our legacy of leading into the next 100
our legacy. It is important that you as our primary
years of natural resource education.
stakeholders understand our strategic processes
toward this goal. I invite you to read the “Stretch
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CNR Faculty, Students and Alumni Receive Awards
Debbie ’88 and Kas ’86,
’96 Dumroese received
the CNR Bridge Builder
Award recognizing
substantial and lasting
connections to people,
units, programs or
departments within
CNR. The Dumroeses
have made numerous
contributions to seedling and forest productivity
research, served on CNR graduate committees and
built relationships with faculty.
Jim Fazio, professor emeritus
of conservation social sciences,
along with other members of the
governor’s Lewis & Clark Trail
Committee, received the Idaho
State Historical Society’s 2009
Esto Perpetua Award for significant
contributions to the preservation
of Idaho history.
Lauren Fins, professor of forest
genetics, received a Fulbright
Scholar Award to develop
resource materials for education
at all levels on the genetics
and culture of cacao, the small
tree that produces the main
ingredient in chocolate. Fins
also taught a graduate-level
course on the genetics and
propagation of cacao. Her Fulbright took place
at CATIE near Turrialba, Costa Rica. CATIE is a
research and higher education institute that offers a
joint doctoral program with the University of Idaho.
Troy Hall, associate
professor of conservation
social sciences, received the
Excellence in Wilderness
Stewardship Research
Award, one of the highest
national awards given by
the U.S. Forest Service. The
award recognizes excellence
in research accomplishment
in fields that have direct
application to wilderness
and how this research influences the way scientists
think about managing wilderness ecosystems
throughout the U.S.
Frederic (Fred) D. Johnson
’52, professor emeritus of forest
ecology, educator, researcher and
mentor, received a University of
Idaho Honorary Doctorate at the
May 16, 2009 commencement
ceremony. This honor recognizes
a lifetime of excellence and his
many contributions to Idaho,
the university and the nation.
For more than half a century, Johnson has made
outstanding contributions to forest ecology and
botanical education and science.
Ming-Jen Lee ’74, president of National Chiayi
University in Taiwan, received the University
of Idaho Silver and Gold Award recognizing
living alumni who have a distinguished record
of achievement and service in a specialized area.
Lee was honored for his outstanding contribution
to forest conservation in Taiwan, as well as forest
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genetics and breeding studies;
promoting forestry education
in Taiwan; enhancing
competitiveness of NCYU in
various fields; and facilitating
international academic
interaction and cooperation.
Gary Machlis, professor
of conservation, has been
named the first ever science
adviser to the National Park
Service. As science adviser,
Machlis will advise the
agency on matters of science
and help deliver scientific
information to park directors,
decision-makers, the public
and Congress. Machlis also was named an American
Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow.
Christine Moffitt, professor of
fishery resources and assistant
unit leader of the Idaho
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit, received the
U.S. Geological Survey’s
(USGS) 2009 Headquarters
Diversity Award in the
Individual category. The award
acknowledges and encourages
the efforts of USGS employees and management
to foster and promote diversity. Moffitt was chosen
for providing leadership for activities within the
workplace, educational environment, and profession
that improved the participation rate for minorities
and females in the scientific community.
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Alumnus Rich Patterson ‘71,
director of the Indian Creek
Nature Center in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, received the Aldo Leopold
Award from the Garden Club of
America. The award recognizes
extraordinary service, dedication
and commitment in land
preservation and responsible
stewardship. In his 35-year career
as a nonprofit director, Patterson has developed
many techniques of ecological restoration and
coordinated the protection of four significant natural
areas in the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area.
L.N. “Bud” Purdy ’78 received
the Society for Range
Management W. R. Chapline
Land Stewardship Award.
The award gives special
recognition to members of
the Society for exceptional
accomplishments, artistic and
scientific contributions specific
to rangeland entities and to
wildlife and domestic livestock on rangelands. Purdy
has a long history of commitment to stewardship
and excellence in rangeland management.
Jan Schipper received
the William T. Hornaday
Conservation Award from
the American Society of
Mammalogists recognizing
his significant contribution as
a student to the conservation
of mammals and their
habitats. Schipper is a recent
graduate of a joint doctoral
program between the University of Idaho and
CATIE (Costa Rica), and part of the Integrative
Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
(IGERT) program funded by the National Science
Foundation.
J. Michael Scott, professor of
wildlife resources, received the
George B. Fell Award from the
Natural Areas Association. The
Fell Award is the highest honor
the association bestows. Scott was
recognized as one of “the giants
in conservation biology,” for being
a world leader in conserving
this country’s natural habitat,
mentoring colleagues and promoting others in
conservation biology.
Alma Winward ’70, national
leader in the advancement of
rangeland research, teaching
and management, received
the University of Idaho Hall
of Fame Award. The award
recognizes alumni who
have achieved national or
international distinction by their
accomplishments and leadership.
Winward retired in 2003
from a 23-year career as regional ecologist for the
Intermountain Region of the Forest Service. Prior to
that, he was on the rangeland resources faculty at
Oregon State University.
Planting seeds for the future…
from left, Jo Ellen Force,
Ron Mahoney, Kas Dumroese and
Bill McLaughlin. Ron Force, background; Zachary Knight, right. Turn
the page to read CNR’s cover story
on 100 years of Forestry Education.
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Cover Story
Rooted in Success:
Celebrating 100 Years of
Forestry Education
Shattuck Arboretum
CNR History
In 2009, the
College of Natural
Resources reached a
landmark anniversary
recognizing 100
years of forestry
education. The
college began in 1909
as the Department
of Forestry in
the College of
Agriculture.
Considered
something of a fad at
Smokey Joe Wholitz measures
the time, the seedling
a tree at McCall Summer
department began life
Camp, circa 1940.
Photo by Frank Dillon
with one professor
and 11 students. That
first professor, Charles
Houston Shattuck, also was the first department
head. He created the university’s Shattuck
Arboretum. The first class of Idaho foresters—three
members strong—graduated in 1911. As the years
passed, the college assumed broader duties and
extended its responsibilities. Curricula in range
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management, forest
products, wildlife,
fisheries, and
wildland recreation
management (now
resource recreation
and tourism)
joined the original
forestry curriculum.
In response to
those extended
responsibilities, the
college underwent a
series of four name
Timothy Link, associate
changes. Today, the
professor of forest hydrology,
downloads data from an
expanded needs
automated weather station,
of society and the
2009.
greater purpose
of the college are
represented by the diverse programs of the College
of Natural Resources, renamed in 2000. Fifty-eight
faculty members address a broad spectrum of
renewable natural resource concerns, both in their
teaching and in their research.
Kick-off Event
A Sept. 11-13 kick-off event honored the seedling
traditions, innovations and programs whose roots
established today’s diverse natural resource science
and management college. Many of CNR’s natural
resource leaders gathered to mix with students, and
former U.S. Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth
delivered a defining presentation entitled, “Our
Legacy of the Past Leads Us Into the Future.” Other
highlights included a celebration luncheon and
banquet; a commemorative tree planting; several
field trips; and an opportunity to join the CNR
Student Affairs Council and other student leaders
for a service-learning project with the Nez Perce
Tribe in the Lapwai area.
The benchmark celebration was the first of
several events leading up to the college’s centennial
in 2017. More than 200 guests comprised of
students, alumni, emeritus and current faculty and
friends of CNR attended and shared reflections
comparing historical and current aspects of forestry
education.
Reflections
Judy Hallisey, class of 1972, 1994; B.S.& M.S. For. Res.
Judy Hallisey recalls being one of the few women in forestry.
“I was one of the early female forestry students – not
especially wanted by several forestry schools, but
CNR was very open and accepting. I credit Pappy
Seale in my coming to University of Idaho in 1968
and with staying in forestry. In the early years at
Morrill Hall, the only women’s small bathroom
was clear up on an upper floor, but I made use of
its location when the college got its first electronic
calculator – the size of a typewriter – located across
the hall from the bathroom. It did square roots in
a flash compared to those old antiquated machines
used on first floor in biometry class. So I excused
myself to the bathroom with figures needing square
roots and got the answers, returned to class and
finished my work ahead of class. Years later when
I returned to campus seeking a master’s degree, I
found the college had moved ahead with higher
technology and still has excellent equipment and
technology. I’m pleased when I see the numbers
of female students and faculty at CNR. It truly is a
visionary, open and accepting college.”
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Jacke Helle, class of 1958, 1961; B.S. & M.S. Fish Mgmt.
“During a class in forest surveying, we were left off
in pairs along the road north of Payette Lake with
instructions for following a compass course that
would eventually lead us back to the road about six
hours later.
We were having some difficulty with our
compass but thought we had it figured out. After
about two hours, we were deep in the woods with
no idea where we were. We came out on a cliff and
could see the lake not that far below us. We decided
that we were indeed lost and hiked down to the
lake to take a swim, as we had worked up a sweat
thrashing through the woods.
When we broke out of the woods there was a
dock right in front of us, with a house off to our left.
On the dock was a girl sunbathing. We startled her
as we broke out of the woods all sweaty and rough
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Photo by www.h2omark.com
Jack Helle reminisces at the open mic.
looking. We told her we got lost on a University of
Idaho summer camp exercise and would like to take
a swim and cool off before we tried to find our way
back. She invited us out on the dock. We jumped
in the lake in our stagged jeans, without shirts. She
asked us if we’d like a beer or something else to
drink. ‘Course,’ we said, ‘A beer would be great!’
After several more beers and swims, we needed to
figure out how to get back up to the road, wherever
that was, as they would probably be looking for us
by then. She said ‘I could take you back to summer
camp in our boat.’ The boat was a wooden Garwood
ski boat! We quickly agreed to the offer as it would
be much quicker, as we were way up on the north
end of the lake. We could alert the instructors at the
camp we were okay and try to notify the pick-up
vehicle we were back safely.
As we
untied her boat
from the dock,
I noticed there
were two pairs
of water skis in
the back. I asked
her if would
be okay if we
both water-skied
back to the camp. She agreed and towed us both
all the way back to the camp. As we approached
the camp, I signaled for her to make a circle.
She understood right away and made two circles
coming close to shore each time so we could wave
at everyone at camp.
On the second pass near shore, everyone started
booing at us! As we let go of the rope on the third
pass and glided to shore, our pretty sunbathing
partner and boat driver was clearly visible. The
professors were not too happy with us, but they did
have a twinkle in their eye when we told them our
true story.”
Fred Johnson, class of 1952; M.S. For.; emeritus professor
“Let me tell you a story about an event at Summer
Camp; we were on an overnight, camped on the
Salmon River some 30 miles upstream. Sr. Tisdale was
with me for a two-day exercise. After an excellent
hot dinner brought by a TA in the carryall, most of
the troops dispersed. Numbers of them were up into
the craggy cliffs above camp, which was a U.S. Forest
Service campground developed from a homestead. It
was almost dusk when a batch of guys came charging
into camp from above and said, ‘Dlouhy has been
hurt!’
Not much we could do for they knew not which
route he (David Dlouhy, B.S. For. Res. ’74) would
take into camp. But, here he came, blood covering his
face in long rivulets. His story was he got to running
down the canyonside and couldn’t stop! He crashed
and found that basalt rocks can cut quite a gash. As
I cleaned his very bloody face, it looked like several
stitches were in order on his forehead. So, I popped
him into the carryall and headed for Riggins. ‘Where
to take him,’ I pondered? ‘Grangeville – sure to be a
clinic or someone on duty to patch him up. No – I’ll
take him to McCall – a bit further, but I think more
reasonable if I could find a doctor.’
I called Dr. Nokes at home (we had a first-name
relationship – our students seemed to have enough
occasions to visit him.) He said to meet him at his
Fred Johnson at Summer Camp.
Fred at the mic at the 100 Year Celebration BBQ.
office. We made it in record time. Dr. Nokes stitched
Dlouhy up and turned his attention to a wound on
his forearm. It was a puncture, so Nokes took a cotton
swab and started probing. ‘My Lord,’ he said, ‘Look
at this!’ And he showed me the entire four-inch swab
had been inserted into the arm. With a longer swab,
he poked about and soon showed that there was a six
inch-plus puncture. As he sterilized it, we three speculated on how such a wound could have come about.
Our decision – Dlouhy recalled a long ball-point pen
in his breast pocket, now missing. It must’ve flown
out of his pocket on impact and hit just right on a
rock to drive it into his arm. I’d planned on taking
this injured fella to Summer Camp, but the Doc said
he’d be OK if no strenuous mucking about. Dlouhy
wanted to return to class. We got back to the Salmon
a bit after midnight. Some years later, I ran into Dr.
Nokes in May Hardware. After the usual pleasantries,
he recalled that very unusual puncture wound, and
we laughed at the very strange case.”
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The Vision
Architect concept by NBBJ.
One hundred years of green thinking has resulted
in impacts that benefit global societies through
innovative knowledge, technology and leadership.
Considering the world’s increasingly fragile
ecosystems, the next generation of natural resource
professionals faces greater challenges than their
predecessors. Today’s graduates must be a new
kind of scientist, skilled in bioscience, genetic
research, carbon technologies, and landscape and
organizational change. To create an enhanced
learning environment, university administrators
currently are planning to build a university science
and technologies building that will house these areas
of research and ultimately connect to CNR. CNR
will have a major collaborative role, especially in the
areas of wet labs for biology and molecular biology,
and studios for land planning and management.
CNR 100 Year Event
Joe Ulliman and Dave Adams
Leonard Johnson plays the banjo with band, Forgotten Freight.
To see more event photos, visit www.uidaho.edu/forestry100.
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Spirit of Conservation
Dale Bosworth, (’66) former chief of the
U.S. Forest Service, is a man of ecological
vision. So much so that he sent his week-old
granddaughter a signed copy of “Last Child
in the Woods,” a book linking what author
Richard Louv calls “nature deficit” to some of
the most disturbing childhood trends such as
obesity, attention deficit disorder and depression.
Though he joked about sending a baby such an
advanced gift, Bosworth’s message was serious –
complacency toward the use of natural resources
is lethal.
Getting kids off the couch and into the
woods was one of several calls to action
Bosworth laid out at his keynote address at
the 100 years of forestry celebration kick-off
event. While he acknowledged many scientific
advances have improved forest conservation
practices over the last 100 years, he warned the
next generation of natural resource professionals
face many daunting challenges.
He explained natural resources issues today
are different because large scale climate change
has resulted in longer growing seasons, glacial
retreat, compromised snowpack and increased
wildfire risk. Unchecked human population
growth and consumption also have placed more
demands for water resources and living space,
he said.
To combat these destructive forces, Bosworth
urged his audience to unite in a spirit of
conservation, adapt a common view of a sound
consumption ethic and find new energy sources.
Dale Bosworth with Gene Zanck
“We still give little or no thought to
ecosystem services,” he said. “We still think
of these as free and take them for granted.
Ecosystem services are only as reliable as the
health of the ecosystems that deliver them.”
He said solutions to these problems include
providing land owners with incentives for
creating ecosystem services such as carbon
sequestration, clean water and wildlife habit.
The University of Idaho has played a critical
role in educating the public on such natural
resource topics, he added, and it must continue
a legacy of conservation leadership for future
generations.
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Photo by iStock.com
Alumni Insight
Improves CNR Grads’
Hope for the Future
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In “Job Outlook for 2010 Grads: Still Stinks,”
Hibah Yousuf, CNN staffer, reported 2009 college
graduates had 40 percent fewer job prospects, and
the outlook for 2010 is not looking a whole lot
better. Yousef cited a Michigan State University
(MSU) survey on recruiting trends that said jobs for
graduates with bachelor’s degrees will drop nearly
1 percent this year. The good news? MSU survey
director Phil Gardner says there is a reawakening in
American society that environmental sustainability
is important, and the most sought after graduates
are those with environmental and statistical skills.
Job opportunities for these graduates will climb by 6
percent and 11 percent respectively, Gardner said.
If these predictions are true, natural resource
majors will be at the higher end of the employment
pool this year. But do they have the skills necessary
to stay afloat?
CNR alumni leaders have addressed this
question periodically over the years. A 1992 survey
of the abilities students must have to be successful
indicated communication skills, problem solving,
computer literacy, conflict resolution, respect for
diverse opinions and political savy were among the
top 10 capabilities. Additionally, technical skills such
as modeling and GIS, field experiences and learning
how to thin were recommended. Other suggestions
included a strong capacity for time and fiscal
management, knowledege of industry regulations
and understanding landscape ecology.
A later 1997 alumni strategic planning survey
emphasized much of the same communication, field
and technical skills, but also prioritized flexibility
in degree area, critical thinking, entrepreneurship,
leadership and strategic planning.
While surveying faculty and staff is one way of
determining what capabilities prospective graduates
need to gain employment, it is important to
incorporate interactive dialogue into these periodic
assessments. As such, several panel discussions on
this topic took place at the 100 Years of Forestry
Education event. CNR alumni who hold leadership
positions in natural resources advised graduates
about emerging challenges in natural resources and
the skills they will need to address them.
“If I have to pick one most valuable thing taken
from the session, it would have to be ‘hope for the
future,’” said one student participant. “My undergrad
degree prepared me for data entry, database
management and a being a general GIS grunt. Upon
starting this semester, I had a small inkling that
may be the direction I would have to head, but
hope came from master’s graduates currently in
the field. Hydrology in the West is becoming very
important. Now that the politicians, administrators
and public are seeing this, the potential for this field
to contribute heavily to policy is great.”
The alumni leaders still support many of the
high ranking skills revealed in the earlier surveys but
recommended specific skill sets that will prepare
graduates for today’s environmental challenges.
For example, students were urged to develop
interdisciplinary approaches, learn about climate
change and understand carbon taxes and credits.
“They all saw fire policy issues and youth
engagement as the most pressing issues,” said another
student. “It’s one thing to hear about the importance
of both, but when you hear the same thing coming
from different regions of
“Everyone
the country and different
specializations, you realize
brings a
that it is in fact very
perspective
pressing.”
that must be
Besides the rare
opportunity for alumni
respected and
and students to spend
understood by
quality time learning from
all parties.”
each other, other positive
outcomes of the panel
session included a discussion about fire agencies and
universities coordinating so students who work for
the Forest Service or other government agency during
the summer and take job-required classes, may be
able to count those credits towards their degree.
Thank you to all our 100 Years of Forestry
Education panel speakers:
Ara Andrea (Ph.D. For. Res. ’96)
Dale Bosworth (B.S. For. Res. ’66)
Andi Stebleton Bourne (REM ’08)
Chip Corsi (B.S. Fish. ’80)
Colleen Frei Diener (ECB ’02; Law ’05)
Kas Dumroese (M.S. For. Res. ’86; Ph.D. ’96)
Murray Feldman (M.S. Wld. Rec. ’86)
Robyn Broyles-Gordon (For. Res. ’06)
Brad Griffith (Ph.D. Wlf. ’89)
Jack Helle (B.S. Fish. ’58; M.S. ’61)
Bill Higgins (B.S. For. Prod. ’94)
Jeanne Higgins (B.S. For. Res. ’88)
Mike Hoppus (M.S. For. Res. ’83)
Brent Keith (B.S. For. Res. ‘05)
Scott Lambert (M.S. REM ’05)
Rob Lawler (M.S. For. Res. ‘09)
Mark Montville (B.S. For. Res. ’87; M.S. ’91)
Tom Murn (Potlatch partner)
Guy Pence (B.S. For. Res. ’72)
Frank Roberts (B.S. For. Res. ’09; M.S. ‘99)
Kate Sullivan (B.S. For. Res. ’76)
Mary Taber (MNR ’06)
Tom Zimmerman (M.S. For. Res. ’79)
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Going With the Flow
stay at field stations
If students don’t mind
in the West to gain
getting cold hands,
a natural classroom
the tools they use in
experience.
Alex Fremier’s classes
“Students get tired,
will prepare them to
as I do, with lectures.
address some of the
The techniques I try to
hottest research topics
use will engage students
in the field of riparian
with the material at a
ecology. Fremier,
fundamental level, not
assistant professor
a superficial one,” he
of riparian ecology,
said. “These exercises
particularly is interested
will allow students
in using riparian
not only to learn from
systems as indicators
experience, but they
of geomorphic and
also make lectures
ecological change. This
and readings more
semester, he will use a
meaningful.”
stream table to illustrate
Alex Fremier
Outside of class, he
sediment transport and
is working with Elowyn Yager at University
geomorphology concepts. Additionally, he will
of Idaho - Boise, looking at the feedback
apply a river channel meander migration model
mechanisms of vegetation on flow and sediment
to understand how flow and levee designs could
dynamics. This research will benefit engineering
be improved to benefit ecologically important
designs that aim to integrate ecology and
species, such as cottonwood.
engineering. At larger scales, he uses river
Fremier plans to take his classes in the
network computer models to improve priority
direction of fewer lectures and more experiencehabitat connectivity sites and collaborates
based inquiry. Students in his ecological inquiry
internationally to understand river processes
course formulate and test an ecological question
response to dam construction, levee building
during the semester and ultimately publish a
and climate change in semi-arid regions of
manuscript. He also jointly will teach an intense,
the world.
two-week field biology course completely
outside of the formal classroom. The class will
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Ecological Time Traveler
important to land
Philip Higuera, assistant
managers and the public
professor of fire ecology,
faced with evaluating the
is something of a history
causes and consequences
buff – the environmental
of change, be it in climate,
kind. He specializes
fires, beetle outbreaks or
in paleoecology (old
land use.
ecology) and studies
“Increasingly, tackling
how ecosystems have
questions related to
responded to past
climate change or
environmental change
global change cannot be
over hundreds to
done from an isolated
thousands of years.
perspective,” said Higuera.
Higuera travels through
Higuera particularly is
time, slogging through
interested in understanding
Rocky Mountain bogs,
how climate change has
trekking across Alaska’s
influenced vegetation
tundra and exploring the
and disturbance regimes,
shores of the San Juan
specifically fire. He trains
Islands to collect field
students to understand
specimens.
and critically think about
“By reconstructing
natural resource challenges
past vegetation, fire and
in a larger context, and
climate history, my
Philip Higuera
contribute to the research
ultimate goal is to merge,
that will help address natural resource issues.
as seamlessly as possible, our understanding of
Together, they will attempt to answer some
the past with our understanding of the present
key questions about how changing fire regimes
and predictions of our future,” said Higuera.
will affect vegetation, carbon cycling and fire
“This is critical in the context of ongoing and
management, and ultimately help inform future
predicted global change.”
land management decisions.
Higuera notes understanding change
through time is becoming increasingly
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Building Bridges
A year ago some
“Bridging
CNR students
science with
may have not
management
known there was
is a constant
a new assistant
challenge,” said
professor in
Newingham.
rangeland
“One method is
ecology and
to teach students
management.
and land
No nameplate
managers how
hung above
to implement
her office, and
management
the mailroom
actions so they
wasn’t sure
also answer
where to send
scientific
her mail. That’s
questions. This
Beth
Newingham
because Beth
allows both
Newingham
parties to take
spent her first year at CNR in southern Idaho
ownership in the science.”
developing professional relationships with the
Another way Newingham builds bridges
Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service
is by integrating on-campus students with
and Idaho Fish and Game. While new faculty
working natural resource professionals in the
traditionally claim lab space, set up advising
classroom to enhance academic and professional
hours and sit through faculty orientation,
experiences. Newingham also teaches basic
Newingham hit the ground running, regularly
skills like data collection, experimental design,
interacting with resource and fire managers
data analysis, writing and presenting scientific
throughout the Great Basin to resolve issues
information.
related to fire, invasives and global change.
Newingham strongly feels using
While away, she participated in and taught
interdisciplinary approaches while maintaining
governmental workshops. She also met with
disciplinary strengths is crucial to making sound
land managers in the field to better understand
land management decisions in the 21st century.
how they deal with the natural resource issues
Currently, she is collaborating with university
they face, particularly those related to post-fire
and federal scientists across the U.S. on research
restoration.
projects related to the effects of fire and global
change on dryland ecosystems.
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Floristic Frameworks: Understanding Plant Biodiversity from a Historical Perspective
how best to
Students who
protect what we
enjoy jigsaw
have left.”
puzzles may
Tank focuses
find Dave Tank’s
on understanding
dendrology class
the evolutionary
especially inviting.
origins of plant
As assistant
biodiversity.
professor of
He currently is
forest resources
involved in two
and director of
large collaborative
the Stillinger
projects to protect
Herbarium,
and conserve
Tank uses pieces
plant diversity.
of the past to
The first of these
help students
is the Angiosperm
understand how
Tree of Life, a
and why diverse
project to resolve
plant species
Dave Tank
the evolutionary
coexist. Like
relationships
finding the borders
of the major groups of flowering plants
of a puzzle, Tank seeks out the intersection
(angiosperms). The second is a joint project
between plant classification and evolutionary
between the University of Idaho, the University
biology. For him, this means using genetic data
of Washington, Oregon State University and
to create a framework that conveys information
Montana State University. With support from
about the evolutionary history of a group of
the National Science Foundation, the project
organisms.
will facilitate systematics and floristics research
“With the emergence of new tools such
worldwide through a comprehensive online
as genome sequencing, faster computers and
database of the plant and fungal collections
theoretical advances, we are better able to
present in museums throughout the Pacific
understand the complexity of the earth’s
Northwest, including the University of Idaho
biodiversity,” said Tank. “By understanding the
Stillinger Herbarium.
evolutionary processes that created the diversity
of life present today, we can better understand
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Francisco Rego instructs Brian Pratt and Marshell Moy in the Geospatial and Technology Complex.
Forestry Alum Leads European Movement for Global Fire Education
Portugal’s enticing landscapes are a siren’s song to
honeymooners and tourists. But lately, Portugal’s
citizens are hearing a different timbre, carried in the
quiet voice of a man who warns his countrymen and
other Europeans of a serious situation in “paradise.”
Francisco Rego ‘87, a forestry professor at
Portugal’s Technical University of Lisbon (TUL), is
talking about the Mediterranean Basin’s increasing
risk of large and damaging wildfires and the global
need for a better understanding of fire behavior and
effects. Rego is a highly regarded fire behavior expert
with several leadership appointments throughout
his career.
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Early on, he worked as instructor at a small
university in northern Portugal. His interest in fire
intensified in the late 70s as wildfire became a major
problem and there was no specific expertise in
Portugal to deal with it. As he focused on prescribed
burning as a management tool, he sought a doctoral
program that would increase his knowledge base.
After visiting several universities, he selected the
University of Idaho for two main reasons. One was
because it had the best combination of prescribed
burning experiences and technical offerings in its
fire program. The other was the relationship he
had developed with Professor Steve Bunting when
Bunting was a visiting professor in Portugual.
“Steve and I already had a good working
relationship, and he was a great illustration of
the necessary balance between knowledge and
experience,” said Rego. “The grounding in technology
and science combined with hands-on experience,
along with the strong bonds forged between students
and faculty, are uncommon in Europe. The Idaho
program was an exact fit for me.”
In 2006, Rego created the Fire Paradox, a
research consortium made up of 36 international
research teams in seven countries. Participants in
the Fire Paradox project develop ways to reduce
the social, economic and ecological impacts of
large-scale or high-severity forest fires such as
occurred in Portugal, Spain and France in 2003
and 2005. Rego directs the program, which aims to
inform fire policy globally. This program includes
collaboration with the U.S. through an international
advisory committee.
“The Finnish proverb ‘fire is a bad master but
a good servant,’ is our motto,” said Rego. “We refer
to this to help people understand wildfire problems
and solutions and how to use fire in a more sensible
way as opposed to the view that fire is destructive
and you have to be afraid of it.”
The Fire Paradox project was one of the reasons
Rego chose to spend spring semester in CNR,
establishing a new, international course on fire
behavior and working with Professor Penny Morgan
to launch an international fire science graduate
seminar. Together, Rego and Morgan, who serves on
the Fire Paradox international advisory committee,
brought in six fire specialist teams from Italy,
Spain, France and Australia to give seminars on fire
behavior.
“There is a need for global perspective on fire
behavior,” said Rego. “Pooling resources in different
countries is crucial because people have to be ready
to tackle issues of a different nature and make sense
of the whole picture.”
To further address this, Rego and Morgan
collaboratively are developing a joint master’s
program coined “Fire Master.” The University of
Idaho will partner with the University of Florida,
Portugal’s University of Trás-os-Montes, and Spain’s
University of Lleida to offer a broad view of
approaches to fire science. The program will build
on the strengths of each university’s fire ecology
and management online courses and hands-on
prescribed burning practice. Rego said the University
of Patagonia in Argentina also has expressed interest.
The proposed program is waiting approval by the
European Union-United States Atlantis Program.
Even though Rego has returned to Portugal, half
a world away from Idaho, he plans on a permanent
dialogue with CNR in the interest of cooperation.
He advises the college to continue to prepare future
fire professionals with its unique blend of knowledge
with practical experience, as this combination is still
uncommon in Europe. He further recommends that
students receive training in how to communicate
with land managers and to understand that
management decisions should always be supported
by science.
“fire is a bad
master but a
good servant”
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Photo by Professor R. Robberecht
Supporting Midlife Career Changes – From Couch or Campus
Trying to switch careers after 10 or 20 years of
service can be enough to throw anyone into a
midlife crisis. For someone without a natural
resource background who wants a new career
dealing with environmental issues, the process now
is a whole lot easier.
The CNR Master of Natural Resources (MNR)
30-credit program allows students to obtain an
MNR degree literally from their living room, if they
so desire. Or, if students prefer the personal touch
and quality service the university is well known for,
they can complete this degree on campus or choose
a combination of both.
The MNR program offers the opportunity
to complete a master’s degree in two to three
semesters. It emphasizes a broad focus across natural
resource disciplines and is accessible to regional
students. Up to 12 credits may be earned at another
university. Graduates gain: an understanding of
ecological principles; the ability to analyze and
interpret ecological conditions; and problem-solving
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skills needed to predict the consequences of natural
resource management decisions.
“The MNR is a good fit for someone in a natural
resource field who wants to upgrade career options,
primarily to a management or administration
position in a variety of natural resource management
fields,” said Mike Whiteman, associate dean.
In addition, the college is collaborating with
other colleges and the Environmental Sciences
Program at the University of Idaho to develop a
Professional Science Master’s (PSM) degree. This
on-campus program is aimed at attracting mid-career
professionals interested in enhancing management,
and disciplinary and multidisciplinary knowledge.
The program is non-thesis and requires external
internships. The PSM will provide courses in
transferable management skills and applied research.
Science tracks will allow PSM students to specialize.
CNR is developing aquatic ecosystem science,
grassland and shrubland ecosystem science as well as
wildland fire ecology and management tracks.
Collaborating Coast to Coast:
New Directions in Natural Resources Research
A $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation
will help CNR forestry researchers and other collaborators solve industry-wide problems beyond the scope of
what one institution’s scientific resources can provide.
The University of Idaho will use the grant and
industry matching funds to establish a research site in
the Center for Advanced Forest Systems (CAFS). CAFS
links forest industry partners with top university-based
forestry research programs in the U.S. whose broad,
collaborative research helps solve forest industry-wide
problems. By joining CAFS, the University will increase
information sharing, extend partner support, and
optimize research in the areas of silviculture, biometrics,
bioenergy, site resource availability, forest genetics, as
well as geospatial analysis of forest productivity.
“Joining CAFS puts the University in an elite class
of forestry research insitutions where we are collaborating on a wider range of forest management questions,”
said Mark Coleman, lead investigator on the CAFS grant
and director of the University of Idaho Intermountain
Forest Tree Nutrition Cooperative. “Now we are looking at entire forest management systems as opposed to
focusing on single questions, like genetics or nutrition.
Studying the interaction is important because one aspect
affects all others.”
A variety of forest industry problems await Coleman
and his fellow researchers beyond the tree improvement
and nutrition work presently underway in CNR. As one
example, insect pests are invading seed orchards in the
Intermountain West and decreasing the yield of genetically improved conifer seed needed for reforestation
and ecosystem restoration efforts. The most destructive
Photo by Marc Rust
Coneworm
on larch
cone.
are the fir coneworm, the western conifer seed bug and
the ponderosa pine cone beetle. Developing effective
management techniques that reduce or eliminate the
need for aerially applied insecticides is just one area of
innovation the University could bring to CAFS. Steve
Cook, associate professor, and Marc L. Rust, director
of the Inland Empire Tree Cooperative, are developing
ways to control several insect pests in seed orchards.
Another area involves identifying endophytes
(fungi) known to protect seedlings from native and
invasive diseases. University of Idaho scientists George
Newcombe, Anthony Davis and Coleman plan to
collaborate with Richard Meilan, Purdue faculty
member, and Brian Stanton, Greenwood Resources
research geneticist, on two endophyte projects. The first
would establish field trials with western conifers in Idaho
to determine the effects of endophytes on growth and
resistance to diseases and insects. A second project would
improve the assays by which endophytes are selected for
tree improvement. Endophytes selected with the new
assays would be deployed in field trials in the Clatskanie
Valley in Oregon.
“Selection assays for endophytes with positive
effects on their hosts have never been developed,” said
Newcombe. “Although technology transfer to industry
has occurred in Canada, endophytes are currently
ignored by forest-products companies in the
United States.”
Additional key benefits of the University’s involvement in CAFS include geospatial predictions of
productivity in response to climate change. A proposed
project led by university faculty Paul Gessler, Coleman,
Paul McDaniel, Alistair Smith, Mark Kimsey, and Tom
Fox, Virginia Tech, would develop geospatial datasets
to evaluate the potential impact of projected climate
change scenarios on forest productivity and species type
distributions across the Inland Northwest. Their results
should provide the basis for making improved forest
conservation and management recommendations.
“Joining CAFS allows the forestry faculty to
continue to expand research opportunities from coast to
coast,” said Coleman. “We must improve the productivity of our landbase and maintain it into the future to be
able to meet society’s increasing demands.”
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Banking Knowledge:
Feds Fund the Future
of Cooperative
Research Units
Long before the term “interdisciplinary” became a
popular academic buzz word, the U.S. Department
of the Interior recognized that investing in a wide
range of expertise to address complex natural
resource issues was a good idea. That’s why, in 1935,
it began to establish Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Units within American universities.
The units were a unique collaboration between a
host university, a state fish and game agency and
the federal Wildlife Management Institute. These
partnerships were designed to fill a national shortage
of trained wildlife biologists, enhance graduate
education and provide information sharing about
state natural resource issues.
Idaho’s Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit was
formed in 1947. Early on, the unit was something
of a pioneer in that it not only followed its mission
to address natural resource issues within the state,
but also conducted visionary research that benefited
science beyond Idaho borders.
Current Idaho Coop Unit leader J. Michael Scott
reflects about the research conducted by some of the
unit’s early leaders.
“When Maurice Hornocker began his research in
1968, cougars were considered vermin,” says Scott.
“His studies resulted in the cougar being identified as
a game species, and it profoundly changed the way
western states manage them.”
Hornocker and other formative unit scientists
provided a foundation of diverse perspectives
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Kara Anlauf sampling for Whirling Disease
parasites in substrate, Pahsimeroi River Basin.
and scientific leadership that remain a standard
of quality today. Elwood Bizeau, assistant unit
leader from 1967 to 1985, worked to conserve the
nation’s whooping cranes, and Don Chapman, who
started the first Fisheries Unit in 1963, conducted
pioneering research on native fish species. Ted
Bjornn was assistant Fisheries Unit leader from 1966
to 1973 and later Fisheries Unit leader until 1985
when the wildlife and fisheries units were combined
under the leadership of Mike Scott. Jim Congleton,
assistant unit leader from 1980 to 2007, collaborated
with Bjornn to revolutionize the understanding
of fish passage of adult steelhead and salmon and
juvenile smolt at hydro dams in Idaho, Oregon and
Washington.
While the combined unit was staffed with four
federal scientists when Gerry Wright joined the
unit in 1996 to conduct research on elk and deer
in national parks, the Idaho unit lately has been
reduced to two scientists due to retirements. To
From left, Kerry Reese, Jeremy Baumgardt and technicians capture
male Sage grouse to monitor habitat use, movements and survival.
position itself for the future, the Idaho Coop Unit
now has federal support to expand its personnel.
Michael Quist, a fisheries biologist, will join the
Idaho Coop Unit next year. Additionally, the Coop
Unit soon will hire a predator ecologist to support
large mammal ecology research.
“The reason we are being funded for new hires
is a result of the legacy of these great scientists,
whose intellectual diversity and innovation secured
large, extramural projects that helped fund graduate
education and research support,” says Christine
Moffitt, current assistant unit leader.
Today, Idaho Coop’s vision includes research
and graduate training that has regional, national
and global significance. Moffitt, her students and
collaborators have created landscape models of
whirling disease risk, and current students work with
regional hatcheries to define new ways to remove
and prevent New Zealand mudsnail infestations
in fish hatcheries. In another example, Scott and
collaborators Oz Garton and Brian Dennis, CNR
wildlife professors; Scott Mills, University of Montana
wildlife professor; and CNR post doctoral scientists
Jon Horne and Katherine Strickler are developing
software programs that will help Department of
Defense land managers maintain mission readiness
and conserve species on DoD lands.
Scott explains one of the biggest challenges to
Coop Unit scientists is providing understandable
information to decision makers. He said the human
dimension is much more important than it was 50
years ago, and as a result, Coop scientists are increasingly looking for ways to collaborate with social
scientists to assist natural resource policy makers.
“Our future is about building bridges between
groups and institutions,” said Scott. “And, rethinking
the scale of the management and policy questions
we are asking.”
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College Affairs
Letter from Alumni Board of Trustees President Larry LaBolle
Hello fellow alums, students,
with the demand that graduates
faculty and staff:
are trained and capable, fieldIt’s a time of celebration at
ready practitioners. Fundamental
our college as we look back and
and applied research continues
remember those who have left us
to be a core competency of
a legacy of 100 years of excellence
the college. Our CNR research
in forestry education at the
tradition provides opportunities
University of Idaho. The events
for collaboration among graduate
organized by Jo Ellen Force and
and undergraduate students, creates
many others last September were
an academic culture embedded in
the commencement of an eightscientific inquiry and stimulates
year campaign to prepare for and
research, management and policy
celebrate the 100th anniversary
developments that move Idaho and
of the founding of the college in
the region forward. For decades, the
2017. While that sounds like a long
outreach programs of the college
way off, it will be here quickly,
have delivered advanced academic
Larry LaBolle
especially for those engaged in the
and research practices to front line
preparation. I hope you will stay
resource managers across Idaho, the
tuned to the news of events from your college and
Pacific Northwest and around the world. The college
take the opportunity to participate over the coming
has 11 formal outreach programs, focused closely
years and beyond.
on the resource needs of Idaho and the region,
Our celebration of the past creates the natural
but reaching out internationally in both scope and
opportunity to focus on the future of our college
recognition. Yes, we live in times of upheaval, but
and to engage you as we move forward in times of
the hallmarks of our celebrated past – teaching,
unprecedented change. Training the environmental
research and outreach – will provide the foundation
and social scientists capable of leading our future
for the next 100 years of excellence in the CNR
remains the mission of our college, delivered as it
tradition.
always has been, through teaching, research and
On behalf of the Alumni Board of Trustees, we
outreach. The CNR teaching mission continues to
are proud to have the privilege of playing a role in
provide students a science-based, interdisciplinary
the future of our college. We look forward to both
curriculum, emphasizing hands-on experience,
creating and taking advantage of opportunities to
personal leadership development, important
share with students, our experience, perspectives and
partnerships with flagship organizations and a
our fond appreciation for impact of the college in
community network of support that includes your
our own lives and careers.
Alumni Board of Trustees. Faculty strive to balance
the development of new and challenging curricula
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Stretch Marks:
How CNR is
Positioning to
Expand Efficiencies
in a Shrinking
Economy
Over the last year, the University of Idaho has
been pregnant with change and continues to be so.
The economic situation across the nation affects
universities everywhere and has resulted in laborious
strategic planning efforts to address dwindling
budgets. After the University of Idaho announced
an initial holdback, it became apparent cost savings
were not sufficient. Subsequently, an additional
holdback was projected to be in the neighborhood
of approximately $1.8 million, to be centrally
handled with little impact on college budgets.
However, Idaho’s legislature decided to take a very
conservative approach toward estimating state
funding. Legislators felt this was warranted because
they do not want to come back every six months and
ask for additional funds. The reality of the situation
is that the additional university holdback could be
as much as twice the original estimate, and colleges
are now being stretched to help meet this financial
obligation.
While the University of Idaho’s 2010 budget
future remains uncertain, CNR is positioning
itself to expand its efficiences in terms of how
we structure and administer degree programs. To
become more efficient with our course offerings, our
accreditation processes and our operating budgets,
we have begun reorganizing from five departments
into three.
Department Structure
At this point, none of our degree programs is
going away, but all will be evaluated as part of the
reorganization process. This will provide a way to
obtain additional input from our stakeholders and
students. Pending final approval from the State
Board of Education (SBOE), the newly consolidated
departments will administer the following academic
programs:
•
Department of Conservation Social Sciences.
Associate Professor Larry Young will manage the
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resource recreation and tourism undergraduate
program; the forest products (minus the
operations component) undergraduate program;
and the McCall-based Environmental Education
Certificate Program. Forest products Professors
Tom Gorman and Armando McDonald, and
Jay O’Laughlin, director of the Policy Analysis
Group, will be assigned to this unit during our
transition. Young temporarily will manage both
the resource recreation and tourism and the
forest products undergraduate programs until a
final decision is handed down by SBOE.
•
Department of Forest Resources (to be
renamed “Department of Forest Ecology
and Biogeosciences” after the reorganization
is finalized). Professor Jo Ellen Force will
administer undergraduate programs in forest
resources – including operations, rangeland
ecology and management; and fire ecology and
management. Fran Wagner, forest products
professor, will be a part of the forest resources
faculty during the transition, due to his active
involvement in forest operations teaching.
A temporary instructor will teach forest
operations this semester. We will initiate a
search for the unfilled forest operation position,
to be filled January 2011. Existing faculty in
our fire program will remain in their present
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departments and participate in the program the
way they have in the past.
•
Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.
Professor Kerry Reese will manage
undergraduate fishery resources and wildlife
resources, and the ecology and conservation
biology program (ECB). Existing faculty in ECB
will remain in their present departments and
participate in ECB program the way they have
in the past.
Adaptive Reorganization
Staffing is substantially being reduced across
all aspects of the college’s operations. During this
process, we will continue discussions concerning
shared administrative support for collegewide
research and outreach units; advancement needs;
associate dean functions; coordination of online education; better mentoring and advising of
undergraduate and transfer students; and further
enhancing our graduate education programs.
A series of thematic faculty meetings and staff
and student input sessions will be used to gain
additional insights on many of these issues. Most
decisions will be made or materials assembled this
semester. Our plan is to have most of this transition
completed prior to the expected arrival of a new
dean in the summer/fall of 2010.
Changes in the College
Welcome Johanna Blickenstaff, web
coordinator. Blickenstaff specializes
in Web content development and
marketing, analytics and project
management. She is shared
among CNR, the College of Art
and Architecture and University
Communications and Marketing.
Farewell Mike Loehring, assistant
director of recruiting. In January
he accepted the position of
interim director of admissions in
the University of Idaho Office of
Undergraduate Recruitment.
Farewell Carrel Cline, motor pool/
inventory aide. Cline was a copy
center technician from 1985-1990.
She returned to her position in 1998
and was coordinator until the copy
center closed. She assisted the motor
pool until March 2010.
Farewell Jan Pitkin, forest products
administrative assistant. Pitkin
retired in June 2009 after serving the
University of Idaho for more than
23 years. During her tenure, she was
awarded by colleagues and students
for her outstanding service.
Farewell Jim Fazio, professor of
conservation social sciences. Fazio
retired in December 2009 after
serving the University of Idaho
since 1974. Fazio edits the Idaho
Community Trees publication
produced by the Idaho Department
of Lands and writes and edits
publications for the Arbor Day
Foundation.
A transition for Jane Urbaska,
assistant dean of development. In
October, Advancement Services
transferred her to the College of
Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
to assist with some high priority
fundraising projects. A search for
a new director of development for
CNR is underway as of press time.
Welcome Philip Higuera, assistant
professor of fire ecology in the
Department of Forest Resources.
Higuera specializes in paleoecology,
fire history, climate-vegetation-fire
relationships and environmental
change.
Farewell Mike Whiteman, associate
dean. In February, Whiteman assumed
a new position as Chief of Party for
WSU’s Kulera Biodiversity Project in
Malawi, Africa, funded by the United
States Agency for International
Development.
Farewell Jim Kingery, associate
professor of rangeland ecology and
management. Kingery retired in June
2009 but is still teaching part-time.
He has served the University of Idaho
since 1977.
Farewell Debi Zenner, administrative
assistant in the Department of
Conservation Social Sciences. In
October, Zenner accepted a senior
financial technician position in the
University of Idaho EPSCoR Office.
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In Memory
Albert W. Franzmann, (Ph.D.
For. Sci. ’71), died Feb. 13, 2009.
He based on his research on
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
physiology. He was a captain in
the U.S. Air Force Veterinary
Corps and practiced veterinary
medicine in Ohio before
beginning studies at the University of Idaho. In
1972, he became a research biologist with the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game and director of the
Moose Research Center, and was affiliate professor
of wildlife biology at the University of Alaska,
Fairbanks and the Institute of Arctic Biology.
Minoru (Min) Hironaka, emeritus
professor of rangeland ecology and
management, died Dec. 9, 2009.
Hironaka was a faculty member
in the Department of Rangeland
Ecology since 1954, most known
his research on sagebrush steppe
vegetation and his outstanding
teaching. He retired in 1992 but continued working
on soil-plant relationships research in sagebrush
country until his death.
Edith (Edie) Kinucan (B.S. Zool. ‘52.) died Oct. 26,
2008. She and her husband, Kenneth, managed the
University of Idaho Clark Fork Field Campus in the
1980s and 1990s. They retired in 2000.
Harry W. Lee (B.S. Civil Eng.’72;
M.S. Civil Eng. ’77; Ph.D. Ag.
Eng ’83) died June 2, 2009. He
was an assistant professor in the
Department of Forest Products
since 1980. Lee enriched the
classroom with his extensive
on-the-job experience gained
from working many years in the forest and timber
industry. After retiring in 2003, Harry continued to
teach part-time until his health prevented him from
completing the spring 2009 term.
Howard Lowenstein, emeritus
professor of forest resources, died
Dec. 8, 2009. He was the assistant
director of the Forestry, Wildlife
and Resources Experiment station
in 1974. He retired in 1987.
Herald Nokes, (B.S. For. Res./
Rng. Mgmt. ’50) died Jan. 10,
2010. Nokes was a family doctor
in McCall for more than 25
years until his retirement in
1988. In 2005, Nokes and his
wife, Donna, gifted the Herald
Nokes Experimental Forest to the
University, to be managed by CNR in perpetuity.
In 2008, Nokes received the Jim Lyle award from
the University of Idaho for long term dedication
and service.
George Summerside (B.S. For. ’41) died April 23,
2009 in Temple, Texas. He was a World War II
veteran and was married to Neyva E. Summerside.
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2009 Awards
CNR Outstanding Advisor Award
Ron Mahoney, professor, forest resources
CNR Outstanding Club Award
Palouse Unit, American Fisheries Society
CNR Outstanding Continuing Education and
Service Award
Sam Ham, professor, conservation social
sciences; director, Center for International
Training and Outreach
CNR Outstanding Research Award
Penny Morgan, professor, forest resources;
Alistair Smith, assistant professor, forest
measurements; Leigh Lentile, assistant professor,
forest ecology, Department of Forestry and
Geology, The University of the South,
Sewanee, Tenn.
CNR Outstanding Staff Award
Kathy Mallory, program coordinator, rangeland
ecology and management
CNR Outstanding Teaching Award
Ed Krumpe, professor, conservation social
sciences
Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
Mentoring Award
Christine Moffitt, professor, assistant unit leader,
Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
Unit
Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society Best
Professional Presentation Award
Lisette Waits, associate professor, wildlife
resources
University of Idaho 20 Years of Service Award
Yvonne Barkley, associate extension forester,
forestry extension
University of Idaho Advising Excellence
Staff Award
Lynaire Banks, administrative assistant,
dean’s office
University of Idaho Alumni Awards for Excellence
Owen Baughman, B.S. ecology & conservation
biology
Lubia Cajas Cano, Ph.D. environmental science
Melissa Fuelling, B.S. ecology & conservation
biology and chemistry
Steve Garrity, Ph.D. natural resources
Caren Goldberg, Ph.D. natural resources
Shaun Grassel, Ph.D. natural resources
Leona Svancara, Ph.D. natural resources
University of Idaho Excellence in Outreach and
Engagement Award
Karen Launchbaugh, associate professor,
rangeland ecology and management
University of Idaho Student Organization
Advisor Award
Ron Mahoney, professor, forestry extension
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Student Awards
American Fisheries Society Student
Subunit Award
Palouse Student Subunit of the Idaho Chapter
ASUI Student Organization of the Year Award
Student Organization of People and the
Environment (SOPE)
ASUI Outstanding Junior/Silver Lance
Honorary Award
Melissa Fuelling, ecology and conservation
biology
Berklund Undergraduate Research
Assistantship Award
Kristin Pilcher, ecology and conservation
biology; Mary Ruskovich, fish and wildlife
resources; Danelle Russell, ecology and
conservation biology; Jack Torresdal, ecology
and conservation biology and Spanish
Best Thesis Award, Environmental Science
David Rupp, natural resources
Bleak Wilderness Summer Internships
Ryan Blackadar, biology and environmental
science; Jacob Johnson, fishery resources and
wildlife resources; Janette Rounds, ecology and
conservation biology; Joel Ruprecht, ecology and
conservation biology and Spanish
DeVlieg Taylor Wilderness Research Station
Undergraduate Research Scholar Award
Danelle Russell, ecology and conservation
biology
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Outstanding Leadership Award for Conservation
Social Sciences
Kate Zuck, conservation social sciences
Outstanding Achievement Award for
Conservation Social Sciences
Kirsten Anderson, conservation social sciences
University of Idaho Outstanding Graduate
Student Research and Creativity Award
Niko Balkenhol, wildlife resources
University of Idaho VIEW Business Plan
Competition – Best Small Business
Start-up Award
Dan Mottern, forest products
CNR Outstanding Undergraduate
Student Awards
Conservation Social Sciences
Liza Pulsipher
Ecology and Conservation Biology
Rob Gibson
Fire Ecology and Management
Sam Arneberg
Fisheries Resources
David Burbank
Forest Products
Phillip Krause
Forest Resources
Kirk Johnson
Rangeland Ecology and Management
Aubrey Woodcock
Wildlife Resources
Dave Ayers
CNR Outstanding Graduate
Student Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student for the college
Jan Eitel
Special Alumni Recognition
Charles E. Corsi
Celebrating Natural
Resources Award
Conservation Social Sciences
Paulina Starkey
Fishery Resources
Kara Cromwell
Forest Products
Carl Morrow
Brian K. Gilles
Mid-Career Alumni
Achievement Award
Forest Resources
Rob Lawler, Jan Eitel
Rangeland Ecology and Management
Andi (Stebleton) Bourne
Wildlife Resources
Niko Balkenhol
Thomas Landis
Honor Associate
Alumni Award
Rex D. Pieper
Honor Alumni
Award
Mary A. Taber
Alumni Achievement
Award
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publications
class notes
“Guide for Quantifying Fuels
in the Sagebrush Steppe
and Juniper Woodlands of
the Great Basin,” written
by rangeland management
scientists Andrea Stebleton
and Stephen Bunting, gives fire managers a new tool
to measure fuel load estimates in the Great Basin.
The guide helps private land owners and agencies
plan for prescribed burning and aids in decisions
about the use of fire and post-burn restoration
activities to promote healthy sagebrush ecosystems.
It is free and available online at
www.cnr.uidaho.edu/GBFuelsGuide/.
1950s
“A Guide to Monitoring
Encounters in Wilderness,” is
an online tool box created by
Troy Hall, associate professor
of conservation social sciences
and graduate student TJ Broom.
The guide provides forest and
wilderness land managers with a
range of approaches to assess how well a wilderness
experience provides opportunities for solitude, one
of the fundamental aspects of wilderness character
to be protected under the Wilderness Act. The guide
is available online at www.wilderness.net/toolboxes/
documents/vum/A_Guide_to_Monitoring_Encounters_
in_Wilderness.pdf.
“Western Larch: A Deciduous
Conifer in an Evergreen World,”
written by Ron Mahoney, CNR
extension forester and professor,
and Dennis R. Parent, silviculturist
with Inland Empire Paper
Company, is a 44-page publication
on the charactistics and ecology of
Western Larch. It is available online at
www.cnr.uidaho.edu/extforest.
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Laurie Fowler (B.S. Fish. Mgmt. ’58) was inducted into
the American Fishery Society National Fish Culture
Hall of Fame and the Northwest Fish Culture Hall of
Fame. His nutritional work with diet formulations for
Pacific salmon was the basis of the selection.
Jack Helle (B.S. Fish. Res. ’58, M.S.
’61) retired in July 2008 from the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration after 49 years of
service. He was named to the Idaho
Hall of Fame in 1999 and the
Oregon State University Registry
of Distinguished Graduates of
the Department of Fisheries and
Wildlife in 2009.
1970s
Steve Brady (B.S. For. Res. ’73) retired after 10 years
working on the Flathead National Forest as part of a
40-year career with the U.S. Forest Service. Through
most of his career, Brady specialized in forestry and
timber management, with some fire fighting as well.
Mike Roach (B.S. Wlf. Res. ’75) was named natural
resource director for Idaho Senator James Risch.
1980s
Col. Rick Dean (M.S. For. Prod. ’84) was awarded the
U.S. Army Legion of Merit award for his service as the
deputy chief of staff, engineer for the 88th Regional
Readiness Command, Fort Snelling, Minn. He now is
serving as the deputy chief of staff, reserve components
for the Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
in Washington, D.C. He also recently was awarded the
U.S. Army Engineer Regiment’s Silver Order of the
DeFluery Medal for more than 25 years service. Dean
also is the director of engineering for the National
Defense University at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
William (Wej) Paradice (Ph.D.
Wldlnd. Rec. Mgmt. ’81) received
the Member of the Order of
Australia award Jan. 26, 2008. The
Order of Australia is the preeminent way Australians recognize
the achievements and service of
their fellow citizens. The award
recognizes outstanding achievement and service to
conservation and the environment through leadership
of a range of research and natural resource management
organizations, and to the community of the Hunter
region. It is the second highest award in the Order
of Australia. Paradice currently is the chief executive
officer of the Hunter Valley Research Foundation.
He has extensive research experience in economic,
business and social issues and manages the Foundation’s
external relationships and communications with
stakeholders. His broad experience ranges from papers
on regional economic issues to tourism and recreation
research. He held down dual roles as director of
research and CEO for 17 years until the positions
were separated in 2003. Through international
scholarships and exchanges, Paradice has expanded the
Foundation’s broader research objectives. He actively
maintains the Foundation’s profile and reputation
in international research circles, and is involved in
projects with affiliated organizations in the U.S. Wej
also provides regional leadership to a number of
Australian organizations involved in natural resource
management, and is chairman of the Hunter/Central
Rivers Catchment Management Authority. Previously,
he was chair of the Hunter River Salinity Trading
Operations Committee and Hunter River Management
Committee.
1990s
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Tonasket,
Wash. Mandy is a seasonal wildlife technician for the
Tonasket Ranger District.
2000s
Brandon Barton (B.S. Wlf. Res. ’03) is in the last year
of his doctoral program at the Yale School of Forestry
and received a doctoral dissertation improvement grant.
Besides being quite an honor, the grant fully funded
his summer research on how climate change affects
predator/prey interactions and whether species may
be able to adapt with climate change. He lives in New
Haven, Conn.
Mark Moroge (B.S. ECB ’07)
was promoted to the position of
climate associate with Rainforest
Alliance, an organization that
works to conserve biodiversity and
ensure sustainable livelihoods by
transforming land-use practices,
business practices and consumer
behavior. “It’s really exciting work,” said Moroge.
“Basically, it cross-cuts the agricultural, forestry, and
tourism work that Rainforest Alliance does to infuse
within each program a focus on climate change issues.
A big part of it is working in the emerging carbon
markets.” Moroge also is working on a project to make
10 percent of all of the coffee in the world meet fair
trade expectations. Moroge acknowledged former
associate dean Alton Campbell for pushing him to
define and visualize mid- and long-term goals while he
was a student in CNR.
Jeremiah Phillips (B.S. Rnge. Ecol. & Mgmt. ’03) was
promoted to district prescribed fire specialist for the
Nebraska Sandhills Fire Management District.
Jeremy L. Anderson (B.S. Wlf. Res. ’98; MNR ’00) and
his wife, Mandy L. Rockwell (MNR ’05), welcomed
their first child, Colter Alpin Rockwell Anderson, on
May 26, 2009. Jeremy currently is the district wildlife
biologist for the Tonasket Ranger District of the
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Faculty and Staff Highlights
James Fazio
Sam Ham
Conservation Social Sciences
Jim Fazio, emeritus professor,
made a presentation on the life and
contributions of Lewis & Clark’s
guide, Toby, in North Fork, Idaho, at
the dedication of a monument to the
Shoshone guide.
Sam Ham, professor and director of
the University of Idaho’s Center for
International Training and Outreach,
conducted a series of seminars,
workshops and master classes during
an interactive session in Abu Dhabi’s
Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Mosque – now the emirate’s leading
guided cultural attraction. Ham also
gave the keynote address to the Alberta
Museum’s Association Conference in
Calgary, Canada, in October.
Nick Sanyal, associate professor; Ed
Krumpe, professor; and Liza Pulsipher,
master’s student in bioregional planning,
presented a workshop entitled,
“Application of Green Infrastructure
Planning: Lessons Learned from Three
Years of a Service-Learning Project in
Southeast Washington”at the American
Planning Association Annual Conference
in Boise.
Sandra Pinel, assistant professor,
published “Collaborating to Compete—
The Governance Implications of
Stakeholder Agendas at Mount Pulag
Kerri Vierling
Paul Gessler
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Nick Sanyal
Ed Krumpe
National Park, the Philippines,” in the
March 2009 issue of Planning Theory &
Practice 10(1): 105–129.
Fish and Wildlife Resources
J. Michael Scott, professor, presented,
“Managing the National Wildlife Refuge
System in an Era of Climate Change”
at the national meeting of U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Refuge managers at the
National Conservation Training Center
in Shepardstown, W.Va.
Kerri Vierling, associate professor,
and Mazeika Sullivan, assistant
professor of stream and river ecology
at The Ohio State University, cowrote “Experimental and Ecological
Implications of Evening Bird Surveys in
Stream-riparian Ecosystems,” selected
for the environmental assessment
feature in Environmental Management
44:789-799.
Forest Resources
Paul Gessler, associate professor,
co-authored three chapters in
“Geomorphometry: Concepts, Software,
Applications.” Scientists will use this
new textbook to teach college students
and practitioners how to apply digital
topographic analysis to a wide range
of natural resource topics including
agriculture, soil-landscape modeling,
climate and hydrology related to urban
Katy Kavanagh
Tim Link
Sandra Pinel
Mike Scott
planning, remote sensing and space
research.
Katy Kavanagh, associate professor, and
Timothy Link, associate professor, both
were tagged as national experts invited
to present at the field component of the
Chapman Conference on Ecohydrology
Oct. 5-9 in Boise and Sun Valley.
Jay O’Laughlin, professor, was
appointed to a leadership position
with the Forest Health Advisory
Committee of the Western Governors’
Association (WGA). A member of the
committee since its inception in 2003, he
co-leads its new Biomass and Bioenergy
subcommittee along with a counterpart
from Montana. O’Laughlin also gave
five presentations in a variety of venues
on wood bioenergy opportunities and
challenges.
Timothy Link was an invited speaker
at two science meetings in Canada and
presented “Sub-canopy Radiant Energy
During Snowmelt in Non-uniform
Forests Spanning a Latitudinal Transect”
and “A Sensitivity Study of Sub-canopy
Radiant Energy in Non-uniform Forests.”
Forest Products
Armando McDonald, professor, worked
with Thermo Scientific, a leading mass
spectrometer company, to obtain
necessary lab equipment for forest
Jay O’Laughlin
Armando McDonald
Giving Back
University Wilderness and Environmental
Education Support Anything but “Bleak”
Tom Gorman
Eva Strand
products education. The company
donated a used mass spectrometer
valued around $150,000 to benefit
natural resource students using the
forest products lab to conduct mass
spectrometry.
Tom Gorman, professor, along with
Don Bender, director of the Wood
Materials and Engineering Laboratory at
Washington State University, co-chaired
the 63rd Annual Forest Products Society
Annual Convention in Boise.
Rangeland Ecology and
Management
Eva Strand, assistant professor, and
Karen Launchbaugh, associate professor,
received $34,000 from the State Board
of Education to create a dual credit
course focusing on environmental and
natural resource topics and geospatial
and computer technology. The hybrid,
online course is delivered online and
partially in the classroom.
R. Robberecht, professor, and master’s
graduate student Katherine Lanspery
received the second-best-paper award
from the 2008 Canadian Journal of
Remote Sensing for their article, “The
Efficacy of Aerial Photography Analyses
for Determining Disturbances in
Aquatic Ecosystems.” The journal only
presents two awards per year.
Karen Launchbaugh
Jim Akenson, Clara Bleak, Holly Akenson and Janet Pope at Taylor.
Establishing a $1 million bequest to benefit the College of Natural
Resources’ wilderness and environmental education programs was a
natural next step for Clara Bleak (pronounced “Blake.”) Environmental
and wilderness education has been a consistent theme throughout Bleak’s
life. Growing up in Preston, Idaho, Bleak’s interests in nature were
encouraged early on by her grandmother, who taught her how to make
ceramics out of the local shale and weave baskets out of the marsh reeds.
After earning a degree from the University of Idaho in 1946, she and
her husband, the late Ralph Bleak, moved to the east coast where they
enjoyed hiking and bird watching. The excitement of finding lots of “new”
birds on their wooded Connecticut property further instilled Bleak’s
passion for the outdoors. Since 1977, Bleak has generously supported the
university and CNR and during that time has created two endowments
to benefit wilderness research and environmental education. She made
a trip last year to visit these programs at the Taylor Wilderness Research
Station and the McCall Field Campus. With this bequest, her enthusiasm
and passion for the outdoors will always be a part of the University of
Idaho.
Ron Robberecht
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Giving Back
Who’s Hoo in Forestry Education
Despite its catchy name, The Spokane Hoo Hoo Club
is not a branch of Hostess. Rather, the International
Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo is one of the
world’s oldest service organizations, dedicated to
the welfare and promotion of the forest products
industry.
For the past several years the Spokane club
has administered the Forest Clinic Foundation, an
endowed scholarship fund that supports upper-level
university forestry students. Established in 1961,
the foundation has awarded over 100 scholarships
totaling over $83,000. Ernie Wales was an initial
director of the Forest Clinic Foundation and served as
a director until his death in 2008.
A request to have the University of Idaho take
over administration of the Forest Clinic Foundation
scholarship program was a result of the forest
product program’s legacy of cultivating high quality
students. It was formally accepted and recognized
at the 100 Years of Forestry Education kick-off
Sept. 11. Gene and Judy Olsen and Gene and Jackie
Zanck from the Spokane Club #16 attended the
ceremonies and were honored on stage by Dean
McLaughlin.
McLaughlin also paid tribute to Wales, who was
a dedicated lumberman and promoted the forest
products industry. Wales also was involved with the
Northwest Wood Products Clinic and the Forest
Products Research Society, the organizations that
founded the Forest Clinic Foundation. It was at
Wales’ direction that Spokane Club #16 became the
oversight successor to the two organizations that
founded the Forest Clinic Foundation when they
ceased to exist as changes occurred in the forest
products industry.
The scholarship fund established at the
University of Idaho has been named the “Ernie
Wales / Forest Clinic Scholarship Endowment” to
recognize Wales’ life-long dedication to the forest
products industry and provide a memorial as a special
remembrance of him. Donations to the scholarship
fund can be made to the University of Idaho
Foundation, Trusts & Gifts Management, P.O. Box
443143, Moscow, Idaho, 83844-3143.
From left, Bill McLaughlin, Tom Gorman, Gene Olsen, Dale Bosworth, Gene Zanck and Jo Ellen Force at the 100 Years of Forestry
Education event.
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A special THANK YOU to our alumni and friends who generously support
the College of Natural Resources!
Giving Back...
Annual gifts touch all aspects
of campus life, from scholarship
support and student internships
to mentoring and professional
development. They help sustain
academic programs, faculty
development, the college’s
information technology
infrastructure and other current
needs. Your annual support
helps bridge the gap between
appropriated funds and what
is needed in order to provide
the very best educational
experience. It also helps support
special projects for students and
faculty that otherwise could not
be offered. For more information
about giving to the College of
Natural Resources, call
(208) 885-6442 or
or visit www.uidaho.edu/cnr.
Fiscal Year July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009
$100,000 to $250,000
Clara R. Bleak ’46
Thomas B. ’71 ’77 and Janet S. ’77 Miller
Thomas L. ’59 and Teita Reveley
William B. Wallace † ’55
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative
$50,000 to $99,000
George C. Hixon
Joseph M. Hixon III
Jerry B. ’68 ’70 and Barbara G. Reese
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
The Kresge Foundation
Potlatch Corporation
$25,000 to $49,000
Curt HON ’77 and Adele Berklund
J. Robert Stillinger ’44 HON ’98
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Forest Capital Partners LLC
The DeVlieg Foundation
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Wild Fish Conservancy
$10,000 to $24,999
George J. Nolfi
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Boise Cascade LLC
Klaue Family Foundation
Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, Inc.
Seattle City Light
Steven Leuthold Family Foundation
Stimson Lumber Company
$5,000 to $9,999
Linda Leuthold Donerkiel
C. Michael ’69 and Karla J. ’69 ’80 Falter
Steven C. Leuthold
Eugene A. and Alice J. McHale
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Inland Empire Paper Company
Safari Club International Foundation
Whittenberger Foundation
$2,500 to $4,999
Gregory A. ’80 and Debra A. Bassler
Brett T. Bennett
Frank R. and Delores R. Bennett
Richard G. Bennett Sr.
Vaiden E. ’82 ’86 and Jennifer E. Bloch
Vincent P. ’81 and Diane M. Corrao
John W. Dale ’74
John A. ’91 ’93 ’94 and Michaela M. ’97 Erixson
Ronald W. and Jo Ellen Force
David Gratson and Gloria E. Kratz
Craig M. and Faith R. Hanchey
Willough G. Krinard
Linda L. Lawson
Nathan C. Ostis
Thomas M. Richards ’81 and
Tracy Echanove-Richards
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Bennett Lumber Products, Inc.
The Boeing Company
New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc.
Northwest Management, Inc.
Perc H. Shelton & Gladys A. Pospisil Shelton
Foundation Advised Fund
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Region 1 Law Enforcement Group
$1,000 to $2,499
Wade N. ’94 ’08 and Alice J. W. ’86 ’03 Allen
Dale R. ’53 and Anne M. Andrus
Charles D. ’76 ’82 and Linda A. Armour
Kim A. and Diane R. Brumble
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Donors
Bryce L. ’53 and Darla Beck
Richard T. Bingham ’40 ’42
Robert B. ’62 and Kathryn A. Cochrane
Steven B. ’80 ’85 and
Dianne K. Daley-Laursen
Brian K. Gilles ’81
Fredric A. and Janet M. Godshall
Randy and Charlene Hanchey
Margaret Littlejohn
H. O. Kiffmann ’64
Deborah L. ’92 ’02 and
William J. McLaughlin
Christine M. Moffitt
James E. Morris
Reuben Nunez
Leonard N. Purdy HON ’78
James W. and Ruth P. Rawlins
Rose M. Sharp
Dorothy J. Shawver
Peter F. ’53 and Suzann ’54 Stickney
Charles F. Jr. ’48 ’54 and
A. Elaine ’56 Sutherland
Bill ’38 and Mildred E. Taylor
James C. ’62 and Donna J. ’62 Trojanowski
John L. ’69 and Merilee A. Young
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Gilles Consulting
Plum Creek Timber Company, L.P.
Safari Club International Inland Empire Chapter
The JELD-WEN Foundation
The Mountaineers Foundation
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
$500 to $999
Roger W. ’58 and Marilyn D. Bachmann
Frank M. ’60 and Jane ’59 Cammack
Donald P. Campbell ’50
Paul D. ’77 and Lisa R. ’78 Dally
Allan W. Galbraith ’40
Kenneth E. Harrison ’59
Bruce D. ’87 and Jeanne M. ’88 Higgins
Minoru ’54 †and Chiyo Yamamoto Hironaka
David L. and Diane R. ’91 Holick
Jeffrey G. ’74 and Susan L. Howe
Howard R. ’58 and Ethel A. Koskella
Phyllis K. Laird ’60
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David S. ’74 and Julie L. ’75 Levine
Dorothy M. ’68 and Craig MacPhee
Roger D. Ottmar HON ’08
Richard A. ’71 and
Marion J. ’78 Patterson
Ronald C. ’56 and Catherine J. Perez
George R. Raney ’72
Deborah K. Rawhouser ’88 and
Michael A. Ferguson
Kenneth J. ’62 ’63 and
Linda M. ’64 ’78 Steigers
Delmar D. Vail ’53
Randolph W. Westerfield
Michael J. ’98 and Barbara Wisdom
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
American Physical Society
Gem State Fly Fishers, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Young Family Fund of The Oregon Community
Foundation
Herald S. ’50 and Donna J. Nokes
Gary D. ’68 and Tamara L. Power
Robert J. Robel ’59
Paul A. Schlafly ’84
John B. Schroeder ’99
David C. Smith ’96
James C. Space ’62
Raphael J. ’59 and Jeanne J. Steinhoff
Elizabeth A. Kellogg ’77 and Peter F. Stevens
Brian Treat ’87 and Natalie N. Delbrueck
Anne Ulliman ’95
Mark J. ’89 ’95 ’96 and
Ann Girand ’87 Ulliman
Orrin F. Webb ’40
Robert G. Westcott ’93
Sam T. Wear ’79 and Daryl Burbank-Wear
James K. Wolfe ’72
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Accenture Foundation, Inc.
Biological Sciences Institute
Idaho Section Society for Range Management
$250 to $499
$100 to $249
John P. Adams ’96
Roger R. ’53 and Ruth A. Bay
Cheryl Ann ’81 and James F. Bauer
David L. ’53 and Cynthia Christensen
Chester J. Covert ’81
Roland K. Crisafi Jr. ’77
Richard P. ’82 and Julie A. Davis
Landon G. DeFelice
Louisa B. Evers ’88
Murray D. ’86 and Nancy R. ’85 Feldman
Veronica A. Fortun ’90
William L. Foster ’65
Natalie E. Goulet
James W. ’54 and Fumiko T. Harberd
Daniel T. ’74 and Linda Howell ’74 Hardesty
Charles R. and Cheryl M. Hatch
William J. Horn ’63
Donald K. Jennings ’66
Shawn L. ’92 and Kathryn ’86 Johnson
James H. ’83 and Anita L. ’84 Vail-Klott
Robert G. ’65 and Joy R. Lathrop
Gerald L. Lohse ’79 ’82
Stan J. ’99 and Wendi S. ’00 Lubinus
Gregory W. ’74 and Pamela H. Lynch
Warren S. ’39 ’41 and Cathryn R. MacGregor
Jerry L. ’59 ’63 and Charlotte A. ’61 Mallet
Walter P. ’53 and Nancy A. Naab
Robert A. Adair ’70
David L. ’61 and Barbara S. Adams
Joanna ’66 ’02 and D. John Adams
Bradley J. ’95 and Robin Alcorn
Arthur A. ’54 and Gretchen Andraitis
Anonymous
Brian D. Austin ’00
Carl M. ’50 and Mary F. Berntsen
Jon B. ’60 and Hergart Bledsoe
Dale N. ’66 and Carma Bosworth
Richard F. ’72 ’74 and Rita Bottger
Bert Bowler ’69 ’72
Donal W. Brislain ’48
Harmon M. and Georgia A. Brotnov
Charles D. ’65 ’67 and
Florence J. ’63 Buffington
Gordon D. ’82 and Charlene A. Bunch
Steven A. ’84 and Terri Butz
Lawrence E. Caldwell III ’97
Keith E. and Marilyn B. Carlson
John M. Chess ’86
Edward P. Chine ’88
William M. ’81 ’82 and Jennifer Crane
Thomas J. Cubit ’96
Alan B. ’54 and Mary A. Curtis
Steven J. ’76 and Peggy L. Cuvala
Diane L. DeChambeau ’54
Scott A. ’94 and Sherry L. Deeds
John R. ’60 and Joanne G. DeMeyer
James W. De Pree ’65
Francis H. Jr. ’43 and Martha O. Dillon
Donna Gleisner-Diver ’89
Robert R. ’55 and Loris Jones Dudley
Brett C. ’92 and Roxanne Dumas
Michael R. Dunphy ’08
Bonnie ’87 and Dan Ecker
Norbert L. ’71 and Wendy E. ’69 Edwardsen
Gordon F. Kalk ’50
David R. Faulkner ’62
John L. ’54 and Laura J. ’56 Faulkner
Deborah R. ’80 and Rick Fereday
Andrew J. ’77 and Carol J. Ferguson
Edith L. Ferguson
James R. ’58 and Janice M. Fishburn
Marguerite H. Fitzpatrick
W. Glenn ’81 ’85 and Tammy L. ’81 Ford
Kaye Frank ’60 and Diane McElwain
James D. ’75 and Nina S. Fraser
Catherine I. Franks ’84
Richard F. Furman ’03 ’74
Brian R. Gardner ’83
George R. ’62 and Joan O. Gardner
Scott A. ’83 and Jessica Gerber
Chad C. Gibson ’65 ’95
Teri E. Gilbert
William W. ’53 and Laura H. Gleaves
Brice C. Glidewell ’00
Stephen J. Grabowski ’74
Russell T. ’77 ’81 and
Kathleen L. ’94 ’01 Graham
James E. and Pauleen M. Grant
Daniel F. Green ’78 and Susan Plaisance
James F. III ’82 and Jeanne K. Greene
Richard D. ’83 and Jeanne Greer
James B. ’56 and Delores Gregg
Keith S. ’71 and Joan E. Guenther
John R. ’68 ’70 and Connie J. ’69 Gustafson
Dan L. ’71 and Judy L. Guy
William S. Haag ’66
Bob E. ’71 and Ryn M. Hahn
Michael D. Hallisey
C. Howard and Joy E. Hamilton
Tara C. Hamilton ’94
Charles and Lorie L. Hammer
John Eric ’78 and Helen I. Hansen
William R. Hanson ’74 ’75 and Sheryl Garner
Peter F. Hassemer ’79 ’86 and Patrice Haller
Richard N. Hauver ’72
Harold F. Heady ’38
Harvey L. Heath
Howard F. ’75 and Antonia L. Hedrick
Phillip M. ’62 and Clarice Heffner
Joe T. ’54 ’60 and Agnes A. Helle
Christopher Y. Hoffman ’98 and
Laura J. Probst
Geoff Hogander ’70
Steven and Patricia Hollenhorst
Michael L. ’83 and Suzanne Hoppus
William D. ’71 and Rhonda J. Horton
Steven A. ’68 and Anne J. Hoss
Volney W. Jr. ’69 and Linda A. ’69 Howard
Quinn ’75 and Sandra Jacobson
Brad and Theresa Benavidez ’01 ’83 ’94 Jain
Leonard R. and Karen Mae Johnson
Robert A. ’52 and Lucille A. Johnson
Richard A. ’53 and Marlene N. Johnston
Wayne F. Kasworm ’77
Robert J. ’80 and Pam Katz
Kevin M. ’84 ’94 and Julie A. ’81 Kincheloe
Robert R. Sr. ’58 and Elizabeth A. Kindschy
Kenneth R. ’52 and Aspasia Knoerr
Sarah M. Koerber ’98
Jim W. ’66 and Lois Koonce
Robert J. Lannan Jr. ’63
G. Karl and Karen L. Launchbaugh
Thomas H. ’50 and Helen Laurent
Bernard L. ’57 and Charlotte A. Lenz
Gary T. Lester ’92
Steven M. ’79 and Linda Lester
Michael W. Leverick ’80
Thomas E. Liberman
Ralph D. Lindberg ’57
David C. Liu ’94
Richard G. ’68 and Cheryl L. Lohman
Phil Lory ’76 and Becky Barker
Rick L. Luna
Craig E. ’85 and Sue Lani W. Madsen
Maurice W. Magee ’73
James B. Marron ’63
Warren L. ’58 and Anne M. Martin
Vance G. ’65 and Jerrilyn J. Matzke
Raymond F. ’62 and Kay F. McLaughlin
John P. ’71 ’81 and Nancy L. Messick
Joseph B. Miczulski ’79
Tuck A. ’81 and Cynthia G. Miller
Wallace P. Monnett † ’33
Stephen M. Mosher ’06
Janice M. Moulton
Sima Muroff
Ralph E. ’89 and Deborah L. ’87 Myers
Kirk S. Naylor ’84 ’89
Dennis G. ’66 and Gail V. Nelson
Alison L. ’89 and Joseph Nowakowski
John J. and Jennifer O’Laughlin
Glenn R. Olshefski ’86
Harold L. ’71 ’75 and Sandra L. Osborne
Brian P. ’92 and Tina A. Oswald
Justin A. Pappani ’98
Robert J. Patten ’82
Herbert Francis Jr. ’83 and Christy Peddicord
Andrew W. ’64 and Janet L. Pekovich
Elizabeth A. Perensovich ’48
Robert E. ’59 and Dixie A. Pizel
Remy H. Pochelon ’76 and Mary McDonald
Lawrence W. Jr. and Janet K. Powell
Allyn R. Pratt ’71
M. Carl ’77 and Carla Rana
Daniel L. Rasmussen ’94
Michael C. ’61 and Joy A. Reeb
Kerry P. and Nancy J. Reese
James F. Rineholt ’86
W. Leslie ’39 and Priscilla M. Robinette
Walter L. ’50 and Aliene S. Robinson
Lester K. ’69 and Lowayne Rosenkrance
John A. Jr. ’49 and Sherlie J. Rowe
Michael J. ’76 and Karen D. Ryan
Carmen C. Savage
Jeffrey Lester ’84 and Sharon C. Scott
John T. ’75 and Cynthia S. Shea
Michael D. ’65 and Elaine B. Shields
Brian S. Shull ’84
James R. Soeth ’69
Peter D. ’93 and Caryl Susan ’94 Soeth
Arthur E. ’59 and Edna K. Stauber
Richard L. ’56 and Ruby M. Stauber
Mark A. Stewart ’88 ’96
Kenneth G. ’83 ’87 and Lori M. ’04 Stinson
Vincent S. ’55 and Rita E. ’55 Strobel
Stanley W. ’59 ’64 and Paula Stroup
John S. ’69 and Anita K. Sutrick
Warren Iner ’77 and Tara L. Swanson
Doris B. Tai ’81
Paul D. ’82 and Kerry Tappel
Barton D. II and Patricia R. Templeman
Michael E. ’87 and Bonnie J. Tewes
Richard D. Tholen ’99
Michael E. ’82 and Eva L. ’82 Thompson
Timothy ’72 and Denise Thomson
William M. ’61 and Coy Ann ’61 ’70 Tilton
Nicolas E. Tipple ’60
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Ellen K. Town
David H. ’69 and Carolyn C. Van Lear
Matthew B. Wheeler ’03 ’04
Margaret Wood Weesner ’91
Harry L. and Doris S. Wetherbee
James E. III ’73 and Ellen P. ’73 Wiles
Ann R. ’81 and Thomas O. Williams
Roy W. Wilson ’69
Leaford C. ’60 and Nan E. Windle
Winston C. ’62 and Ouida Wolfe
William B. ’72 and Janet A. Wyatt
Jianwei Zhang ’91 ’94 and Aimin Lu
Lianjun Zhang ’88 ’91 and Yufeng Yang
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
Blackhawk Partners LLC
Evergreen Forest
Idaho First Bank
Idaho Forest Owner’s Association, Inc.
L. E. Caldwell Company
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
Science Applications International Corporation
The Written Edge
$1 to $99
Dewey P. ’55 and Shirley A. Almas
Arthur W. Anderson ’67
Hal N. ’79 ’81 and Diane M. Anderson
Klane and Kelley W. Anderson
Richard B. ’49 ’54 and Mary Anderson
William F. and Laura Asbell
Alexis R. Ayers
Gary C. ’74 and Diane M. Bailey
Ali Mohammad Ba-Bakr ’97 ’98
David S. Baker
Melanie A. Baldwin ’04
James M. ’74 and Lee A. Ball
Louis A. ’81 and Tanya R. Ballard
Nick J. Balster ’99
Gerald D. ’73 and Juanita J. ’73 Baltazor
Rebecca A. Baril
Joseph V. ’52 ’54 and Hilda C. Basile
Robert W. Bates ’51
Christopher G. Beck ’05
Richard J. Beier ’62
George H. ’57 ’58 and Paula Berscheid
Gary F. ’80 and Crystal Bertellotti
Arthur D. Bettge ’76
Jay G. Biladeau ’69
David R. ’88 and Noriko N. Blakely
Henry R. ’72 ’75 and Debbie Boomer
Carson D. Bosworth ’91
David R. ’58 and Mary E. Bower
George J Bowers IV ’98
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Charles L. ’72 and Pamela M. Boyer
Kevin M. ’92 and Elisabeth S. ’94 Brackney
Karla C. Bradley ’03 ’07 ’09
Paul J. Brady ’55
Douglas G. Bright ’66
Jennifer M. Bruner ’93
David F. Jr. ’84 and Julie A. Bubser
John C. ’94 ’95 and Irma Bucher
William J. ’51 and Evelyn Burchard
Leonard Burns and Susan Lee Simonds
Amy J. Campbell ’03
Buddie R. Carroll ’90
Laura B. Caruso ’79
Barton D. ’95 and Anne M. ’95 Casey
Luke M. Cerise ’09
Howard W. ’53 ’60 and Emily O. Chadwick
Juan Chavez ’08
Donna K. Chickering ’84
Anita F. Cholewa ’77 ’84
Steven P. Christianson ’83
David W. Claycomb ’99
Eric E. Clements ’01
Stephen E. Clements ’80
Anderson C. ’02 and
Melissa L. ’02 ’03 Cleveland
Gene F. ’57 and Judy L. Cole
James E. Cooke III
Samantha Jane Cooney ’02
John S. Councilman ’76
Jack E. ’64 and Judy Cover
Dennis M. ’79 and Carol S. ’80 Coyle
John E. Jr. ’60 and Arline S. Crawford
Chet L. ’04 and Vivaca J. ’03 Crowser
Milton K. ’71 and Joanne K. Daily
Theodore C. Demetriades ’75
James D. ’99 and Laurie Devereaux
Gerald E. ’58 and Ruth E. Dixon
Timothy L. and Zareen Dossey
Robert A. and Janet M. Douglas
Philip C. ’82 and Karen R. Downey
Lowell G. ’60 and Eleanor N. Dubbels
Lee Anne Eareckson ’01
James L. III ’53 and Donna L. Edlefsen
John R. ’69 and Joan M. ’69 Edwards
Mark ’81 and Betty Eiserman
Justin A. Elliott ’06
Marianne M. Emmendofer ’90
George N. ’43 and Laurene M. Engler
Daniel D. Ethridge ’96
Thomas R. ’64 and Margaret J. Eubanks
Dale K. ’72 and Jeanne Ewersen
Ahmed Fahsi ’90 ’93 and Carol J. Ritchie ’92
Cailin P. O’Brien-Feeney
Daniel J. Fielding ’06
Carolyn H. Ferguson
Mary C. Fitzsimmons
Benjamin Flemer ’99
Richard L. ’78 ’84 and Dayna A. ’78 Focht
Clint P. Foster ’04
Thomas M. ’76 and Charla Meacham Francis
Robert A. Frazier ’40
Art I. Froerer ’56
Frank O. Frost III ’00
Ana C. Gabica
Daniel F. ’96 and Sheila Gager
Molly A. Galbraith ’08
Stanley W. and Kelsey L. ’78 Galloway
Roy E. ’67 and Margaret Garten
Dale T. Gaskill
Peter Gates ’91 and Jane C. Whitchurch
Brian T. Gautreau ’04
Robert D. Gibson II
Guy C. III ’90 and Ruth A. Neils-Gifford ’93
Ruth M. Gillette
Kathleen A. Golden
Thomas More Goniea ’02
James R. ’83 and Shirley A. Graham
Jeffrey D. Graham ’91
Patrick J. ’78 and Gail E. Graham
Gerald I. ’95 and Kathleen Miller Green
Krista J. Green ’02
David R. ’01 and Amy L.S. Grey
Edson ’65 ’72 and Virginia C. Griswold
Jeremy Lee Grose ’00
Charles K. Gross ’07
Mary Grunewald ’94 and John S. McGown
Richard L. Gustin ’75
Herbert D. ’63 and Bonita Hahn
Juley L. Hankins ’02
Donald P. ’82 and Kris Hanley
Greg E. Hanson ’94
John A. Hanson ’70
Steven E. ’72 and Sandy Haren
Lee W. Harry ’95 ’96
Richard F. Hartley ’62
Robin L. Hartmann ’88
Frank Alfred Hayes ’78
Stephen G. Hayes ’03 ’99
F. Gibson Jr. and Elizabeth A. Head
David W. ’62 and Margaret H. Heck
Michael C. ’73 and Juliana M. ’73 Heck
Keith L. ’60 and Edith D. Heezen
Guenter ’73 and Mindy D. Heinz
Jade L. Helmich ’05
Steven L. Hemstrom ’01
John W. Hengesh Jr. ’79
James P. ’63 and Jacqueline G. ’86 Hertel
Janice L. Hill ’90
Adriene Lee Holcomb ’02
Nathan J. ’01 and Lawen ’97 Hollingsworth
Mark Alan ’77 and Traci B. Holsteen
Gary L. ’78 ’81 and Mary J. Hompland
Julie A. Hopkins ’93
Bruce B. ’58 and Sylvia S. Hronek
Betsy L. Hull ’08
Roger D. ’63 ’75 and Luana H. Hungerford
Charles L. Ihrke ’04
Robert D. ’76 and Mary L. Irwin
Glen L. ’80 and Annita C. Jackson
William A. Jackson and
Louise A. Bergeron-Jackson
Shane Q. ’00 and Diane H. Jacobson
E. Delmar ’53 and Beverly Jo Jaquish
M. R. James Jr. ’40
Alfred E. and Bonnie J. Janssen
Timothy J. Jech ’09
D. Nelson ’39 and Mickie Jeffers
LaVay W. ’69 and Candice G. Jeffries
Michael A. Jepson and Mary B. Collins
Dean W. ’66 and Jeanne Johnson
Thane J. Johnson ’50 ’56
Steven L. ’72 and Janet R. Judd
David G. ’75 and Debra E. ’73 ’75 Kaspar
Billy-Joe ’95 and Jennifer A. Kieffer
David R. Kimpton ’64
James E. ’47 and Suzanne S. King
Elaine J. Kipp
William P. ’64 and Jane A. Knispek
Anita C. Koehn ’84 ’94
Kirk M. ’94 ’98 and Monica R. Kottkey
Louis J. ’65 ’66 and Bette A. Kuennen
Fred Kurpiel ’98
Curtis D. Kvamme ’06
Kara Lagerquist ’93
Brett M. Larson ’05
Eric R. Larson ’04
Keith A. ’78 and Mary M. P. Lawrence
William G. ’52 and Helena C. Leavell
Daniel R. Len ’79
Steve Lewis ’84 and Tracy A. Jones
Guangpeng Liu ’92
J. D. Lloyd Jr. ’63
Travis W. Lons ’09
Paul D. ’73 and Toni M. Lother
Leo J. ’92 ’94 and Nora M. ’93 Lukas
Charles W. ’54 and Catherine L. ’53 Luscher
Christine A. Jansen Lute ’99 and Dan Lute
Jon Marshall ’84 and Virginia R. Haupt
Ellen C. Martinson ’04
Dennis and Nancy D. Matthews
Katharine E. Mattson ’99
Dawna Maxwell and James R. Fazio
Scott D. McCoy ’95 ’96
Glenn H. ’75 and Consuelo O. McCullough
Jeffrey B. McCusker ’91 ’92
Armando G. McDonald
Kevin S. ’98 and Brenda M. McGuire
Sean P. ’78 and Jean M. McGuire
Marilyn J. Meiners
Glen W. ’74 ’76 ’80 and
Sharon A. ’73 ’88 Mendel
Michael F. ’81 and Linda L. ’88 Merigliano
Ralph O. ’60 and Marie ’59 Meyer
Charles E. ’06 and Amanda A. Miller
Randy M. ’76 and Dana S. Moate
Peter L. ’58 and Carol Mondich
Sheryl L. Monk and Harry W. Lee † ’72 ’78 ’83
James D. ’62 ’64 and Nancy J. ’63 Morris
Peter M. Mourtsen
Gary B. ’99 and
Melanie A. Hamilton Munson ’03 ’96
Robin L. Nieto ’92
Paul D. Norris ’09
Verland T. ’74 and Kay E. Ogden
Dale A. Olson ’90
Bruce B. ’55 and Marie N. Ottenfeld
Mark A. Patterson ’92
Christopher R. Pearson ’05
Linda Perelli ’79 and Christopher J. Wright
Dan T. ’61 and Lois M. ’61 Pence
Ned N. ’59 ’67 and Carol A. ’60 ’67 Pence
Jeanie Petermann
Charles H. Petersen ’65
Eric M. Pfeifer ’09
Barry S. and Alda M. Pilcher
Paul M. ’78 and Patricia K. Pillis
Esther Julienne Porges ’08
Richard R. ’72 and Judith M. Puckett
Geneva E. and Donald S. Pym
Brian ’86 and Anna V. Quinn
Taylor H. Quiram ’07
Daniel P. ’95 and Rula Awwad-Rafferty ’90
Kathy Ann Randall ’97
Edward D. Reid ’01
William C. Rember ’91
Jeffrey E. Richards ’00
Paul B. ’76 ’81 and Mary A. ’81 Rippel
John D. Roberts ’93
Peter R. Robichaud ’89 ’96 and
Martha M. Lovett ’92
Cassandra A. Rohrbacher ’04
Robert A. ’81 and Joan L. Ruediger
John B. ’90 and Mary E. Rundell
Steven A. ’81 and Kristi S. Sader
Giancarlo Sadoti ’09
Mike D. ’84 and Patti R. Sanders
Paul M. Sankovich ’95 ’96
Eric ’82 and Karen Sather
Jordan A. Schaefer ’05
George and Claudia Schindler
Robert S. ’62 and Sandra K. Schmidt
Jim R. ’81 and Becky L. Schroeder
John R. ’60 ’95 and Vera H. Schumaker
John W. ’79 and Donna K. ’75 ’92 Schwandt
Edmund O. III and Beatriz Schweitzer
Thomas Schwichtenberg ’99
Jeremy S. Scott ’01
Kelsey M. Sherich ’05
John C. ’80 and Bobbie C. Sherrod
Robert A. Jr. ’64 and C. B. Smart
Nathaniel R. Smith ’07
Kenneth H. Snook Jr. ’77
Marjory R. and Albert R. † Stage
Andrew E. Stratton ’06
Robert E. ’60 ’65 and Betty C. Jarrett-Stevenson
Jerald A. Stroebele ’67 and Mary Fuller Leykom
Bradley P. Stumph ’05
Thomas D. Sturm ’70
Vernon C. ’67 and Lois G. Sutton
Rodney R. Taie ’89
Casey C. Teske ’99 ’02
Steven W. Todd ’98
Stuart and Aileen Tolman
David M. ’76 and Nita Torrence
Kevin L. Traylor ’99
James H. and Iran E. Trenkel
Christopher V. ’95 and Lorri Tretter
Eric B. Trimble ’84 and Kathryn S. O’Connor
John W. ’62 and Nancy M. Trojanowski
Brett A. Turley ’90
George T. ’36 and Rita M. Turner
Carole Van Der Giessen
Sharmen Lee Vanfleet ’94
William H. ’77 and Christine A. Vaughan
Augusts ’57 and Ida Vitolins
Mark L. Wachtel ’97
Maureen A. Wagner ’88
Chris ’95 ’96 and Ellen Harter Wall
Harvey R. ’64 ’68 and Marguerite R. Wallace
Marc A. ’96 and Brenda Weathersby
Priscilla S. Wegars ’91 and Terry Abraham
Kent T. Wellner ’86 ’90 and Donna M. Emert
Richard Irving Welsted ’80
Wayne L. Weseman ’73 ’01
David B. ’01 and Pamella M. ’00 West
Della D. Wicks ’99
David R. ’67 and Sheila F. Wiegand
Patrick R. Wilson
Steven C. ’73 and Barbara A. Wilson
Alma H. ’70 and Bonnie K. Winward
Charles D. ’53 and Lorna H. Wood
Aubrey Anna Woodcock ’08
Rebecca A. Wooden ’79
Paul T. ’64 and OraLee Woods
Gerard John ’79 and Margaret L. Wright
Norman W. ’63 and Judith M. Yogerst
Stephen L. and Judith A. ’86 ’89 York
Len Hiroki Young ’92
Stephen T. ’72 and Mary K. ’73 Zender
Larry P. Zowada ’73
Jim M. and Karen L. Zuba
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, AND
ORGANIZATIONS
Idaho Power Foundation, Inc.
Green Tree Farm
Lick Creek Photography
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
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College of Natural Resources
PO Box 441142
Moscow, ID 83844-1142
Non-Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit No. 679
Boise, Idaho
*GDN200$M*
New Fire Program Funded at McCall Field Campus
The University of Idaho’s McCall Outdoor Science
School was awarded $455,000 to develop and
deliver a fire mitigation program on the McCall
Field Campus, Ponderosa State Park and University
of Idaho Nokes Experimental Forest. Idaho Bureau
of Homeland Security (BHS) director
Col. Bill Shawver presented MOSS director
Steven Hollenhorst with a check during a
presentation at the McCall Field Campus
Oct. 30. The grant was from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, passed through
BHS to the College of Natural Resources. The
funding will be used to reduce fuels, manage
vegetation and protect 70 structures on 3,165
acres of the McCall Field Campus and Ponderosa
State Park. Outreach programs and materials
also will be created to educate Idaho residents
about the risk of wildland fire. Service-learning
opportunities will be created for students by
hiring them to work on the fire mitigation crews,
carry out pre- and post-treatment monitoring and
develop the outreach programs and materials.